Aileen Adams
| Aileen Adams CBE, FRCS, FRCA | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1923 (age 93–94) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Occupation | Consultant anaesthetist |
| Employer | |
Dr Aileen K. Adams CBE, FRCS, FRCA (born 1923) is a retired British consultant anaesthetist.
Adams graduated from the University of Sheffield then worked as a junior anaesthetist at Addenbrooke's Hospital from 1946 to 1951); as a senior registrar in Bristol from 1952 to 1955; a fellow in anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1955 to 1957; as a locum consultant in Oxford from 1958 to 1959); as a senior lecturer at Lagos University Medical School from 1963 to 1964), and was appointed a consultant anaesthetist back at Addenbrooke' from 1960 to 1984.[1]
She was also an associate lecturer at Cambridge University from 1967 1o 1984.[1]
She was dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons (later the Royal College of Anaesthetists) from 1985 to 1988.[1][2]
She served as president of the History of Anaesthesia Society from 1990 to 1992, of the History of Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1994 to 1995; and of the British Society for the History of Medicine from 2003 to 2005.[1]
She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA).[1]
Her interview with Dr Max Blythe, recorded in 1996, is held in Oxford Brookes' Medical Sciences Video Archive catalogue number MSVA142–3.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2011), Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-902238-75-6 http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol42 Missing or empty
|title=(help), Wikidata Q29581786 - ↑ "Past Deans and Presidents". Royal College of Anaesthetists. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External links
- Aileen Adams on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- 65 Years of Anaesthesia in the NHS - video featuring Adams
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