Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry,commonly known as Barts or BL,is a medical and dental school in London,England. The school is part of Queen Mary University of London,a constituent college of the federal University of London,and the United Hospitals. It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the London Hospital Medical College and the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Sir Thomas Spencer Wells,1st Baronet was surgeon to Queen Victoria,a medical professor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Vincent "Ċensu" Tabone,was the fourth president of Malta who also served as Minister and Nationalist MP.
The University of Malta is a higher education institution in Malta. It offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees,postgraduate master's degrees and postgraduate doctorates. It is a member of the European University Association,the European Access Network,Association of Commonwealth Universities,the Utrecht Network,the Santander Network,the Compostela Group,the European Association for University Lifelong Learning (EUCEN) and the International Student Exchange Programme (ISEP).
Sir William Thorburn KBE,CB,CMG,FRCS DL was an English surgeon and pioneer in modern spinal surgery. At the time of his death he was Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Victoria University of Manchester.
Hospitaller Malta,known within Maltese history as the Knights' Period,was a de facto state which existed between 1530 and 1798 when the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo were ruled by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. It was formally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Sicily,and it came into being when Emperor Charles V granted the islands as well as the city of Tripoli in modern Libya to the Order,following the latter's loss of Rhodes in 1522. Hospitaller Tripoli was lost to the Ottoman Empire in 1551,but an Ottoman attempt to take Malta in 1565 failed.
Sir Terence Alexander Hawthorne English is a South African-born British retired cardiac surgeon. He was Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon,Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital,Cambridge,1973–1995. After starting a career in mining engineering,English switched to medicine and went on to lead the team that performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in August 1979 at Papworth,and soon established it as one of Europe's leading heart–lung transplant programmes.
Noshir Hormasji Antia was an Indian plastic surgeon and social worker,known for his pioneering contributions to the treatment and rehabilitation of people afflicted with leprosy. He was the founder of three notable non governmental organizations,Foundation for Research in Community Health (FRCH),Foundation for Medical Research (FMR) and the National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH),all working in the field of rehabilitation of patients,cured or otherwise. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.
John Hennen FRSE was an Irish-born military surgeon and author of the acclaimed medical textbook The Principles of Military Surgery.
Sir Alfred Cuschieri is a Maltese-British surgeon and academic. He is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the development and clinical implementation of minimal access surgery,also known as key-hole surgery. He has been Professor of Surgery at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa,Italy,since 2003 as well as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Institute of Medical Science and Technology at the University of Dundee since 2008.
Justyne Caruana is a Maltese lawyer,politician,former Minister for Gozo and former Minister for Education. She was appointed on 9 June 2017 in the second cabinet of Joseph Muscat and reconfirmed by new Prime Minister Robert Abela before resigning one week later on 20 January 2020 and replaced with Clint Camilleri. After 11 months,she was re-appointed to Cabinet on 23 November 2020 as the new Minister for Education by Robert Abela. She then resigned from Minister for Education on 22 December 2021.
Robert Abela is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Malta and leader of the Malta Labour Party since 2020. The son of former President George Abela,he was elected to Parliament in 2017. Abela was sworn in as prime minister following the resignation of Joseph Muscat on 13 January 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Malta was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of the disease in Malta was an Italian 12-year-old girl on 7 March 2020. The girl and her family were in isolation,as required by those following the Maltese health authority's guidelines who were in Italy or other highly infected countries. Later,both her parents were found positive as well.
Bernard Grech is a Maltese politician and lawyer who has been the leader of the Nationalist Party and the Leader of the Opposition since 2020.
Clint Camilleri is a Maltese politician,architect and civil engineer,currently serving as Minister for Gozo in the Prime Minister Robert Abela's cabinet of 2020. Among the youngest members of cabinet,Camilleri previously served as a Parliamentary Secretary and a Minister in former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's cabinet. Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament and Minister,he was the Mayor of Qala in 2017.
Salvatore Luigi Pisani CMG,MD was a Maltese doctor,renowned professor of anatomy,surgery,midwifery and gynaecology.
Clyde Caruana is a Maltese politician within the Labour Party,since November 2020 Minister for Finance and Employment.
Clifton Grima is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served in the Parliament of Malta since 2016. A member of the Labour Party,Grima is also the Minister for Education and Sport.
Alex Borg is a lawyer and Maltese Member of Parliament. In April 2022,he was appointed shadow minister for Gozo.
