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Mark Woodhead

b. 1954

British respiratory disease researcher

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About Mark Woodhead

Born 1954.

Professor Mark Andrew Woodhead FRCP FERS (born 21 December 1954) is a world authority on lung infection and pneumonia. He has been the National Clinical Adviser on pneumonia to the Department of Health since 2010, a Consultant in General and Respiratory Medicine at the Manchester Royal Infirmary since 1992, Honorary Clinical Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester since 2011

Early life Mark Andrew Woodhead was born on 21 December 1954. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King's College London where he graduated with first class honours in 1976 and was made MBBS in 1979. He was made DM at the University of Nottingham in 1988. He is also a member (and Chairman of the Public Education subcommittee) of the Department of Health Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance, a member of the British Thoracic Society Pneumonia Guidelines Committee and editor of the international textbook Respiratory Infections.

Woodhead was made MRCP in 1982 and FRCP in 1996. He was made Honorary Clinical Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester in 2011 and Honorary Research Fellow of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2013.

Selected work

Respiratory Infections. Published by Taylor & Francis, 2006.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
University of Nottingham, King's College London, Bedford Modern School
Awards
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Also known as
Professor Mark Andrew Woodhead

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mark Woodhead?

British respiratory disease researcher

When was Mark Woodhead born?

Mark Woodhead was born on 21 December 1954.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mark Woodhead

· Wikidata: Q20712498

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