Averil Mansfield
Averil Olive Mansfield was born in 1937 in Blackpool. She was a consultant surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London. In 1993 she became the first British woman to be appointed a professor of surgery. She founded Women in Surgery, a Royal College of Surgeons initiative.
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Averil Olive Mansfield was born in 1937 in Blackpool. She was a consultant surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London. In 1993 she became the first British woman to be appointed a professor of surgery. She founded Women in Surgery, a Royal College of Surgeons initiative to encourage more women to enter the field.
In 2012 she was voted one of “100 Women Who Have Changed the World” by The Independent on Sunday. In May 2018, she was given a NHS Heroes Award.
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