Sir Barry Jackson | |
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Born | July 1936 |
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Medical career | |
Profession | Surgeon |
Field | Gastrointestinal surgery |
Institutions | St Thomas' Hospital |
Sir Barry Trevor Jackson (born July 1936) is a British surgeon, who, between 1991 and 2001, was Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen, and president of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1998 to 2001. [2] He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2001 New Year Honours, "for services to training and education in surgery". [3]
He served as president of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2002 to 2004. [4] Previously he was a gastrointestinal surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital, London, for over 30 years. [5]
Mr Barry Jackson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: "My very desperate concern is that because there is this overworking, there will be occasions when the standard of work performed is less than adequate.