Professor Stewart Goodwin

An Introduction to Professor Stewart Goodwin

Professor Stewart Goodwin’s medical and research career has extended well into recent years with a long series of appointments, research projects and achievements. His work has had an unprecedented effect on the medical profession, especially on the study of Microbiology and Infection.

Professor Stewart Goodwin’s own personal interest and set of expertise in Microbiology and Infection were first discovered whilst he was still an Undergraduate at England’s prestigious Cambridge University. It was here between 1953 and 1954 that his interested started.

Professor Stewart Goodwin was also the first person to study the lining of the nose in relation to leprosy bacteria, and made the great discovery that leprosy is in fact, directly spread from the nose. From here Professor Stewart Goodwin was able to further research and write his Cambridge MD thesis which noted the first observations on the significance of evenly-stained and presumable viable leprosy bacilli in the nose and skin. Professor Stewart Goodwin’s thesis also included a description of the range of histology of the skin which managed to identify no less than 5 different types of leprosy.

Shortly after qualifying in medicine in 1965, Professor Stewart Goodwin treated and cared for leprosy patients in destinations as diverse as India, Hong Kong and Ethiopia. To continue along this path, it was whilst in Hong Kong in 1962 that Professor Stewart Goodwin successfully discovered how to reverse the effects of early nerve damage in leprosy. Professor Stewart Goodwin then published his effective treatment of neuritis. Professor Stewart Goodwin is also accredited with the discovery of the elimination of foot ulcers by surgery and of re-establishing and reshaping the hand to evade recognition of leprosy.

These are just a few of the long, comprehensive list of discoveries and innovations by Professor Stewart Goodwin. Despite 33 years of experience in infectious diseases and 25 years of teaching, there is still a lot more to discover about Professor Stewart Goodwin.