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Women in medicine is a new project showcasing leading clinicians and the women from the history of medicine who have inspired them.

The project, coordinated by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), brings together the leading medical bodies in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland to profile 52 of the most influential clinicians from the past and present.

The timing of Women in medicine is significant as 2017 is the centenary of the Medical Women’s Federation, and also the first time in history that the majority of the world-renowned medical royal colleges have been led by women.

Exhibition

From 3 October 2017 to 19 January 2018, the RCP is hosting an exhibition of specially commissioned photographic portraits honouring these contemporary and historical medical figures.

Among the historical women featured are internationally acclaimed individuals such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Britain’s first formally qualified and recognised female doctor; Dame Sheila Sherlock, the prime mover in the establishment of liver disease as a specialty; and Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement.

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What we have produced

Women in medicine: Sally Davies and Margaret Turner-Warwick

England's chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally Davies and Margaret Turner-Warwick, the first woman to be elected president of the RCP.
10 November 2017
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Women in medicine: Anna Batchelor and Gillian Hanson

Profiles of Dr Anna Batchelor, who was the first woman dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and Dr Gillian Hanson - a true innovator in the field.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Ruth Brown and Mary Sheila Christian

Profiles of Dr Ruth Brown, former VP of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, and Dr Mary Sheila Christian - a founder of A&E medicine in the UK.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Fiona Caldicott and Helen Boyle

Profiles of Dame Fiona Caldicott, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Dr Helen Boyle, one of the first women active in psychiatry.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Jane Dacre and Sheila Sherlock

Profiles of Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians, and Dame Sheila Sherlock, the first ever female professor of medicine.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Anna Dominiczak and Marion Gilchrist

Profiles of Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak, Regius professor of medicine at the University of Glasgow, and Dr Marion Gilchrist, its first female graduate.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Judy Evans and Gertrude Herzfeld

Profiles of Dr Judy Evans, a leading clinician in plastic surgery, and Gertrude Herzfeld - a 'true trailblazer for women in surgery'.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Flic Gabbay and Cicely Saunders

Profiles Dr Flic Gabbay, whose many roles have included co-founder of the Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine, and Dame Cicely Saunders, who founded the modern hospice movement.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Fiona Godlee and Sophia Jex-Blake

Profiles of Dr Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of The BMJ, and Sophia Jex-Blake - a leading campaigner for women in medical and higher education.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Jenny Higham and Marie Stopes

Profiles of Professor Jenny Higham, the first woman principal of St George’s, University of London, and Marie Stopes, scientist, academic and influential campaigner for women’s rights and birth control.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Mary Horgan and Dorothy Stopford Price

Profiles of Professor Mary Horgan is the first female president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and Dr Dorothy Stopford Price, a revolutionary physician who fought for Ireland to be free from tuberculosis.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Asha Kasliwal and Anandibai Gopal Joshi

Profiles of Dr Asha Kasliwal, president of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, and Dr Anandibai Joshi - the first Indian woman to obtain a medical degree through training in Western medicine.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Parveen Kumar and Jane Walker

Profiles of Professor Dame Parveen Kumar, one of her generation's pre-eminent physicians, and Dr Jane Walker, first president of the Medical Women’s Federation.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Suzy Lishman and Dorothy Russell

Profiles of Dr Suzy Lishman, the second woman to be elected president of the Royal College of Pathologists, and Professor Dorothy Russell, the first woman in Europe to hold a senior university position in pathology.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Carrie MacEwen and Ida Mann

Profiles of Professor Carrie MacEwen, chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and Professor Dame Ida Mann, a pioneering ophthalmologist.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Eilis McGovern and Emily Winifred Dickson

Profiles of Professor Eilis McGovern, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland's first woman president, and Dr Emily Winifred Dickson, its first female fellow.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Sheona Macleod and Vicky Osgood

Profiles of Professor Sheona MacLeod, chair of the UK’s Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans, and Dr Vicky Osgood, an accomplished clinician who was devoted to promoting excellence in medical education.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Clare Marx and Eleanor Davies-Colley

Profiles of Miss Clare Marx, the first woman to be president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Dr Eleanor Davies-Colley, the first woman it made a fellow.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Neena Modi and June Lloyd

Profiles of Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Professor June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury, founder of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Ramani Moonesinghe and Katharine Lloyd-Williams

Profiles of Professor Ramani Moonesinghe, whose roles include director of the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and Dr Katharine Lloyd-Williams, who oversaw the creation of the UK’s first fully co-educational medical school at the Royal Free Hospital.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Lesley Regan and Hilda Lloyd

Profiles of Professor Lesley Regan, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Dame Hilda Lloyd who in 1949 became the first female president of any medical royal college in the UK.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Wendy Reid and Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Profiles of Professor Wendy Reid, Health Education England’s first national medical director, and Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake, the first British woman to qualify as a master of surgery.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Helen Stokes-Lampard and Mollie McBride

Profiles of Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, the Royal College of General Practitioners' chair of council, and Dr Mollie McBride, a career GP of great integrity.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Angela Thomas and Isabella Pringle

Profiles of Professor Angela Thomas, vice chair of the Commission on Human Medicines, and Dr Isabella Pringle – 'a clinician with a social conscience'.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Joanna Wardlaw and Marie Curie

Profiles of Professor Joanna Wardlaw, an international expert in brain blood vessel diseases and brain imaging, and Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Margaret Whitehead and Rosemary Rue

Profiles of Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead, a renowned authority on health inequality, and Dame Rosemary Rue, a champion of women in the medical professions.
3 October 2017
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Women in medicine: Carol Black and Barbara Ansell

Profiles of Professor Dame Carol Black, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge and expert adviser on health, and Dr Barbara Ansell, afounding figure of paediatric rheumatology.
3 October 2017
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