Brian Trevor Colvin (born 17 January 1946) is a British

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Education

Colvin attended Sevenoaks School, and then Clare College, Cambridge, where he attained MA and

MB BChir Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kin ...

degrees. He completed his medical education at

London Hospital Medical College Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts or BL, is a medical school, medical and dental school in London, England. The school is part of Queen Mary University of London, a constituent college of the federal Un ...

Career

Medical and academic positions

Colvin was

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haematologist at St Peter's Hospital and Institute of Urology 1977-86, and at Barts and the London Hospital 1977-2009. He was director of postgraduate medical and dental education at the Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, London 1996-99, and Dean of Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry 1998-2008. He has been appointed honorary professor at Queen Mary College. He was director of the company Clinical Pathology Accreditation Ltd 1998-2004, and since 2008 has been medical director ( haemophilia) at Pfizer Europe.

Memberships of professional bodies

His memberships include: Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) (since 1988), Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) (1989-2008), and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (since 1990). He was the founder director and company secretary of the European Association for Haemophilia,The Penrose Enquiry
9 March 2011 and first author of the European principles of haemophilia care. He has served on various committees including the Medical Advisory Committee of the UK Haemophilia Society (1993-2007), and chaired the

Haemostasis In biology, hemostasis American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is Bleeding, hemorrhage). ...

and Thrombosis Sub-Committee of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (1991–94); the Steering Committee of the UK National External

Quality Assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

Scheme in Blood Coagulation (1992–96 and 2005–11); the Panel of Examiners in Haematology at the RCPath (1994–99); the National Quality Assurance Advisory Panel in Haematology (1996–98); and the Ethics Committee of the RCPath (2004–08). He was president of the Council of the Pathology Section of the RSM (1996–98), and of the Barts and The London Alumnus Association (2007–11).

Awards

In 2012 Colvin was awarded the Queen Mary College Medal.

Publications

Colvin is the author of 59 published papers and 14 books and chapters related to haematology.''Publications: Brian Colvin''
, Queen Mary College

References

External links

St Bartholomews Hospital

Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Royal College of Pathologists

The Haemophilia Society (UK)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colvin, Brian Trevor 20th-century English medical doctors 21st-century English medical doctors Academics of Queen Mary University of London Living people British haematologists 1946 births Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Alumni of the London Hospital Medical College People educated at Sevenoaks School