Appreciation – Professor Hamish Barber MD FRCGP FRCP(Glas) FHKCGP

Professor Mladen Petrovecki, MD, PhD (1960 – 2016)

IN MEMORIAM / ACTA INFORM MED. 2017 MAR; 25(1): 60-60 Professor Mladen Petrovecki died on August 30th in 2016. He was born in Zagreb in 1960. Mladen graduated from high school in 1979 in Zagreb, Croatia, and enrolled the School of Medicine at University of Zagreb (1). Professor Petrovecki was dedicated to clinical and academic work. As a doctor of medicine, laboratory immunology specialist, he ...

Professor Robert F. Borkenstein - Appreciation of His Life and Work.

Few men have made such a significant and sustained contribution to their chosen field of endeavor as Robert F. Borkenstein. He is an international forensic science celebrity, highly respected by his peers. The two most well-known products of his brilliance are the Breathalyzer, invented in 1954, and the "Grand Rapids Study", a seminal work which established the relative risk of being involved i...

Histiocytic Lesions Cesar A. Moran, Md Professor of Pathology

Poeta Doctus: Professor Slavko Perović, MD and his Amarcord.

Professor Slavko Perović, MD (Preko, Croatia, 17 Feb 1921- Zadar, 16 Jan 2007), a prominent citizen of Zadar and one of the Croatian leading paediatricians, was a man of numerous tastes and great culture. He used to say about himself that he was "an admirer of art and beauty" so that, in addition to his medical profession, he was engaged in photography and poetry. Neither did he neglect music, ...

Professor Nigel Mathers Frcgp, Honorary Secretary of Council for Enquiries Please Contact: Professor Nigel Mathers Royal College of General Practitioners 30 Euston Square London Nw1 2fb

1. The RCGP supports the development of good quality information systems for health and social care. However, the College does not believe that a single summary score for a GP practices would be helpful and that it would, in fact, be positively harmful. Quality measures need to take into account differences between practices including age of the practice population, deprivation and population m...