Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard was presented with her Honorary Fellowship at a ceremony at Prescot Street last week (Thursday 8 June).
The Honorary Fellowship award is the highest accolade that the College can give members, and is presented to individuals who have demonstrated a distinguished service to humanity in relation to the study, prevention or treatment of mental illness or psychiatry throughout their careers.
Dame Helen is Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the immediate past Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, from 2016-2019, and a GP Principal in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Her academic portfolio has included a wide range of research methodologies, running a clinical trials unit, running a postgrad MSc programme, mentoring Drs in difficulty and leading the Community Based Medicine education programme.
During the ceremony on 8 June we also welcome 17 new Fellows of the College, who had travelled from across the country and the world. The Fellows presented last week were:
- Dr Ted Agadagba
- Dr Danilo Arnone
- Dr Rinki Banerjee
- Dr Devika Colwill
- Dr Walter Enudi
- Dr Harsha Gopisetty
- Dr Sepehr Hafizi
- Dr Kedar Kale
- Professor Catherine Kinane
- Dr Swapna Kongara
- Dr Raphael Mayone
- Dr Hamid Rahmanian
- Dr Ann Ryman
- Dr Padakkara Saju
- Professor Kapil Sayal
- Dr Liz Searle
- Dr Nu Nu Yi
And, at a similar ceremony the week before (1 June), we also welcomed 27 new Fellows to the College:
- Dr Rais Irfan Ahmed
- Dr Saminathan Anand
- Dr Gurleen Bhatia
- Professor Sharmi Bhattacharyya
- Dr Vishwa Pradeep Nagesh Boddana
- Dr Nina Champaneri
- Dr Sathya Cherukuri
- Dr Mosunmola Fapohunda
- Dr Partha Gangopadhyay
- Dr Abhishek Goli
- Dr Miriam Isaac
- Dr Mandy Johnstone
- Professor Nilamadhab Kar
- Dr Chetan Bangra Kuloor
- Dr Saadia Muzaffar
- Dr Chinwe Obinwa
- Dr Aparna Prasanna
- Dr Mohtasim Qamruddin
- Dr Naresh Rasquinha
- Dr Khurram Sadiq
- Dr Aamer Sajjad
- Dr David Sansom
- Dr Indermeet Sawhney
- Dr Prakash Shankar
- Dr Sandip Talukdar
- Dr Vasudevan Vaidikan Thaikkattu Namboodiri
- Dr Anusha Wijeratne
If you’re interested in becoming a Fellow of the College, we’re accepting nominations until 15 September. Full details regarding the application process are available online.
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