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Archibald McIndoe
New Zealand plastic surgeon (–)
Sir Archibald Hector McIndoeCBE FRCS (4 May – 11 April ) was a New Zealand plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
He improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew.[1]
Early life
Archibald McIndoe was born 4 May in Forbury, in Dunedin, New Zealand, into a family of four.[2] His father was John McIndoe, a printer and his mother was the artist Mabel McIndoe née Hill.
Archibald mcindoe biography
He had three brothers and one sister. McIndoe studied at Otago Boys' High School and later medicine at the University of Otago. After his graduation he became a house surgeon at Waikato Hospital.
In , McIndoe was awarded the first New Zealand Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in the United States to study pathological anatomy.
The fellowship was for an unmarried doctor and as McIndoe had recently married Adonia Aitkin they had to keep their marriage secret and he sailed without her.