3 August 2004
The Queen has been pleased to approve that Professor Patrick Sissons MD FRCP FRCPath FMedSci be appointed Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge in succession to Professor Sir Keith Peters MB BCh FRCP PMedSci FRS on his retirement on 30 September 2005.
Notes for Editors
Professor (John Gerald) Patrick Sissons (aged 59) is currently Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge and Associate Medical Director and Governor of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust.
The holder of the Regius Chair is also Head of the School of Clinical Medicine. The Regius Professor provides strategic leadership both within the School, and in its relationship with the NHS and other stakeholders, including the MRC, Wellcome Trust and CR-UK.
Professor Sissons joined the University in 1988, where he established an academic division of Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine and developed the Infectious Disease Service. Since 1993, he has been Head of the Department of Medicine.
Before his appointment to Cambridge, Professor Sissons held appointments in a number of London hospitals, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, California.
Professor Sissons has served on numerous national grants committees and advisory bodies and his personal research has been supported by a UK Medical Research Council programme grant for 20 years. He was appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998.
delicious
digg
facebook
