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Canadian surgeon (1926–2022)
Sisvan William Aram Gunn (February 10, 1926 – November 1, 2022) was a Canadian surgeon,
[1]
[2]
[3] author, involved with various international health organizations.
[4]
Sisvan William Aram Gunn
[5]
[6]
[7] was born on February 10, 1926, in
Vancouver ,
British Columbia , Canada. He completed his medical studies in
Geneva .
[8]
Prior to joining the
World Health Organization , Gunn was a lecturer in History of
Medicine and Science at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
[9]
Formerly head of Emergency Relief Operations of the
WHO .
[10]
Later, Scientific director vice president of the European Center for
Disaster Medicine ; founder
[8] and president of the
Medical Society of the World Health Organization
[11]
and president of the board of the International Association for Humanitarian Medicine (IAHM).
[12]
[9]
[13]
Gunn authored and co-authored over 300 professional publications and 20 mono-graphs.
[8]
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[15]
Gunn was awarded the honorary doctorate of Palermo University.
[1]
Gunn died on November 1, 2022, at the age of 96.
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[17]
References
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a
b
Global Perspectives In Health - Vol. II - Disasters and Conflicts - S.W.A. Gunn May 14, 2005.
Medical and Health Sciences - Volume VII. O. O. P. Hanninen; M. Atalay; B.P. Mansourian; A. Wojtezak; S.M. Mahfouz; H. Majewski; E. Elisabetsky; N. L. Etkin; R. Kirby; T.G. Downing and M.I. El Gohary. EOLSS Publications, Oct 12, 2010. p.316 .
^ Griswold, Dylan Paul; Makoka, Mwai H; Gunn, S William A; Johnson, Walter D (2018-09-06).
"Essential surgery as a key component of primary health care: reflections on the 40th anniversary of Alma-Ata" . BMJ Global Health . 3 (Suppl 3): e000705.
doi :
10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000705 .
ISSN
2059-7908 .
PMC
6135443 .
PMID
30233836 .
^
The Medical Directory ...: London, Provinces, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Abroad, Navy, Army & Air Force . J. & A. Churchill, Limited. 1963. p. 926.
^ Gunn, S. William A. (2012-12-06).
Multilingual Dictionary Of Disaster Medicine And International Relief: English, Français, Español . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 9.
ISBN
978-94-009-2486-4 .
^ Congress, The Library of.
"LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)" . id.loc.gov . Retrieved 2021-01-13 .
^
"inauthor:"Sisvan William Aram Gunn" - Google Search" . www.google.com . Retrieved 2021-01-13 .
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"Trove" . trove.nla.gov.au . Retrieved 2021-01-13 .
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a
b
c Leo Klein,
Professor S.W.A. Gunn, MD, MS, FRCSC, FRCSI (Hon), DSc (Hon), dr. h. c. A 90th Birthday Tribute Med. Sci. Lett. (Voj. Zdrav. Listy) 2016, vol. 85(1), p. 44-46. ISSN 0372-7025
PDF
^
a
b SWA Gunn,
Chisholm, WHO and the pursuit of the public's health .
CMAJ , Jun 9, 2009
^ Masellis, M.; Gunn, S. William A. (2007-07-23).
The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters . Springer.
ISBN
978-0-585-33973-3 .
^ Ho, Kendall; Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra; Lauscher, Helen Novak; Cordeiro, Jennifer; Scott, Richard (2012-06-12).
Technology Enabled Knowledge Translation for eHealth: Principles and Practice . Springer Science & Business Media.
ISBN
978-1-4614-3495-5 .
^ Associates, Union of International (2009-07-31).
Yearbook of International Organizations 2009 2010: Guide to Global and Civil Society Networks . De Gruyter. p. 1528.
ISBN
978-3-598-24648-7 .
^
Directory of Geneva Global Health Actors - Graduate Institute . (Updated 2018).
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Gunn, S. William. Overview at WorldCat
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"S. William Gunn" . find.library.unisa.edu.au .
University of South Australia . Retrieved 2021-01-17 .
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"In Memoriam" (PDF) . Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters . December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023 .
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"In Memoriam: Prof. William Gunn, MD, MS, FRCSC, FRCSI (Hon), DSC (Hon), dr h c (10. 2. 1926 – 1. 11. 2022)" (PDF) . ACP . Retrieved 4 April 2023 .
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