Andrew Wilkinson | |
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| Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Medicine, University of Oxford | |
| In office 1997–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Robert Wilkinson 30 October 1943 |
Andrew Robert Wilkinson (born 30 October 1943) is a British paediatrician who was Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Perinatal Medicine at All Souls College, Oxford. Wilkinson is most notable for being an international authority in neonatology and a lead author of the Standards of Care for NICU and NICE guidelines on retinopathy of prematurity. [1] [2]
Wilkinson took his clinical training at University of Birmingham Medical School, achieving a MB BCh in 1968. [2]
Wilkinson's first position was a house officer in medicine and surgery at City Hospital, Birmingham. [2] In 1969 Wilkinson moved to Warwick Hospital, where he began to specialise in paediatrics. [2] In 1970, Wilkinson was promoted to senior house officer with positions at Birmingham, Warwick, and King Edward VII's Hospital. In 1973, Wilkinson took a position at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In the same year, he was promoted to registrar at Southampton General Hospital. [2] From 1974 to 1975, Wilkinson became a Nuffield Medical Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. [2] Wilkinson then spent two years in the US, as a visiting Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. [2] Returning in 1978 he became a clinical lecturer in paediatrics at the University of Oxford. [2] In 1981, Wilkinson was promoted to consultant paediatrician and worked within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until 1992. [2] From 1992 to 1997 Wilkinson was clinical reader at the University of Oxford. In 2011, Wilkinson was elected to be an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford [2]
From 1983 to 1989, Wilkinson was the Honorary Secretary and Chair of the Academic Board of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. [2] From 1999 to 2002 Wilkinson was President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine. [3] From 2003 to 2006 Wilkinson was President of the Neonatal Society. [4]
The following are the most cited papers that Wilkinson contributed to.
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