Milroy Paul

Major Milroy Aserappa Paul (20 January 1900 - 8 October 1988) was a leading Ceylonese surgeon. He was the first Professor of Surgery at the Ceylon Medical College and co-founder of the International College of Surgeons.

Early life Paul was born on 20 January 1900. He was the eledet son of S. C. Paul, a leading surgeon from Manipay in northern province of Ceylon. He had six brothers (William, Egerton, Albert, Jeyarajan, Arthur and Ellalasingam) and three sisters (Girlie Cooke, Amy Crosette-Thambiah and Tutse Rasaratnam). He was educated at Royal College, Colombo. He then went on to study medicine at Ceylon Medical College and King's College London from where he graduated in 1925 with MB degree and a Conjoint Diploma. He was also the first Ceylonese to become a member of the James IV Association of Surgeons. Paul died in 1989. This technique was then redeployed by others such as the late Paul Brand after several modifications and he introduced the concept in the United States in the 1960s where the technique remains the gold-standard of pressure offloading treatment in the management of neuropathic foot ulcers of the lower limb to this day.