John Studd (gynaecologist)

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John William Winston Studd
Born(1940-03-04)4 March 1940
Died17 August 2021(2021-08-17) (aged 81)
London
NationalityBritish
Education
Birmingham University Medical School
OccupationGynaecologist

John William Winston Studd (4 March 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a British gynaecologist and an academic and medical historian.

He was educated at the

epidural anaesthesia on labour, and the complication of sickle cell disease
in labour.

He extended his interests on hormone therapy for women, particularly relating to

postnatal depression
, premenstrual depression, and perimenopausal depression.

He was chairman of the British Menopause Society, British Society for Psychosexual Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and International Society for Reproductive Medicine. He was a past President of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Society of Medicine.[2] At the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists he was on the Council for more than 20 years.

He created the RCOG Press and has edited many of the journals. He was the creator and the editor of the successful annual publication Progress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He was awarded a

DSc in 2001 and has published more than 500 peer-reviewed
articles and written or edited more than 40 books.

Studd was visiting professor at

University of Singapore. He was awarded the prize of the Kohn Foundation for services to Osteoporosis[2]
and in 2006 was awarded the "Blair Bell" gold medal from the Royal Society of Medicine given to the doctor who has made the biggest lifetime contribution to his speciality.

He retired from clinical practice in December 2019 and died in August 2021.[3]

References

  1. S2CID 238582491
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  2. ^ a b "NAPS Expert Panel". National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ Studd

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