STRIKE A CHORD: HELPING STUDENTS AND DOCTORS
Helping doctors and medical students in times of need Professor Dame Parveen Kumar DBE has been the President of Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) for over 7 years. A former President of the Medical Women’s Federation, she is currently Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and an honorary consultant gastroenterologist and general physician.
Professor Kumar steps down this September when Professor Sheila the Baroness Hollins takes up the post. Baroness Hollins is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability at St George’s University of London and Honorary Professor of Spirituality, Theology and Health, University of Durham. Reflecting on her time at the RMBF, Professor Kumar comments: “What stands out is seeing the very real, life-changing impact that RMBF support can make. We have helped prevent families from losing their homes in a crisis. We have helped medical students in difficulty to qualify and take their first steps as doctors. And we have helped hundreds of doctors get back to work as, otherwise, they would have been lost to the profession”.
22 Medical Woman | Autumn/Winter 2020
