Ian MacGillivray FRCOG FRCP (25 October 1920 – 18 June 2021) was a Scottish doctor who was a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen and president of the International Society for Twin Studies.
MacGillivray was born in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire in October 1920. [1] [2] He was educated at the Leven Academy, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. [3] He attended the University of Glasgow and graduated with a medical degree in 1944. [3]
MacGillivray worked in a surgical post in Falkirk, then served on as a naval surgeon for two years in the Far East. [4] [3] In 1948, the University of Glasgow awarded him a research scholarship. [3] He became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1949, with his fellowship awarded in 1959. [3] In 1960 he gave the Blair Bell Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. [5] He gained an MD with commendation from the University of Glasgow in 1953. [3]
In June 1955 he was appointed Lecturer in Midwifery at University of Aberdeen. [3] He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1976-1979. [1] In November 1960, MacGillivray was appointed to a newly created Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. [3] He took up the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen in 1965, succeeding Dugald Baird and held this until 1 October 1984. [6] [7] [8] In 1976, he was appointed as president of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. [1] He was president of the International Society for Twin Studies from 1980 to 1983. [7]
MacGillivray died on 18 June 2021 at the age of 100. [1] [9]
The MacGillivray Academic Centre, based within the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital opened on 16 November 1999. [10]
Ian MacGillivray FRCOG FRCP (25 October 1920 – 18 June 2021) was a Scottish doctor who was a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen and president of the International Society for Twin Studies.
MacGillivray was born in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire in October 1920. [1] [2] He was educated at the Leven Academy, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. [3] He attended the University of Glasgow and graduated with a medical degree in 1944. [3]
MacGillivray worked in a surgical post in Falkirk, then served on as a naval surgeon for two years in the Far East. [4] [3] In 1948, the University of Glasgow awarded him a research scholarship. [3] He became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1949, with his fellowship awarded in 1959. [3] In 1960 he gave the Blair Bell Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. [5] He gained an MD with commendation from the University of Glasgow in 1953. [3]
In June 1955 he was appointed Lecturer in Midwifery at University of Aberdeen. [3] He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1976-1979. [1] In November 1960, MacGillivray was appointed to a newly created Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. [3] He took up the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen in 1965, succeeding Dugald Baird and held this until 1 October 1984. [6] [7] [8] In 1976, he was appointed as president of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. [1] He was president of the International Society for Twin Studies from 1980 to 1983. [7]
MacGillivray died on 18 June 2021 at the age of 100. [1] [9]
The MacGillivray Academic Centre, based within the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital opened on 16 November 1999. [10]