Sir John Arthur Stallworthy (26 July 1906 – 19 November 1993) was a New Zealand-born British obstetrician who was Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford from 1967 to 1973.
[2][6][7] In 1938 he was invited by Professor Chassar Moir to be first assistant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Oxford University.
[6][7] Concerns about maternal mortality was a catalyst for Stallworthy to set up a service known as the 'obstetric flying squad' during the war.
[2][7] His achievements were in the treatment of cancer of the cervix by radiotherapy and Wertheim's hysterectomy and conservative management of pelvic tuberculosis.
[7] The treatment of cervical cancer was the topic of his Hunterian Lecture given to the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1963.
[6] They had two daughters and one son Jon Stallworthy, biographer, literary critic and Professor of English Literature at Oxford University.