New Hon Members
Honorary Members
We are extremely pleased to announce that two members of SRHSB
were elected to Honorary Membership at the recent Vancouver
Meeting. Honorary Membership is bestowed in recognition of
exceptional achievement in the field of research into hydrocephalus
and /or spina bifida, and / or services to the Society, or
activities that make a significant improvement in practice or in
outcome or quality of life for people with spina bifida or
hydrocephalus. Persons elected will usually have made a significant
contribution to the literature over some time, and have an
international reputation in their field. We are limited by the
Society's rules to 20 Honorary Members.
The two newly elected Hon Members are cited below.
Professor Ray J Fitzgerald MA, MB, FRCS, FRCSI,
FRACS
Ray was formerly Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Our Lady's
Hospital For Sick Children, Dublin and Assoc Professor of
Paediatric Surgery at Trinity College Dublin. He joined the Society
in 1979 and has served as Hon Treasurer and later President. He has
also served as President of the British Association of Paediatric
Surgeons. Ray hosted a very successful Annual Scientific Meeting of
SRHSB in Dublin. He has authored papers since 1972 on the
management of children with spina bifida, prevention of shunt
infection and paediatric urology.
Dr Hazel C Jones BSc Hons PhD
Hazel has worked at King's College, London and the University of
Florida, Gainsville, during which time she has specialised in
physiology, biochemistry and genetics of hydrocephalus in animal
models, notably the HTx rat. She has made major contributions to
the literature over the years and is widely respected in her field.
She was responsible for establishment of the HTx rat colony in UK.
Hazel has served SRHSB as Hon Secretary and has established and
organised the Animal Hydrocephalus Research pre-meeting at the
Annual Scientific Meetings for several years.
