Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg
Leslie Arnold Turn Berg, Baron Turn Berg, of Cheadle in the County of Cheshire Kt ( born March 22, 1934) is a British physician, university teacher and politician of the Labour Party, the 1992-1997 President of the Royal College of Physicians was and since 2000 member the House of Lords.
Life
Studies, physician and university teacher
After school gymnastics mountain graduated in medicine and was then 1973-1997 as a doctor of gastroenterology at Salford Royal, a hospital in Salford, works. At the same time he took in 1973 to the offer of a professorship of medicine at the University of Manchester and taught there also until 1997.
In addition to his activities as a physician and university professor to turn mountain engaged for many years in various medical and medical institutions and organizations and, among other things, 1974-1981 for the first time a member of the health authorities of Salford and 1986-1989 member of the Health Authority of the North West England region. Once again he was a member of the health authorities of Salford between 1990 and 1992, he served from 1992 to 1997 as the successor to Margaret Turner - Warwick as president of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Doctors functionary and the House of Lords member
In addition, turn the mountain, which was collected in 1994 Knight Bachelor was, between 1994 and 1996 Chairman of the Conference of Medical Royal Colleges and from 1996 to 1998, Chairman of the Department for Education Specialists ( Specialist Training Authority). After his replacement by George Alberti as president of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1997, he was appointed an Officer of the Authority for laboratory services of public health and on the other president of the Medical Council against alcoholism and held both functions until 2002.
At the same time he was between 1997 and 2007 President of the Medical Protection Society ( MPS ) and has been since 1997 scientific adviser to the Association of Medical Research organizations. In 1998 he was also Vice President of the newly founded Academy of Medical Sciences and has held this post until 2004. Moreover, he was between 1999 and 2004 President of the Health Quality Service ( Health Quality Service ) and 1999-2000 President of the British Society of Gastroenterology.
On 4 May 2000, he was by the Letters Patent on Life peer with the title Baron Turn Berg, of Cheadle raised in the County of Cheshire to the peerage. On 9 May 2000, he received his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords.
In the following years he was in 2000 president of the Physicians Association ( Association of Physicians ) and between 2004 and 2007 President of the National Centre for the prevention, reduction and improve the use of animals in research and at the same time Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the National Health Care.