Muriel Buxton-Thomas (May 16, 1945 – October 16, 2016), was an African nuclear medicine physician and researcher.
Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1945 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 16 October 2016 (aged 71) |
| Education | MB BS Newcastle(1971) MRCP(1974) MSc Lond(1978) FRCP(1989) |
| Relatives | Dr Rachel Buxton (daughter) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Institutions | Addenbrookes Hospital St Thomas' Hospital King's College Hospital |
| Sub-specialties | Nuclear Medicine |
| Research | Nuclear Medicine |
Biography
editMuriel 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Munks Roll Details for Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ a b c d Weston, Charlotte. "BNMS - Dr Muriel Buxton-Thomas 1945 - 2016". www.bnms.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ 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.
- ^ BNMS. "BNMS Achievements 2017" (PDF).
- ^ NHS. "Rachel Buxton-Thomas - Consultant Profile - NHS". www.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-02.