Ieuan Hughes

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Ieuan Arwel Hughes

FLSWFMedSci FRCPC is a paediatric endocrinologist and an emeritus professor of paediatrics at the University of Cambridge. Hughes is most notable for long-standing research into disorders of sex development (DSD), established one of the largest and most comprehensive databases of cases of DSD including publishing the Consensus on DSD management framework which, barely eight years after its publication, is now already accepted worldwide as the framework for care of patients and families with DSD.[1]

Career

Hughes was a professor of paediatrics at the University of Cambridge, and the head of the School of Clinical Medicine's Department of Paediatrics for 23 years before retiring as an emeritus professor. Throughout his career in paediatric endocrinology, he specialised in disorders of sex development (DSD); he created a comprehensive database of DSD cases and established international consensus-based guidelines for the management of these cases. He also founded and chaired the Clinical Committee of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and published over 230 original journal articles.[1]

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Awards and honours

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Emeritus Professor Ieuan Hughes". Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. Academy of Medical Sciences
    . Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Ieuan Hughes". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  4. ^ "Professor Ieuan Hughes awarded James Spence 2014 Medal". School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2017.