10 Facts About Maud Forrester-Brown

Maud Forrester-Brown was the first woman orthopaedic surgeon within Britain.

Maud Forrester-Brown attended college for medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women.

From 1907 to 1912, Maud studied forensic medicine and pathology, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1912, and a Master of Science degree in 1920.

Maud Forrester-Brown held positions in general practice such as being a house surgeon, where she worked for Sir Harold Stiles, another surgeon.

Maud Forrester-Brown obtained a three year long scholarship in 1923 called the William Gissane Research Scholarship, allowing her to travel to orthopaedic clinics in the United States and Europe, and even translate medical journals to English so that they would be of use to many more individuals.

Maud Forrester-Brown began publishing medical journals as early as 1920.

Maud Forrester-Brown noticed the areas that were being neglected within the medical field and focused her research on those specialties, such as defects and deformities that were not being resolved until the children were older and stronger.

Maud Forrester-Brown trained her own staff for the clinics and taught them her unique individual skills, which made her clinic stand out from the existing clinics of the time.

In 1931, the Annual Meeting for the British Medical Association was held, which Maud Forrester-Brown was a member of for over 50 years, and she was appointed Secretary.

Maud Forrester-Brown retired at the age of 65 in 1951, and ten years later was given the title of Emeritus Fellow, which allowed her to retain the title she held before retirement.