Muriel Buxton-Thomas (May 16, 1945 – October 16, 2016), was an African nuclear medicine physician and researcher.

Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas
Born(1945-05-16)16 May 1945
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died16 October 2016(2016-10-16) (aged 71)
EducationMB BS Newcastle(1971)
MRCP(1974)
MSc Lond(1978)
FRCP(1989)
RelativesDr Rachel Buxton (daughter)
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
InstitutionsAddenbrookes Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital
King's College Hospital
Sub-specialtiesNuclear Medicine
ResearchNuclear Medicine

Biography

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Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Claude Victor and Claudia Blanche Buxton-Thomas. At the age of 10 her family moved to London, and she attended Wimbledon High School.[1] She enrolled at Newcastle Medical School in 1965, qualifying in 1971.[2] She received her MSc in Nuclear medicine in 1978.[2]

She was Consultant Physician in Nuclear Medicine at St Thomas's Hospital[3] and Medway Hospital between 1984 and 1992.[2] Then she became Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine at Kings College Hospital until 2010.[1]

The Royal College of Physicians noted in her obituary that '[h]er clinical work embraced many specialties, including endocrinology, adult and paediatric hepatology, osteoporosis and pulmonary medicine.'[1] She oversaw the installation of one of the first PET capable gamma cameras in England in her department at Kings College Hospital.[1]

In 2017 Buxton-Thomas posthumously received the President's medal from the British Nuclear Medicine Society.[4] Her daughter, Dr Rachel Buxton-Thomas, is Consultant Respiratory Physician at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.[5][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Munks Roll Details for Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ a b c d Weston, Charlotte. "BNMS - Dr Muriel Buxton-Thomas 1945 - 2016". www.bnms.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. ^ Ignac Fogelman; Susan Clarke; Gary Cook (6 January 2014). Atlas of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Third Edition. CRC Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84184-653-8.
  4. ^ BNMS. "BNMS Achievements 2017" (PDF).
  5. ^ NHS. "Rachel Buxton-Thomas - Consultant Profile - NHS". www.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.