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Sarah Clarke
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forPresident of the British Cardiovascular Society (2015–2018)
President of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) of London (2022–present)
Scientific career
FieldsCardiology
Interventional cardiology
InstitutionsRoyal Papworth Hospital

Sarah Catherine Clarke[1] FRCP FESC FACC is a British consultant cardiologist and has served as the president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) of London since September 2022.

Early life and education

Clarke was born in 1965.[2] She studied medicine at Girton College, University of Cambridge, graduating in 1989.[3][4] After completing junior hospital jobs locally, she chose to specialise in cardiology and trained at the Royal Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital. Clarke completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Harvard University in 2001 and the following year became a consultant cardiologist. In 2004, she obtained an MD from the University of Cambridge. Two years later Clarke was elected as a fellow of the RCP (London). She is also a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology.[5]

Research and career

She served as the president of the British Cardiovascular Society between 2015 and 2018 and was the first woman to hold the role.[2][6] In 2017, she was appointed as a joint national lead for cardiology for the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme.[5] Clarke is the deputy chair of the British Heart Foundation and the clinical director for strategic development at Royal Papworth Hospital.[6] Clarke was the clinical vice-president of the RCP (London) between 2019 and 2022.[7] She was selected by the RCP council to become the president of the RCP (London) in July 2022. This was after geriatrician David Oliver, the winner of the presidential election in April, withdrew from the presidency in July for personal reasons.[8][9] Clarke became president on 14 September 2022, the fourth woman in its 504-year history to hold the position.[10]

In an interview with The Times, published on 24 September 2022, Clarke advised junior doctors not to go on strike as although she sympathised with their concerns she felt that it would impact on patient care.[11] She later clarified her comments and stated that the RCP supported the rights of trade union members to take industrial action.[12] The British Medical Association (BMA), a doctors' trade union, responded to the article by criticising her advice against strikes. They felt that the "greatest risk to patient care" was from "government policies and a lack of coherent workforce plan" and asked for her to apologise.[13][14] Clarke sent an apologetic message to RCP members two days later, in which she criticised the headline of the article as being "misrepresentative".[15]

Clarke supports the doubling of medical school places to 15,000 which has been RCP policy since 2018.[16][17]

Select publications

  • Dobson, Rebecca; Clarke, Sarah C (May 2022). "Women in cardiology: narrowing the gender gap". Heart. 108 (10): 757–759. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320144. ISSN 1355-6037. PMC 9046733. PMID 35459724.
  • Clarke SC; Kelleher J; Lloyd-Jones H; Slack M; Schofiel PM (1 September 2002). "A study of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women with ischaemic heart disease: the Papworth HRT atherosclerosis study". BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 109 (9): 1056–1062. doi:10.1111/J.1471-0528.2002.01544.X. ISSN 1470-0328. PMID 12269682. Wikidata Q44147950.
  • Joanne T. Brindle; Henrik Antti; Elaine Holmes; et al. (25 November 2002). "Rapid and noninvasive diagnosis of the presence and severity of coronary heart disease using 1H-NMR-based metabonomics". Nature Medicine. 8 (12): 1439-1444, 1439-1445. doi:10.1038/NM1202-802. ISSN 1078-8956. PMID 12447357. Wikidata Q44226354.

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Catherine Clarke". General Medical Council. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Clarke, S. (6 June 2015). "Sarah Clarke Determined and convivial" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 350: h2878. doi:10.1136/bmj.h2878. PMID 26040795. S2CID 38537598. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Making a difference". Girton College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Girton Alumna, Dr Sarah Clarke, becomes fourth female President of Royal College of Physicians". Girton College, Cambridge. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Dr Sarah Clarke". Royal Papworth Hospital. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Our Board of Trustees". British Heart Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "New role for Royal Papworth's Dr Sarah Clarke". Royal Papworth Hospital. 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Dr Sarah Clarke announced as new RCP president". Royal College of Physicians. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Statement from the RCP and Professor David Oliver". Royal College of Physicians. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Dr Sarah Clarke becomes 122nd president of the RCP". Royal College of Physicians. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ^ Lay, Kat (24 September 2022). "New medical chief tells doctors not to strike". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.(subscription required)
  12. ^ @RCPhysicians (24 September 2022). "Today there is an interview with RCP president @DrSarahClarke in The Times. Please read our statement that clarifies both Sarah and the RCP's view on the right of union members to take industrial action" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @TheBMA (25 September 2022). "Read the letter from @DrPhilBanfield and @ERunswickBMA to @RCPhysicians expressing the BMA's serious concerns about Dr Sarah Clarke's recent comments regarding doctors and other healthcare workers taking action to protect their working conditions" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Lay, Kat (27 September 2022). "BMA tells doctor Sarah Clarke to apologise for strike comment". The Times.(subscription required)
  15. ^ Clarke, Sarah (26 September 2022). "A heartfelt apology". Royal College of Physicians. The headline is particularly misrepresentative – as a royal college we are not in the business of 'telling'...
  16. ^ "Press release: Royal College of Physicians responds to GMC workforce report". Royal College of Physicians. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Double or quits: a blueprint for expanding medical school places". Royal College of Physicians. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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