Professor Christopher Sapara Grant MB.ChB, FRCS, FACS 1942–2013

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Professor Grant, Head of the Department of Surgery at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) for 15 years, died in SQU Hospital on Friday 4^thOctober aged 71. Prof. Grant, who joined the College of Medicine & Health Sciences just four years after SQU opened in 1986, was one of the pioneers who made immense contributions to both medical education and the healthcare sector in Oman. Many of his former students now occupy senior positions in the Ministry of Health and the medical colleges in the country.