Dame Lesley Howard Rees DBE is a British professor, medical doctor, and endocrinologist.
13 Facts About Lesley Rees
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Lesley Rees was Dean of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College from 1989 to 1995, the first and only woman to hold this post.
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Lesley Rees is currently emeritus professor of chemical endocrinology at Bart's.
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Lesley Rees went on to specialise in clinical endocrinology and was appointed professor of chemical endocrinology in 1980.
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Lesley Rees became the University of London's public orator, the first science graduate to hold this post.
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Lesley Rees has published more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and in 1980 delivered the Goulstonian lecture of the Royal College of Physicians.
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In 1984 Lesley Rees became the first woman to serve as chairman of the UK Society for Endocrinology and was awarded its Jubilee Medal in 1989.
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Lesley Rees was chair of the editorial board of the society's academic journal Clinical Endocrinology for 10 years until 2010.
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Lesley Rees served as Secretary General of the International Society of Endocrinology, the first time the post was held outside the USA.
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In 1983, as subdean at Bart's, Lesley Rees "was given" the task of reforming medical education.
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Lesley Rees became the first Director of Education at the Royal College of Physicians in 1997.
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In 2001, Lesley Rees was awarded a DBE for services to medical education.
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Lesley Rees is a niece of the conductor, Sir Colin Davis.