John Grant (neurosurgeon)

John MacDonald Falconar Grant (1922 to 2013) was an Australian neurosurgeon and disability sport administrator. Born in Sydney, he graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Sydney in 1945, trained in general and orthopaedic surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and then in neurosurgery. In 1952 he was appointed to Royal North Shore Hospital, where he helped establish its Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Injuries Unit, and he retired from operative surgery in 2002. After visiting Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1957 he promoted sport in the rehabilitation of people with spinal injuries, organising the First Royal North Shore Hospital Games in 1958 and co-founding the Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of New South Wales in 1961. He chaired the Sydney bid for the 2000 Paralympic Games and was president of its organising committee from 1994 to 2000.