1. Patrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS was an English obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment.
10 Facts About Patrick Steptoe
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Patrick Steptoe went to King's College London and graduated from St George's Hospital Medical School, London in 1939.
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Patrick Steptoe became the Director of the Centre for Human Reproduction, Oldham, in 1969.
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In 1979, Patrick Steptoe received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
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Patrick Steptoe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1987.
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Patrick Steptoe was the first in Britain to use laparoscopy for the routine diagnosis of gynaecological disorders, and the first anywhere to use it as a standard technique for sterilization.
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Patrick Steptoe sought to develop it for the treatment of infertility and, by 1969, succeeded in using it for the first time to recover oocytes from preovulatory ovaries.
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Patrick Steptoe's achievement is particularly remarkable as it was obtained in a district hospital with only local backing.
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Patrick Steptoe is commemorated with a plaque at the Maternity Ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital, and at 52 West End, Witney.
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Patrick Steptoe is buried in Bourn, St Helena and St Mary Churchyard.