Peter Kerley

Sir Peter James Kerley ( born October 27, 1900 in Dundalk, † 15 March 1979) was an Irish radiologist. He described the Kerley lines on radiographs of the lungs.

Life

Kerley studied until 1923 medicine at University College Dublin. He then completed a radiological training in Vienna - then a center of young professional area - and Cambridge. In 1932 he was awarded a doctorate by the University of Dublin. In the years 1939/40, he stood in front of Radiology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine ( RSM). During the Second World War Kerley served as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC ). Later he was in London at Westminster Hospital and the Heart Hospital worked and advised the Department of Health. Together with other doctors, he supervised the people with lung King George VI.

From 1952 to 1955, Peter Kerley President of the Faculty of Radiologist, the predecessor organization of the Royal College of Radiologists. He was also editor of the Journal of the Faculty Radiologists.

Kerley was married, his wife died in 1973. The couple had two daughters.

Awards (selection)

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ( FRCP ), 1943
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE ), 1951
• Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ( CVO ), 1952
• Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists ( FRCR )
• Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ( KCVO ), 1972
• Sir Peter Kerley Lecture at the Royal College of Radiologists ( two-year, 1977-1998 )

Publications (selection)

• Peter Kerley: Recent advances in radiology. J. & A. Churchill. London, 1931.
• Cochrane Shanks, Peter Kerley (ed.): Textbook of X -ray Diagnosis. ( Co-editor of approximately 1938 to 1973 )