Margaret Turner-Warwick

Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, DBE (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 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 to 1987 at the Cardiothoracic Institute.^[2] 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.^[3] They have two daughters.

Honours

• Honorary Fellowship at her alma mater, Lady Margaret Hall (1989)
• Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1991)

References

1. ^ Farlex biodata/career information
2. ^ Farlex, op cit, supra
3. ^ "Richard Turner-Warwick". http://rturnerwarwick.com/rtw.htm. 

External links

• RCP Presidents
• BBC introduction to Margaret Turner-Warwick
• Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford profile of Dr. Margaret Turner-Warwick
• Journal of the American Medical Association excerpt

Academic offices
Preceded by Sir Raymond Hoffenberg	President of the Royal College of Physicians 1989–1991	Succeeded by Leslie Turnberg

Persondata
Name	Turnerwarwick, Margaret
Alternative names
Short description	British medical doctor and thoracic specialist
Date of birth	19 November 1924
Place of birth	London, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death