Brian Jarman
Sir Brian Jarman OBE FRCGP FRCP FMedSci (born 9 July 1933) is a retired English physician and academic. He was Professor of Primary Health Care from 1983−98 at Imperial College School of Medicine and President of the British Medical Association from 2003−4.[2]
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Personal details | |
Born | [1] Romford, Essex, England | 9 July 1933
Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Imperial College London[1] |
The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) methodology was developed by Jarman, director of the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College, London.[3] This method was applied by Dr Foster Intelligence.
Education
Jarman was educated at Barking Abbey School.[1] Jarman originally trained in the natural sciences, graduating from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1954, and completing a PhD in Geophysics at Imperial College in 1960. After working for Shell for three years, Jarman switched to medicine, completing a medical degree at Imperial College in 1969. He was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard in 1970 and later occasional lecturer.[1]
Honours
- Jarman received the OBE in 1988, and was knighted in 1998 Birthday Honours.[4]
- He gave the Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians in 1999, on "The Quality of Care in Hospitals".
- Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) 1984, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) 1988, Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health 1999 (FFPH).,[5] Fellow of Imperial College 1999, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) 2000
References
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- Imperial College, Emeritus Professor Brian Jarman
- Jarman, Brian; Gault, Simon; Alves, Bernadette; Hider, Amy; Dolan, Susan; Cook, Adrian; Hurwitz, Brian; Iezzoni, Lisa I (5 June 1999). "Explaining differences in English hospital death rates using routinely collected data". BMJ. 318 (7197): 1515–1520. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7197.1515. PMC 27892. PMID 10356004.
- "Queen's Birthday Honours 1998". The Independent. 13 June 1998. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- Debretts, Brian Jarman