Margaret Turner-Warwick
Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (born 19 November 1924) is a retired British medical doctor and thoracic specialist. She was the first woman president of the Royal College of Physicians (1989-92) and, later, chairman of the Royal Devon and Exeter Health Care NHS Trust (1992-95).
Background
Born in 1924 as Margaret Elizabeth Harvey in London,[1] she studied medicine at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford [2]and, later, at University College Hospital, London. After qualifying, she practised medicine at UCH and Royal Brompton Hospital.
She decided to specialise in thoracic medicine. She was a senior lecturer at the Institute of Diseases of the Chest. In 1972 she was appointed professor of thoracic medicine at the Cardiothoracic Institute (University of London), later emeritus on her retirement in 1987. She was also Dean from 1984-87 at the Cardiothoracic Institute.[3] She was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 1991-2000.
Family
Margaret Harvey and urologist Richard Turner-Warwick (born 1925) were married in 1950.[4] They have two daughters.
Honours
- Honorary Fellowship, Lady Margaret Hall (1989)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE; 1991)
References
- ↑ Farlex biodata/career information
- ↑
- ↑ Farlex, op cit, supra
- ↑ "Richard Turner-Warwick profile". Retrieved 5 November 2013.
External links
- RCP Presidents
- BBC profile of Dr Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick
- Journal of the American Medical Association excerpt
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| Preceded by Sir Raymond Hoffenberg |
President of the Royal College of Physicians 1989–1991 |
Succeeded by Leslie Turnberg |
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