Individual Details

Charles Edwin DREW

(15 Dec 1916 - 31 May 1987)

Events

Birth15 Dec 1916Lambeth, London
Residence29 Sep 1939Westminster Hospital Medical School, 17, Horseferry Road, London
Occupation29 Sep 1939medical student - Westminster Hospital Medical School, 17, Horseferry Road, London
Military1942as a surgeon lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Marriage1950Northumberland West Registration District, Northumberland - Maureen PITTAWAY
Miscellaneous1951was a cardiothoracic surgeon best known for assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in King George VI's pneumonectomy
Death31 May 1987London
Miscellaneousis known for pioneering research on profound hypothermia in cardiac surgery and what came to be known as the 'Drew technique'

Families

SpouseMaureen PITTAWAY ( - 2009)
FatherEdwin Frank DREW (1890 - 1974)
MotherEunice Lloyd DAVIES (1891 - 1980)

Notes

Military

By the end of the war, Drew had been promoted to surgeon-commander.