Caroline Doig
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Caroline Doig | |
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| Born | 1938 |
| Died | 14 November 2019 |
| Education | University of St Andrews |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Organization(s) | Medical Women's Federation, General Medical Council, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
Caroline Doig (1938 – 14 November 2019) was a paediatric surgeon and the first woman to be elected to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh council.
Doig was born in Forfar, Scotland, in 1938. She attended the South School in Forfar, and Forfar Academy.[1]
She graduated from the University of St Andrews, and began surgical training in Dundee, followed by paediatric training in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,[2][3] where she received her ChM (Master in Surgery) on staphylococcal wound infection and bacterial transmission.[4]
Career
Her first post was at Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1962.[1] In 1975, Doig became a senior lecturer in paediatric surgery at the University of Manchester. She worked as Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Booth Hall Children's Hospital and St Mary's Hospital in Manchester.[5]
Doig was elected to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh council in 1984, serving three terms of office. She was the first women elected to Council at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and at any royal college.[6]
She was also Chairman of the General Medical Council in 1991, the first woman to hold this position.[2] She was also President of the Medical Women's Federation in the 1980s, a body which promotes women in medicine.[6]
Doig retired in April 2000.[1]
In 2018, she was invited to unveil a plaque at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh commemorating the achievements of the 'Edinburgh Seven', the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university.[5]