Caroline Doig

Caroline Doig (1938 – 14 November 2019) was a paediatric surgeon and the first woman to be elected to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh council.

Early life and education Doig was born in Forfar, Scotland, in 1938. She attended the South School in Forfar, and Forfar Academy. where she received her ChM (Master in Surgery) on staphylococcal wound infection and bacterial transmission.

Career Her first post was at Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1962.

Doig was elected to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh council in 1984, serving three terms of office. She was the first women elected to Council at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and at any royal college. She was also President of the Medical Women's Federation in the 1980s, a body which promotes women in medicine.

Doig retired in April 2000. The silver medal is awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh every second year, recognising excellence within the female membership. It is only the fourth painting depicting women in their collection.

Personal life Doig published her autobiography, Enilorac: Hands of a Lady in 2018, on her experiences becoming a surgeon.