If you search by author then you may need to click on options and then fields when you are viewing the records in order to select the institution field. For the Medline web version, you will need to select the full record from the titles display. Embase is sometimes more useful as it includes email addresses. Full text newspaper databases are available through FT Profile. They contain interviews, profiles and obituaries.
Most newspapers now have web sites and they can be useful free sources of biographical information.
Fortunately, it is usually possible to provide some information quickly. The Library has a complete set of the Medical Directory and Medical Register . They are kept at the end of the book sequence in the Reading Room. The details of the entries change so you may wish to select different entries for different stages in the doctor's career. If you need to establish when a doctor died then it is best to use the Medical Register as it is complete.