A scholar and surgeon of international acclaim he won both the Katherine Bishop Harman Prize in 1934 for his book Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (1933) and was the first recipient of the Blair Bell Medal for obstetrics and gynaecology.
A globally acclaimed scholar and surgeon, he earned the Katherine Bishop Harman Prize in 1934 for his work on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (1933), as well as being the inaugural recipient of the Blair Bell Medal for obstetrics and gynaecology.