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Asset Name:
E007457 - Dukes, Heather Margaret (1942 - 2014)
Title:
Dukes, Heather Margaret (1942 - 2014)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E007457
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-06-12

2017-12-21
Description:
Obituary for Dukes, Heather Margaret (1942 - 2014), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Dukes, Heather Margaret
Date of Birth:
4 September 1942
Place of Birth:
Hyde, Cheshire
Date of Death:
20 September 2014
Place of Death:
Kenilworth
Titles/Qualifications:
MB ChB Birmingham 1965

FRCS 1971

MRCGP
Details:
Heather Margaret Dukes was a general surgeon, paediatrician and general practitioner. She was born Heather Margaret Starkie in Hyde, Cheshire on 4 September 1942. Her father, Colin Starkie, was medical officer of health for Kidderminster; her mother was Margaret Joyce Starkie née Wrigley. She was educated at the Knoll School, Kidderminster, and then Kidderminster High School. In 1960, she started studying medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in 1965. Immediately after qualifying, she went to Rhodesia, where she worked in junior posts in the professorial units at the University of Rhodesia. She developed skills in vascular access surgery and helped to start central Africa's first renal unit. In 1969, she returned to the UK, to Coventry and then as a resident surgical officer at the Children's Hospital in Birmingham. She took a break from work while her children were young, and then retrained in paediatrics. In 1981, she was appointed as Coventry's principal medical officer for child health. She later retrained and became a general practitioner, founding the Anchor Centre, providing primary healthcare for the homeless and for refugees. In 1964, she married David Dukes. They had four children and five grandchildren. Heather Margaret Dukes died on 20 September 2014 from angiosarcoma. She was 72.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2015 350 2605 https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2605 - accessed 14 December 2017
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007400-E007499
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Unknown