Dr Charles Syrett Farrell Easmon,

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, MRCP,

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, FMedSci, (born 20 August 1946), is a British

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and medical professor who has made significant contributions to medical education in Britain. He is a descendant of the distinguished

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Education

Charles Easmon attended

Epsom College Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a boys' school to provide support for poor members of the medical profession such as pensioners and orp ...

and qualified with an M.B.B.S, M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. from

St Mary's Hospital Medical School St Mary's is the youngest of the constituent schools of Imperial College London, founded in 1854 as part of the new hospital in Paddington. During its existence in the 1980s and 1990s, it was the most popular medical school in the country, wit ...

in 1969. Between 1975 and 1976, he qualified with an MRCPath and a PhD, and in 1981, Easmon gained an M.D.

Career

After qualifying as a medical doctor, Easmon specialised in Medical Microbiology and in 1976 was appointed as the senior lecturer at St Mary's Hospital Medical School in addition to being an honorary consultant at St Mary's hospital. In 1980, Easmon was appointed a Reader in Bacteriology and became the head of the Medical Microbiology department at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. Easmon was the first Clinical Director of Pathology in 1989 at St Mary's Hospital and became Dean of Postgraduate Medicine in the

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. In 1995, Easmon was appointed as the Director of Education and Training for North Thames and he was responsible for the Education and Training levies and the education Consortia in North Thames. In 2003, Easmon became professor of health policy at the Thames Valley University and retired in 2010 after being appointed

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. Easmon was a Founding Fellow of the

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Recognition

Dr C.S.F. Easmon was listed in the

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list and in 2000 he was made a

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for his contributions to medical education.

Selected works

*''Medical Microbiology Series (Volume I-V)'' *''The induction and control of cell-mediated hypersensitivity to staphylococcus aureus in mice'' *''The Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial Vaginosis (Round Table)''

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20140723071722/http://cptpcevent.co.uk/speakers *https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045401/http://www.health-old.uwl.ac.uk/research/about.asp *http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/new_years_honours/584140.stm *Physicians, Colonial Racism and Diaspora in West Africa *https://web.archive.org/web/20130625131234/http://www.hpa.org.uk/NewsCentre/NationalPressReleases/2010PressReleases/100325executiveappointments/

*https://web.archive.org/web/20140302172144/http://www.cieh.org/events/leading-the-new-public-health.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Easmon, Charles Syrett Farrell 1946 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Living people People educated at Epsom College MacCormac family of County Armagh, Northern Ireland Charles Syrett Farrell