Tribute to Dame Clare Marx CBE DL MBBS PRCS
Who very sadly died on Sunday 27 November 2022, from pancreatic cancer.
16 December 2022
(Last updated: 16 Dec 2022 11:55)
by The Royal College of Surgeons of England
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Dame Clare became the first woman President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, serving from July 2014 until July 2017.
She was also the first woman to be President of the British Orthopaedic Association, and to become Chair of the General Medical Council in January 2019, until she stood down in July 2021, following her diagnosis.
Dame Clare has been remembered fondly by all those who knew and worked with her at the College. One of her greatest achievements as president was overseeing the redevelopment of the building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. It re-opened in July 2021 after being transformed from a sprawling warren of corridors, re-built in the aftermath of a WWII bomb, to the current, state-of-the-art training centre, fit for future generations of surgeons and dental professionals.
Read the full tribute here
View other News