British orthopaedic surgeon
Sir
Roger Vickers
Born 1945 Nationality British Medical career Profession Surgeon Field Orthopedics Institutions
Sir Roger Henry Vickers KCVO (born 1945) is a British orthopaedic surgeon, who had been part of the Medical Household as an Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Queen and was later appointed Serjeant Surgeon .[ 1]
Biography
Roger Vickers is the son of Henry Renwick Vickers [ 2] (1911–1993), a noted dermatologist who was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1950 and served as president of the British Association of Dermatology in 1966.[ 3] He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford , and then trained at St Thomas's Hospital , earning his medical degree in 1970.[ 2]
Vickers became an orthopaedic senior registrar in 1977 and three years later joined St George's Hospital as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon .[ 2] In 1992, he joined King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers and the Medical Household as the Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Queen and in 2006 he was appointed Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen .[ 2] He led Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 's surgical team in 1998 when she underwent hip replacement surgery .[ 4] In 2003, he also performed an operation on Elizabeth II to remove cartilage from her knee and benign skin lesions .[ 5]
He retired from the Royal Household in 2010[ 2] and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in that year's Birthday Honours .[ 6] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1975.[ 2]
See also
References
^ Hettige, Samantha (26 May 2007). "Orthopaedic surgeon to the royal family" . BMJ . 334 (7603): s194. doi :10.1136/bmj.334.7603.s194 . ISSN 0959-8138 . S2CID 58138770 .
^ a b c d e f "Vickers, Sir Roger (Henry)" . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U41113 . ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 . Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
^ S. C. Gold, "Henry Renwick Vickers" , Munk's Roll: Lives of the Fellows (Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ Jeremy Laurance, "Health: Crucial days in Queen Mother's fight for mobility" , The Independent , 27 January 1998. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Update on the Queen's progress following her knee operation" , The Royal Family , 12 December 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ Supplement to the London Gazette , 12 June 2010 (issue 59446), p. 3