Peter Ormerod

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Peter Ormerod
FRCP FRCPE FRCPGlas
Born(1950-08-28)28 August 1950
Died(2019-01-29)29 January 2019
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
OccupationChest physician
SpousePauline Morris
Children2

Lawrence Peter Ormerod (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]

References

  1. ↑ "TB doctor makes Who's Who". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2005). Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. Vol. 24. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN   978-0-85484-104-2. OL   27087444M. Wikidata   Q29581694.
  3. 1 2 Healthcare, BMI. "Lawrence Peter Ormerod". BMI Healthcare UK . Retrieved 21 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]


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