Ray Powles
Professor Ray Powles CBE, FRCP, FRCPath | |
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Born | Raymond Powles |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Physician |
Professor Raymond L. Powles CBE, FRCP, FRCPath (born 1938[1]), known as Ray, is a British physician.
His identical twin, Professor Trevor Powles, is also a doctor.[2]
In 1973 he performed the first successful bone marrow transplant in Europe.[3]
He was Physician-in-Charge (from 1974) and Group Head for Haemato-Oncology (from 1993) at the Leukaemia and Myeloma Units of the Royal Marsden Hospital.[1]
He was also, from 1977, Professor of Haemato-Oncology at the University of London, Institute of Cancer Research.[1]
Roy and Trevor were each made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 for their services to medicine.[2] Together, they received Lifetime Achievement awards in the 2013 Pride of Britain awards,[2] presented to them by the then-prime minister, David Cameron.
References
- 1 2 3 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003), Leukaemia, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-087-8 , Wikidata Q29581665
- 1 2 3 Britain, Pride of. "Prof. Ray Powles CBE and Prof. Trevor Powles CBE - Pride of Britain Awards". Pride of Britain. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ↑ "Professor Ray Powles". cancercentrelondon.co.uk. Cancer Centre London. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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