Peter Millard (1937–2018) FRCP was a British

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known for his work in

geriatrics Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek language, Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατ ...

. He was an

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of geriatrics at

St George's, University of London St George's, University of London (legally St George's Hospital Medical School, informally St George's or SGUL), is a University located in Tooting in South London and is a constituent college of the University of London. St George's has its o ...

.Keynote speaker biography
Second International Health and Social Care Modelling Conference, Portrush, Northern Ireland 18–20 March 2008, archived from the original 25 August 2010. He served as president of the

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from 1994 to 1996. In his 1992 doctoral thesis, he invented the name

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for the mathematical study of how patients flow through health care systems, and from 2004 to 2006 he edited a newsletter on the subject, the ''Nosokinetics News''. He died on 18 September 2018.

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1937 births 2018 deaths British scientists 20th-century English medical doctors Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Academics of St George's, University of London Academics of the University of Westminster {{UK-med-bio-stub