list of welsh medical pioneers list of welsh medical pioneers this page lists pioneers and innovators in healthcare either in wales or by welsh people, including in medicine, surgery and health policy. hugh owen thomas, orthopaedic surgeon medical pioneers julian tudor-hart, general practitioner frances hoggan - various research including the anatomy and physiology of lymph nodes llewellyn jones llewellyn - an authority on rheumatism and related diseases thomas lewis - pioneer cardiologist and clinical scientist william evans - cardiology; description of the anatomy of coarctation of the aorta; controls in drug trials; studies on electrocardiography; first accurate description of ‘familial cardiomegaly’ d. geraint james - classifying the clinical and radiological features of sarcoidosis horace evans - link between hypertension and nephritis julian tudor-hart - local population health and hypertension among other topics eluned woodford-williams - established geriatrics as a speciality and began practice of admitting all patients over 65 year old to her unit robert armstrong-jones - instituted special training for mental health nurses and occupational therapy for patients, and developed modern methods to treat mental diseases george edward day - reforms to medical examinations george owen rees - the first to analyse the chemistry of urine and also did new work on the nature and shape of the blood corpuscles. william roberts - introduced the term antagonism into microbiology and one of the first to describe the action of antibiotics including penicillin keith peters - improved understanding of glomerulonephritis john david spillane - established the modern study of tropical neurology dafydd stephens - a founder of audiological medicine denis john williams - pioneering work on using eeg to study cerebral disease surgical pioneers william thelwall thomas, general surgeon hugh owen thomas - pioneered orthopaedic surgery techniques including the thomas splint and thomas test robert jones - robert jones stablished orthopaedic surgery as a modern speciality. his organisational skills, treatments and rehabilitation of soldiers saved many lives during the first world war. he pioneered the use of radiography and the jones fracture is named after him william thelwall thomas - pioneer of abdominal surgery; introducing the detempered needle, the black silkworm gut, and large-handled spencer wells forceps. he also introduced the transvere incision for an umbilical hernia repair; introduced the double incision for double renal calculi at the kidney and ureter; and made a significant investigation into the composition of renal calculi tudor thomas - pioneer of corneal grafting policy aneurin bevan statue, cardiff. frances hoggan - first welsh female physician and advocated for gender equality in medicine mary morris - first woman to train as a doctor at the university college of wales, aberystwyth, admitted in 1895. possibly the first woman to train in medicine in wales. david lloyd george - national insurance act 1911 aneurin bevan - creation of the national health service eluned woodford-williams - affected government policy on geriatrics, improving geriatric services julian tudor-hart - social advocate and devised the term inverse care law timothy stamps - reformed and improved zimbabwe's healthcare system. ilora finlay - regulation of smoking, organ donation, sunbeds alcohol pricing, and improvements in palliative care