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The medical post-nominal suffix DObst RCOG is awarded to obstetricians and gynaecologists who have gained the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The Diploma is aimed at doctors, and especially general practitioners, who wish to certificate their knowledge and interest in Women's Health. [1]

Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynaecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) which is a surgical field.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G), that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and reproductive health. The College has over 16,000 members in over 100 countries with nearly 50% of those residing outside the British Isles.

Physician professional who practices medicine

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment—the science of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or craft of medicine.

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Arthur Mitchell Wilson DSO was a gynaecologist and obstetrician and an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Victor Ronald Tindall was an English rugby union international, obstetrician and gynaecologist.

Thomas Watts Eden FRCOG was consulting obstetric physician to Charing Cross Hospital and consulting surgeon to both Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the Chelsea Hospital for Women. During the First World War he served as a major with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was a founding fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Gordon William Fitzgerald FRCOG (1899-1944) was a physician on the honorary staff of the Northern Hospital for Women and Children who was also appointed to the Municipal Hospital in Manchester. During the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps as the officer in command of the Fusehill Hospital in Carlisle. He was a founding fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Arthur Edward Giles FRCOG FRCS (1864-1936) was a gynecologist who worked in Manchester before joining the Chelsea Hospital for Women in 1895. He also held posts at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham, Sutton Hospital, Pasmore Edwards Hospital, Edward Green and the Epping Hospital and the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital at Welwyn.

Arthur Francis Hamilton British officer of the Indian Medical Service

Arthur Francis Hamilton CIE, MC, FRCS, FRCOG was a British doctor who was an officer of the Indian Medical Service (IMS). He won the Military Cross during the First World War, and was later professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Grant Medical College, India.

John Prescott Hedley (1876–1957) FRCS, FRCP, FRCOG was a British surgeon and foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Eardley Lancelot Holland (1876–1967) FRCS, FRCP, FRCOG was a British surgeon and foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 1943, he was the fifth president of the college. He was a temporary captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War when he was in command of No. 20 General Hospital.

Frank Hamilton Lacey TD, FRCOG, (1879–1958) was an Irish surgeon and foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and the Middle East during the First World War for which he received the Territorial Decoration. After the war he was honorary surgeon to St. Mary’s Hospital in Manchester.

Herbert Melville Little FRCOG (1877–1935) was a Canadian gynaecologist and lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology at McGill University. He was assistant gynaecologist at the Montreal General Hospital and from 1925 gynaecologist-in-chief there. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. During the First World War he served as paymaster and adjutant with the McGill Unit 3rd Canadian General Hospital.

Charles Gibson Lowry

Charles Gibson Lowry FRCOG (1880–1951) was a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast. In 1921 he became professor of midwifery at Belfast. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.

Herbert Leith Murray FRCOG (1880–1932) was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Liverpool. He was on the staff of the Liverpool Maternity Hospital and the David Lewis Northern Hospital. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve from 1909 and during the First World War and achieved the rank of Surgeon Captain.

Arthur Leyland Robinson

Arthur Leyland Robinson (1888–1959) was a physician at the Hospital for Woman at Shaw Street and the Liverpool Maternity Hospital. He later became professor of midwifery and gynaecology at the University of Liverpool. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.

Reginald Statham

Reginald Samuel Sherard Statham OBE was professor of gynaecology at the University of Bristol. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and achieved the rank of major. He was also twice mentioned in despatches. After the war he was appointed OBE for his military service.

Richard Edward Tottenham FRCOG (1889–1971) was the inaugural professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Hong Kong. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served with the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Alexander Stewart-Wilson FRCOG was a Scottish gynaecologist and foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He acquired his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1911 and served in the military during the First World War in France and at the South African Medical Hospital in Richmond. He later established a successful practice in South Africa. He was described in his obituary in the British Medical Journal as a "brilliant operator, an original thinker, and a man of sound judgment".

Donald Whatley Roy

Donald Whatley Roy (1881-1960) was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Samaritan Hospital for Women and St George's Hospital, London. He served with the Royal Navy and then with the Royal Army Medical Corps at the Northampton War Hospital during the First World War. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

David Shannon TD FRCOG (1876-1933) was a British gynaecologist at the Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital in Glasgow and to the Royal Samaritan Hospital. Later he worked at the University of Glasgow. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War with the rank of captain and was later promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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  1. "Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists website". Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2007-12-12.