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Samantha Tross was born in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] in [[Guyana]] in 1968 to Sammy and Gwendolin Tross. She was the second of four children<ref>Marjorie H. Morgan, [http://historicalgeographies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/biography-samantha-tross.html Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory], Historical Geographies. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> and she is said to have borrowed her brother's toys.<ref>[http://www.booktopia.com.au/samantha-tross-surgeon-verna-allette-wilkins/prod9781870516488.html Samantha Tross - Surgeon], Verna Allette Wilkins, Booktopia. Retrieved 22 November 2015. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #2 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She attended primary school in Guyana. Her family moved to Britain when she was eleven,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Williams|author2=A. A. D.|title=Simply The Best|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWdOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP7|date=9 April 2014|publisher=BIS Publications|isbn=978-1-903289-26-6|pages=7–}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> because her father who worked for the [[Commonwealth Secretariat]] was given a post in Britain.<ref>Marjorie H. Morgan, [http://historicalgeographies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/biography-samantha-tross.html Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory], Historical Geographies. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> The secretariat is based at [[Marlborough House]] in London.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">[4]</sup> Tross completed her education at private schools in Britain and then at [[Matthew Boulton College]] in [[Birmingham]]. She excelled at sport, becoming the British national [[long jump]] champion for her age, and she passed A-Levels in applied mathematics, chemistry and biology.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Williams|author2=A. A. D.|title=Simply The Best|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWdOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP7|date=9 April 2014|publisher=BIS Publications|isbn=978-1-903289-26-6|pages=7–}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She took medicine at [[University College London]], where she decided to become a surgeon. |
Samantha Tross was born in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] in [[Guyana]] in 1968 to Sammy and Gwendolin Tross. She was the second of four children <ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinclair |first1=Leah |title=Britain's first black female orthopaedic surgeon speaks {{!}} The Voice Online |url=https://archive.voice-online.co.uk/article/britains-first-black-female-orthopaedic-surgeon-speaks |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=archive.voice-online.co.uk |publisher=The Voice |date=22/11/2018}}</ref><ref>Marjorie H. Morgan, [http://historicalgeographies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/biography-samantha-tross.html Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory], Historical Geographies. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> and she is said to have borrowed her brother's toys.<ref>[http://www.booktopia.com.au/samantha-tross-surgeon-verna-allette-wilkins/prod9781870516488.html Samantha Tross - Surgeon], Verna Allette Wilkins, Booktopia. Retrieved 22 November 2015. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #2 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She attended primary school in Guyana. Her family moved to Britain when she was eleven,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Williams|author2=A. A. D.|title=Simply The Best|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWdOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP7|date=9 April 2014|publisher=BIS Publications|isbn=978-1-903289-26-6|pages=7–}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> because her father who worked for the [[Commonwealth Secretariat]] was given a post in Britain.<ref>Marjorie H. Morgan, [http://historicalgeographies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/biography-samantha-tross.html Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory], Historical Geographies. {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> The secretariat is based at [[Marlborough House]] in London.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">[4]</sup> Tross completed her education at private schools in Britain and then at [[Matthew Boulton College]] in [[Birmingham]]. She excelled at sport, becoming the British national [[long jump]] champion for her age, and she passed A-Levels in applied mathematics, chemistry and biology.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Williams|author2=A. A. D.|title=Simply The Best|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWdOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP7|date=9 April 2014|publisher=BIS Publications|isbn=978-1-903289-26-6|pages=7–}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/893820135 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893659945 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}}</ref> She took medicine at [[University College London]], where she decided to become a surgeon. |
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Samantha Tross | |
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| Born | 30 June 1968 Georgetown, Guyana |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Matthew Boulton College University College, London |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Being the first black female orthopaedic surgeon in Britain |
Samantha Tross (born 30 June 1968) is a British consultant surgeon. She was the first black female orthopaedic surgeon in Britain and has been recognized in various lists of successful Britons.
Personal life
Samantha Tross was born in Georgetown in Guyana in 1968 to Sammy and Gwendolin Tross. She was the second of four children [1][2] and she is said to have borrowed her brother's toys.[3] She attended primary school in Guyana. Her family moved to Britain when she was eleven,[4] because her father who worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat was given a post in Britain.[5] The secretariat is based at Marlborough House in London.[4] Tross completed her education at private schools in Britain and then at Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham. She excelled at sport, becoming the British national long jump champion for her age, and she passed A-Levels in applied mathematics, chemistry and biology.[6] She took medicine at University College London, where she decided to become a surgeon.
Professional life
Tross is unsure of what caused her initial interest in medicine in medicine but thinks that the death of her grandparents when she was the young age of seven was a contribution to her interest. She also notes that while in medical school she was exposed to many different specialities in medicine, but the surgeons in orthopedics made her feel wanted and useful.[7]
This was an unusual course for a British woman: only 11% of consultant surgeons in Britain are female.[8] She trained at various hospitals and completed her training in orthopaedic surgery in 2004. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. She specialises in re-constructive hip and knee surgery.[9] Although she is known for her work with hip and knee surgery, she also does work on the shoulder, elbow, hand and foot and ankle.[10]
Notable achievements
Tross's brief biography is included (in 2015) in the International Slavery Museum run by Liverpool Museums.[11] She is said to be one of the 100 most influential Black Britons; and has regularly been included in the annual Powerlist, of the 100 most influential Black British people, with her most recent appearance on the Powerlist 2021.[12][13][14] Tross was the subject of a biography by Verna Wilkins in 2008.[15]
References
- ^ Sinclair, Leah (22/11/2018). "Britain's first black female orthopaedic surgeon speaks | The Voice Online". archive.voice-online.co.uk. The Voice. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Marjorie H. Morgan, Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory, Historical Geographies. [verification needed]
- ^ Samantha Tross - Surgeon, Verna Allette Wilkins, Booktopia. Retrieved 22 November 2015. [verification needed]
- ^ Michael Williams; A. A. D. (9 April 2014). Simply The Best. BIS Publications. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-903289-26-6. [verification needed]
- ^ Marjorie H. Morgan, Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory, Historical Geographies. [verification needed]
- ^ Michael Williams; A. A. D. (9 April 2014). Simply The Best. BIS Publications. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-903289-26-6. [verification needed]
- ^ guyaneseonline (7 December 2018). "Dr. Samantha Tross – Britain's First Black Female Orthopaedic Surgeon Speaks". Guyanese Online. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Sima Kotecha, "Female surgeons face 'hostile environment'", Today, BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015. [verification needed]
- ^ Marjorie H. Morgan, Blog citing Caribbean Britain: The Cultural and Biographical Directory, Historical Geographies. [verification needed]
- ^ "Joint Replacement Surgery London, Joint Surgery London". Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ Samantha Tross, Liverpool Museums. Retrieved 22 November 2015 [verification needed]
- ^ Samantha Tross First Black Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, guyanesegirlsrock.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015. [verification needed]
- ^ Lloyds Banking Group; Thomson Reuters (2013). "Samantha Tross". Power List 2013: Britain's Most Influential Black People. London, England: Powerful Media Ltd.: 57. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
{{cite journal}}:|last2=has generic name (help) [verification needed] - ^ Mills, Kelly-Ann (25 October 2019). "Raheem Sterling joins Meghan and Stormzy in top 100 most influential black Brits". mirror. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Verna Wilkins (15 April 2008). Samantha Tross: Surgeon. Tamarind. ISBN 978-1-870516-48-8. [verification needed]
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