Professor Peter Ormerod | |
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Born | 28 August 1950 |
Died | 29 January 2019 |
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Chest physician |
Spouse | Pauline Morris |
Children | Adam James, Heather Jane |
Professor Lawrence Peter Ormerod FRCP, FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Glas) (born 1950) was an English chest physician.
Ormerod was educated at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. [1] He qualified as a doctor in 1974 and gained a DSc in 2000 for his work researching tuberculosis. [2]
He is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester and at the University of Central Lancashire, and was a consultant for BMI Healthcare at the Beardwood Hospital in Lancashire. [3]
He was appointed to the Joint Tuberculosis Committee in 1987 and served as its chair from 1995 to 2000. [2] He was a consultant adviser on Tuberculosis to the United Kingdom Government's Department of Health, from 1997 to 2003. [2]
He was President of the British Thoracic Society for the year 2008–2009. [3]
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