Fields Medicine Role Cricket bowler Parents Sakat Singh, Murti Devi Name Parveen Kumar Children Sara Kumar | Notable awards CBE Spouse Sapna Choudhary (m. 2010) Alma mater Barts Height 1.80 m | |
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Born 1 June 1942 (age 81)
Lahore ( 1942-06-01 ) Known for President of the British Medical Association Current teams India national cricket team (#8), Uttar Pradesh cricket team, Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bowler) Similar People Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha Profiles | ||
Dame Parveen June Kumar, Mrs Leaver, DBE (born 1 June 1942) is a British doctor who served as President of the British Medical Association in 2006, and of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2010-2012. Outside of the BMA and RSM, she has written Clinical Medicine, a standard medical textbook, held roles with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence and the Medicines Commission UK. Currently, she is Chairman of BUPA Foundation Charity for Research and a Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and the London.
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Early life and career
Born in Lahore (then British India), Kumar moved to the United Kingdom and studied medicine at Barts, then training as a gastroenterologist under Sir Anthony Dawson and Michael Clark.
After qualifying, Kumar worked at Barts, Homerton University Hospital and the Royal London Hospital as a gastroenterologist. Specialising in small bowel diseases, such as coeliac disease, she was an elected member of the British Society of Gastroenterology's Council, and started the first gastroenterology MSc course in the UK. Interested in education, Kumar became academic sub-dean at Barts, then accepting the job of Director of Post-Graduate Medical Education. She co-founded and co-edited the textbook Clinical Medicine with Clark. Clinical Medicine is now a standard work, and is used worldwide: the 8th edition was released in 2012.
In 1999, Kumar was appointed a non-executive director of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, resigning in 2002 following her appointment as Chairman of the Medicines Commission UK. In 2006 she became President of the British Medical Association, and in 2010 was appointed President of the Royal Society of Medicine. She served as Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians, and as a trustee of Barts Medical College.
Honours/awards
In 1999, she became the first recipient of the Asian Woman of the Year (Professional) award, and in 2000 was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of her services to medicine. She was also a recipient of the British Medical Association's Gold Medal for "services to Medicine and Education". She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to medicine and medical education.