Ian MacGillivray
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Ian MacGillivray | |
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| Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen | |
| In office 1965–1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1920 Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
| Died | 18 June 2021 (aged 100) |
Ian MacGillivray (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]
Career
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]
