Dame Sheila Sherlock
(1918-2001), Hepatologist and Professor of medicineSitter in 2 portraits
Physician and lecturer; studied medicine at Edinburgh University (1936-41). Began pioneering career in hepatology at the Postgraduate School and Hammersmith Hospital and gained a research fellowship at Yale (1947-8). First woman to be appointed Professor of Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital (1959-83). Under her leadership the department became a focal point in hepatology. Also active nationally and internationally as a founder of the British Liver Trust and author of a classic textbook on liver disease, she has been an outstanding teacher, with many of her former students heading departments throughout the world. Created DBE 1978, FRS 2001.
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 23 February 1970
NPG x165623
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