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Lord Leslie Turnberg was Professor of Medicine in the University of Manchester from 1973 to 1997, and consultant gastroenterologist at Hope Hospital, Salford. He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1986 to 1989, President of the Royal College of Physicians, 1992 to 1997, Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 1994 to 1998, and Chairman of the Specialist Training Authority, 1996 to 1998. He has Chaired the Board of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1997 to 2002, the UK Forum on Genetics and Insurance, 1999 to 2002, Health Quality Service, 2002 to 2004 and the Panel which reviewed the health sciences in London in 1998. Currently he is President of the Medical Protection Society and Scientific Advisor to the Association of Medical Research Charities. He was knighted in 1994 and raised to a peerage in 2000. | 