Dr William Bingham
Personal Details
Dr William Bingham MB BCh FFARCS BAO DA MD FFARCSI
Known as: Bill
31/05/1916 to 21/03/2007
Place of birth: Banbridge, Northern Ireland
Nationality: Irish
CRN: 493606
Education and qualifications
| General education | Medical School, Queens University, Belfast |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MB BCh, Queens University Belfast, 1941 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | BAO, Queens University Belfast, 1941 DA (RCPSI), 1947 MD, Belfast, 1951 FFARCSI, 1960 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Bingham was a House Officer at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Next he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) as a Surgeon Lieutenant, serving on rescue ships in the North Atlantic Ocean and later the Mediterranean Sea. On demobilisation he undertook the post of Resident Anaesthetist at Ards District Hospital. In 1954 he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to Lurgan and Portadown Hospital with sessions at Banbridge Hospital and Armagh City Hospital. Later he was Consultant Anaesthetist at Ulster Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, and Royal Maternity Hospital Belfast. He retired in 1982.
Professional interests and activities
The initiator of respiratory intensive care in Ulster in 1950, he published several papers on anaesthesia from 1957 onwards. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland, and of the British Medical Association (BMA). He amalgamated the Armagh and Down divisions of the BMA as chairman, and he was chairman of staff of both the Royal Maternity and Ulster Hospitals. In the 1960s and 1970s he served on the Board of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. In 1980 he was Vice President of the Ulster Medical Society.
Other biographical information
Predeceased by a son, he passed away at the age of 90, survived by his wife Nora, three children and five grandchildren.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Bingham JS, Barnett EA Obituary William Bingham (with photograph). BMJ 2007; 334: 1279. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk