Peter Jones (paediatrician)

Dr.
Peter Jones
FRCP
Born 1937 (age 80–81)
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Consultant paediatrician
Employer Royal Victoria Infirmary

Dr Peter Jones FRCP (born 1937) is a British consultant paediatrician, known for his work in the fields of haemophilia and HIV/AIDS.

His roles include consultant paediatrician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne; director of the Newcastle Haemophilia Centre; and executive member of the World Federation of Hemophilia.[1]

In 1981, the Haemophilia Society awarded him their Gold Medal, the Macfarlane Award.[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).[1]

In September 2016, he appeared in an edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme The Reunion, to discuss contaminated blood products that were used to treat British haemophiliacs.[2]

Bibliography

  • Living with Haemophilia. Oxford University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-19-263229-6.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tilli Tansey; Daphne Christie, eds. (1999), Haemophilia: Recent history of clinical management, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-1-84129-008-9 , Wikidata Q29581631
  2. ↑ "Contaminated Blood". The Reunion. 2016-09-11. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
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