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Professor J H Lazarus, MA MD FRCP (Lon Edin Glas) FRCOG FACE John has served as a BTF Trustee since 2001. He is now Emeritus Professor of Clinical Endocrinology and Honorary Consulting Physician at Cardiff School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK. John attended medical schools in Cambridge and Glasgow beginning his career with junior medical posts at the Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary in Glasgow and continued with senior posts at the Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. John also served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, New York, USA. He is a past president of the British Thyroid Association and Past Secretary/Treasurer of the European Thyroid Association. Currently John is actively involved in our Pregnancy Group Project helping BTF to create awareness of thyroid disorders that may occur in pregnancy. John says, 'While serving as ex-officio President of the British Thyroid Association (BTA) I was able to help forge strong links between the BTA and the BTF and have been privileged to serve the BTF since then'.
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BTF is joining forces with the Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust (TEDct) to organise a thyroid eye disease information event to take place on Saturday 11 September at St James's Hospital in Leeds.
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New Patron for BTF
We are delighted to announce that the TV presenter and sports journalist Clare Balding has accepted our invitation to serve as a Patron of BTF. Clare was treated for thyroid cancer last year and kindly endorsed the new edition of our thyroid cancer booklet.
Clare wrote: ‘I would be very honoured to accept your invitation and would like to thank the Trustees for thinking of me. I am sure you are aware that my work is rather all-encompassing but I shall do what I can to help raise awareness of thyroid disorders and in doing so, to help those who are suffering.’
New Trustee for BTF
Mr Geoffrey E Rose, Consultant Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London has joined the BTF's board of trustees. Mr Rose says: ‘I will happily serve as a Trustee of the British Thyroid Foundation for the best interests of patients with thyroid problems and especially to advance the cause of those with thyroid eye disease’
BTF Nurse Award 2010
Nikki Kieffer, Endocrine Nurse Specialist, Leicester Royal Infirmary, is the recipient of this year's award for her study entitled: Thyroxine replacement in pregnancy and pre-conception: An audit of patient and GP knowledge of guidelines and current clinical practice in Leicestershire.
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