Ian D. Cooke

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Award of an honorary doctorate to Ian D. Cooke (right)

Ian Douglas Cooke (born March 19, 1935 in Sydney ) is an Australian medical doctor and professor emeritus from the University of Sheffield .

life and work

Ian Cooke was born to Douglas and Mary Cooke, nee Pickles.

The former Jessop Hospital in Sheffield

Cooke studied medicine at the University of Sydney (graduated in 1958). After research stays in Aberdeen , Stockholm and Cleveland , he came to England in 1962 after completing his doctorate in Sydney to obtain a doctorate in gynecology and obstetrics. He took up a position as Senior Lecturer at the Welsh National School of Medicine . In 1972 he accepted a position at the University of Sheffield, where he headed the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Cooke headed the chair for 28 years and retired in 2000.

Cooke specialized in reproductive medicine and founded a reproductive medicine research facility, the Harris Birthright Research Center for Reproductive Medicine , at the Jessop Hospital for Women , which closed in 2001 . As a representative of the UK on the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), he formed an Education Committee, which he chaired from 2001 to 2010. He also published a compendium of laws and regulations relating to assisted reproductive technology (ART). He was chairman of the Infertility Research Trust, which has supported scientific projects in the field of human reproduction.

He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FRCOG; County 1980–1992, Sims Black Visiting Professor West Africa 1996, Simpson Orator 1998), a member of the British Fertility Society (BFS; County since 1991, Chairman since 1996), a member of British Society for Study Fertility , the Endocrine Society , the British Medical Association (BMA), Fellow of the British Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) and Honorary Member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FRANZCOG). The University of Sheffield awarded him an honorary doctorate.

He has been married since 1965 and has a son and a daughter.

Publications

  • The Management of Infertility. WB Saunders, London / Philadelphia 1974.
  • Pediatric and adolescent gynecology. WB Saunders, London [etc.] 1974.
  • The role of estrogen / progestogen in the management of the menopause. Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Sheffield on March 16th, 1978. University Park Press, Baltimore 1978. ISBN 978-0-839-11370-6 [also published by Lancanter MTP Press 1978. ISBN 978-0-852-00237 -7 ]
  • with Christopher LR Barratt : Advances in Clinical Andrology. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht 1988. ISBN 978-9-400-91237-3
  • with Bruno Lunenfeld : Current understanding of polycystic ovarian disease. Proceedings of a meeting held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK, 8th February 1989. Royal Wells Medical Press, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1989. ISBN 978-1-869-96917-2
  • with Pramilla Senanayake: Advances in contraception. Benefits and risks of oral contraception. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1991.
  • with Christopher LR Barratt: Donor insemination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York 1993. ISBN 978-0-521-40433-4
  • et al .: Evidence-based fertility treatment. RCOG Press, London 1998. ISBN 978-1-900-36410-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ian Douglas Cooke at Prabook; accessed on January 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Cooke, Ian Douglas. In: The Medical directory 1985. J. & A. Churchill ltd., 1985. p. 606.
  3. ^ A b biography of Ian D. Cooke.
  4. ↑ BBC Breakfast presenter honored by the University of Sheffield
personal data
SURNAME Cooke, Ian D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooke, Ian Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian medical doctor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney