Sir John Halliday Croom FRSE PRCPE PRCSE was a Scottish surgeon and medical author. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

John Chiene, CB, LLD, MD, FRSE, FRCSEd was a Scottish surgeon, who was Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh during some of its most influential years. He was a founder of the Edinburgh Ambulance Service. The Chiene Medal is presented as an annual prize in surgery at the University. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1897 to 1899.