Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on liam donaldson 's: - profession - successor - predecessor - office - term end - term start - birth date - name - nationality - image - birth place - alma mater Bio: sir liam joseph donaldson fmedsci -lrb- born 3 may 1949 , middlesbrough , england , uk -rrb- is a british doctor and the current chancellor of newcastle university . he was previously the chief medical officer for england , the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855 . as such he was principal advisor to the united kingdom government on health matters and one of the most senior officials in the national health service -lrb- nhs -rrb- . in the 2002 new year honours , liam donaldson received a knighthood in recognition of his achievements in health and health care . it was announced in december 2009 that sir liam planned to retire from the post of chief medical officer in may 2010 , although he said that , if the influenza pandemic should unexpectedly worsen , he would have postponed his retirement . on 1 july 2010 he was appointed the chairman of the independent monitoring board overseeing the polio eradication initiative coordinated by the world health organization .
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- profession is physician , surgeon- successor is dame sally davies- predecessor is sir kenneth calman lord patten of barnes- office is chief alliance for patient safety chancellor of the university of newcastle medical upon tyne officer for england chair of the world- term end is 31 may 2010- term start is 1 january 1998 2004 1 august 2009- birth date is 03 may 1949- name is sir liam donaldson- nationality is british- image is sir liam donaldson.jpg- birth place is middlesbrough , england- alma mater is university of bristol university of birmingham