Andrew Wilkinson (paediatrician) explained

Andrew Wilkinson is a Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Perinatal Medicine at All Souls College, Oxford. Wilkinson is most notable for being an international authority in neonatology and a lead author of the Standards of Care for NICU and NICE guidelines on retinopathy of prematurity.[1] [2]

Life

Wilkinson took his clinical training at University of Birmingham Medical School, achieving a MB BCh in 1968.[2]

Career

Wilkinson's first position was a house officer in medicine and surgery at City Hospital, Birmingham.[2] In 1969 Wilkinson moved to Warwick Hospital, where he began to specialise in paediatrics.[2] In 1970, Wilkinson was promoted to senior house officer with positions at Birmingham, Warwick, and King Edward VII's Hospital. In 1973, Wilkinson took a position at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In the same year, he was promoted to registrar at Southampton General Hospital.[2] From 1974 to 1975, Wilkinson became a Nuffield Medical Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.[2] Wilkinson then spent two years in the US, as a visiting Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco at the Cardiovascular Research Institute.[2] Returning in 1978 he became a clinical lecturer in paediatrics at the University of Oxford.[2] In 1981, Wilkinson was promoted to consultant paediatrician and worked within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until 1992.[2] From 1992 to 1997 Wilkinson was clinical reader at the University of Oxford. In 2011, Wilkinson was elected to be an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford[2]

Societies

From 1983 to 1989, Wilkinson was the Honorary Secretary and Chair of the Academic Board of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.[2] From 1999 to 2002 Wilkinson was President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine.[3] From 2003 to 2006 Wilkinson was President of the Neonatal Society.[4]

Bibliography

The following are the most cited papers that Wilkinson contributed to.

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Andrew Wilkinson . The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 18 September 2018. 2 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Professor Andrew Wilkinson . People . . 18 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Past Officers . British Association of Perinatal Medicine . BAPM . 25 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180503/https://www.bapm.org/past-officers . 25 September 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: The Neonatal Society: Past Officers . Neonatal Society . The Neonatal Society . 25 September 2018.

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