nationality fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
british endocrinology st bartholomew 's hospital medical college 17 november 1942 lesley rees
 dame lesley rees st bartholomew 's hospital medical college
lesley rees

dame lesley howard rees dbe -lrb- born 17 november 1942 -rrb- is a british professor , medical doctor , and endocrinologist .
she was dean of st bartholomew 's hospital medical college -lrb- bart 's -rrb- from 1989 -- 95 , the first and only woman to hold this post .
rees led the college to a successful merger with the london hospital medical college as part of queen mary university of london in 1995 .
she is currently emeritus professor of chemical endocrinology at bart 's .
rees was educated at pate 's grammar school for girls , cheltenham .
rees studied at bart 's and qualified in 1965 .
she went on to specialise in clinical endocrinology and was appointed professor of chemical endocrinology in 1980 .
she also became the university of london 's public orator , the first science graduate to hold this post .
she has published more than 300 articles in peer reviewed journals , and in 1980 delivered the goulstonian lecture of the royal college of physicians .
in 1984 rees became the first woman to serve as chairman of the uk society for endocrinology and was awarded its jubilee medal in 1989 .
she was chair of the editorial board of the society 's academic journal clinical endocrinology for 10 years until 2010 .
rees also served as secretary general of the international society of endocrinology , the first time the post was held outside the usa .
in 1983 , as subdean at bart 's , rees `` was given '' the task of reforming medical education .
an innovative development was the building of a clinical skills laboratory for medical students , nursing and midwifery training .
this was modelled on a laboratory at the university of limburg in maastricht which had been shown to raise the performance of clinical skills in medical students .
rees became the first director of education at the royal college of physicians in 1997 .
in 2001 rees was awarded a dbe for services to medical education .
she is a niece of the conductor , sir colin davis .
