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Professor Dame Janet Husband, former Medical Director of The Royal Marsden, who returned to the hospital last year to take up the position of Non-Executive Director. We speak to her about her activities in recent years and how it has been since taking up the role
Janet’s career highlights
2002 Appointed Officer of the British Empire for services to medicine 2003 Appointed Medical Director of The Royal Marsden 2004 Becomes the first female President of the Royal College of Radiologists 2007 Awarded title of Emeritus Professor of Radiology by The Institute of Cancer Research. Appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to medicine 2010 Appointed Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute 2014 Rejoins The Royal Marsden as a Non-Executive Director
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Research, the Trust’s academic partner, in 2007, and retired in the same year after a career in diagnostic radiology spanning nearly 40 years. Away from The Royal Marsden, Janet became the first female President of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2004. In 2007, she was appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to medicine and received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of London in 2013. Janet’s impressive career also extends to a number of non-executive appointments in healthcare, as well as a six-year service as a Specially Appointed Commissioner to The Royal Hospital in Chelsea and a spell with Monitor as a member of the Cooperation and Competition Panel for NHS-funded services. he newest member of the Trust’s Board of Directors is Professor Dame Janet Husband, who joined us in June 2014 as a NonExecutive Director following the unanimous approval of her appointment by the Council of Governors.
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Janet will be familiar to many staff and patients as she was formerly The Royal Marsden’s Academic Lead in Radiology and was Medical Director from 2003 to 2006. She was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor of Radiology by The Institute of Cancer
It is a huge privilege to be a Non-Executive Director at The Royal Marsden PROFESSOR DAME JANET HUSBAND, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR