Dr Ian Duncan (born 1943) is a British gynaecological

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. Duncan studied medicine at the

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and undertook trained in obstetrics and gynaecology at Dundee from 1969 to 1978, broken by period at

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from 1972 to 1974, specializing in gynaecological oncology. In 1978 he obtained a position as senior lecturer at the

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, rising to be reader and honorary consultant gynaecologist and oncologist. He retired from there in 2007. He served as president of the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology until 1988; as president of the British Gynaecological Cancer Society from 1988 to 1991; as chair of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy from 1993 to 1996; and as chair of the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme national advisory group from 1998 to 2003. He is a

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(FRCOG) and a

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(FHEA); and gave the 5th Annual Oration of the Society for Colonoscopy and Cervical Pathology of Singapore in 1998, titled "Setting Guidelines for Cervical Screening".

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* 1943 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people British oncologists Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Fellows of the Higher Education Academy Alumni of the University of St Andrews Academics of the University of Dundee {{UK-med-bio-stub