Sisvan William Aram Gunn (February 10, 1926 – November 1, 2022) was a Canadian surgeon,Global Perspectives In Health - Vol. II - Disasters and Conflicts - S.W.A. Gunn May 14, 2005. Medical and Health Sciences - Volume VII. O. O. P. Hanninen; M. Atalay; B.P. Mansourian; A. Wojtezak; S.M. Mahfouz; H. Majewski; E. Elisabetsky; N. L. Etkin; R. Kirby; T.G. Downing and M.I. El Gohary. EOLSS Publications, Oct 12, 2010. p.316. author, involved with various international health organizations.
Sisvan William Aram Gunn was born on February 10, 1926, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He completed his medical studies in Geneva.Leo Klein, Professor S.W.A. Gunn, MD, MS, FRCSC, FRCSI (Hon), DSc (Hon), dr. h. c. A 90th Birthday Tribute Med. Sci. Lett. (Voj. Zdrav. Listy) 2016, vol. 85(1), p. 44-46. ISSN 0372-7025 PDF
Prior to joining the World Health Organization, Gunn was a lecturer in History of Medicine and Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.SWA Gunn, Chisholm, WHO and the pursuit of the public's health. CMAJ, Jun 9, 2009 Formerly head of Emergency Relief Operations of the WHO. Later, Scientific director vice president of the European Center for Disaster Medicine; founder and president of the Medical Society of the World Health Organization and president of the board of the International Association for Humanitarian Medicine (IAHM).Directory of Geneva Global Health Actors - Graduate Institute. (Updated 2018).
Gunn authored and co-authored over 300 professional publications and 20 mono-graphs.Gunn, S. William. Overview at WorldCat
Gunn was awarded the honorary doctorate of Palermo University.
Gunn died on November 1, 2022, at the age of 96.
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