Frank Ellis (radiologist)
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'''Frank Ellis''' ([[22 August]] [[1905]] – [[3 February]] [[2006]])<ref>{{cite news|last = Paine|first = Christopher|title = Frank Ellis|work = Obituaries|publisher = [[The Guardian]]|date = [[February 20]], [[2006]]|url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/feb/20/guardianobituaries.obituaries1|accessdate = 2008-05-09}}</ref> was a world leader in the treatment of cancer by [[radiation therapy]]. He was born in [[Sheffield]], [[England]] and was educated at [[King Edward VII School (Sheffield)|King Edward VII School]] and the [[University of Sheffield]]. He subsequently worked as a radiation oncologist at [[Royal Hallamshire Hospital|Weston Park Hospital]], [[Sheffield]]. In 1943 he became the first director of the Radiotherapy Department at the [[Royal London Hospital]]. In 1950 he established the Radiotherapy Department at the Churchill Hospital, [[Oxford]]. After retiring in 1970, he held visiting professorial appointments at the [[University of Southern California]], in [[Wisconsin]] and at the [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center|Memorial Sloane-Kettering Institute]] in [[New York City|New York]].
He was President of the [[British Institute of Radiology]]. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the [[Royal College of Radiologists]]. He was made an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] for his contributions to cancer services over much of the 20th century. The Frank Ellis Medal of the Royal College of Radiologists is awarded in his honour.
He was active until very close to his death at the age of 100, receiving in person a Sheffield University honorary doctorate at the age of 100, attending the centenary celebrations at the University of Sheffield in 2005 and the [http://oldedwardians.org.uk/ Old Edwardians] dinner in 2005. There was a memorial service for him at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]], on [[17 June]] [[2006]].
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*[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-41,GGLD:en&q=%22frank+ellis%22+oncologist Various Google references]
*[http://www.rcr.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=42 The Royal College of Radiologists web site]
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