Narendra Patel, Baron Patel 5405200 223209330 2008-07-03T01:49:51Z G716 697736 Repairing link to disambiguation page - [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|You can help!]], Replaced: [[FRSE]] → [[Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Narendra Babubhai Patel, Baron Patel of Dunkeld''' [[Academy of Medical Sciences|FMedSci]], [[Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] (born [[1938]]) is a doctor on the field of medicine and more specifically [[obstetrics]]. ==Background== Patel was born in [[Tanzania]] in [[1938]] and educated in Tanzania, [[India]] and [[London]]. He studied at what was then Queens college, [[University of St Andrews]] (now the [[University of Dundee]]) graduating in 1964. He then proceeded to work for more than 30 years at Dundee's [[Ninewells Hospital|Ninewells hospital and medical school]]. Patel's clinical and academic interests include high risk [[obstetrics]], premature labour, foetal growth retardation, obstetric epidemiology and quality of the standards of health and clinical provision. ==Honours and Awards== He is a Fellow of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]] and the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]], an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] and the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]], Chairman of the [[Clinical Standards Board for Scotland]], [[Quality Improvement Scotland]]. He was Vice President of [[International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics|FIGO, the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics]]. He has also held the positions of<!-- Chairman of the academy of Medical Royal Colleges of Scotland and the United Kingdom --what exactly does this mean? there are no such organisations--> Chairman of the [[National Health Quality Improvement Scotland]], Member of the Council of the [[General Medical Council]], member of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]], Chairman of the Genetic Advisory Committee of the [[Medical Research Council (UK)|Medical Research Council]] of the United Kingdom, President of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]. Lord Patel received a [[knighthood]] in 1997 and after receiving a [[life peerage]] as '''Baron Patel''', of [[Dunkeld]] in [[Perth and Kinross]] in 1999 now sits as in the [[House of Lords]], where he has been a member of the science and technology committee since his elevation. In 2006 he was appointed [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the University of Dundee. As part of his investiture he chose to bestow Honorary degrees on the [[Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox|Baroness Cox]] and [[Anna Glasier|Professor Anna Glasier OBE]]. {{s-start}} {{s-aca}} {{succession box|title=[[University of Dundee|Chancellor of the University of Dundee]]|years=2006 - present|before=[[James W. Black]]|after=Incumbent}} {{end}} {{Persondata |NAME=Patel, Narendra Babubhai |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Baron Patel |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Doctor of obstetrics and life Peer |DATE OF BIRTH=[[1938]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Tanzania]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} [[Category:1938 births|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Living people|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Life peers|Patel]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Obstetricians|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Chancellors of the University of Dundee|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Dundee|Patel, Narendra]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews|Patel, Narendra]] {{UK-med-bio-stub}} {{UK-baron-stub}}