Adrian Kendal Dixon

FRCR The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) is the professional body responsible for the specialties of clinical oncology and clinical radiology throughout the United Kingdom. Its role is to advance the science and practice of radiology and oncol ...

, FRCP,

FRCS Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Ireland or the United Kingdom. It is bestowed on an intercollegiate basis by the four Royal Colleges of Surgeons (the Royal C ...

, FMedSci (born 1948) was the

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. until 30 June 2016. He is now closely involved in the

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administration, both at home and abroad. Dixon was educated at

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ep ...

and the

. In 2014 he was awarded the gold medal of the

European Society of Radiology The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is an international medical society based in Vienna, Austria dedicated to the promotion and coordination of scientific, philanthropic, intellectual and professional activities of radiology in Europe. In additi ...

Early life

Dixon was born in

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, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Radiology at the

and Honorary Consultant Radiologist at

Addenbrooke's Hospital Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned large teaching hospital and research centre in Cambridge, England, with strong affiliations to the University of Cambridge. Addenbrooke's Hospital is based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campu ...

. The son of a long-standing

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King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

, Kendal Dixon, and the grandson of

Henry Horatio Dixon Henry Horatio Dixon FRS (19 May 1869, Dublin – 20 December 1953, Dublin) was a plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. Along with John Joly, he put forward the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants. ...

, he was educated at

and

, where he studied medicine, graduating in 1969 before undertaking clinical medical studies at

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Career and Academia

Dixon pursued medicine in Nottingham, obtaining MRCP in 1974 (proceeding FRCP 1991), before specialising in

radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiat ...

. After periods in paediatric radiology at

Great Ormond Street Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH or Great Ormond Street, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital located in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

and in computed tomography (CT) at St Bartholomew's Hospital, he became a lecturer at the University of Cambridge's Department of Radiology in 1979 and was elected as a Fellow of Peterhouse in 1986. In 1994 he became professor of radiology at the university, and remains Emeritus Professor and an Honorary Consultant Radiologist. He was appointed editor-in-chief of ''

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'' in 2007, completing a 6-year term in 2013. Cambridge Peterhouse OldCourt

Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge

He was elected Master of

Peterhouse Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite o ...

from 2008, stepping down from the position on 30 June 2016. He remains active within the

administration and is still closely involved with Peterhouse. Dixon is a Fellow of the

Royal College of Radiologists The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) is the professional body responsible for the specialties of clinical oncology and clinical radiology throughout the United Kingdom. Its role is to advance the science and practice of radiology and oncol ...

(FRCR), the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

(FRCP), the

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(FRCS) and the

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(FMedSci). In 2014 he was awarded the gold medal of the

References

External links

''Debrett's People of Today''

Peterhouse website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Adrian 1948 births Living people People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) Fellows of the Royal College of Radiologists Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge