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Seven doctors are among “most influential people in Britain”
BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j387 (Published 25 January 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j387
Abstract
Debrett’s has published its 2016 list of the 500 most influential people in Britain, and the list includes seven doctors in its “science and medicine” section
Jane Dacre, president, Royal College of Physicians
Ara Darzi, Paul Hamlyn chair of surgery, Imperial College London
Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England
Jeremy Farrar, professor of tropical medicine and director, Wellcome Trust
Waseem Qasim, professor of cell and gene therapy, Institute of Child Health, and consultant immunologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Mark Walport, government chief scientific adviser
Simon Wessely, president, Royal College of Psychiatrists
