Background
Birks, Doreen Ann was born on March 3, 1925 in Beckenham, England. Daughter of Cyril Douglas and Ivy May (Bartholomew) Birks.
Birks, Doreen Ann was born on March 3, 1925 in Beckenham, England. Daughter of Cyril Douglas and Ivy May (Bartholomew) Birks.
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Science, Royal Free Hospital, London, 1949. Doctor of Osteopathy, Royal Eye Hospital, 1953.
Resident, registrar, then senior registrar Royal Eye Hospital, London, 1952-1962. Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Boling Broke Hospital, 1961-1965, Royal Eye Hospital, London, 1962-1973, District Eye Unit, Sutton and Merion, Surrey, England, 1965-1985, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1973-1985. Retired, 1985
Honorary consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Royal School of Blind, Leatherhead, Surrey, 1967-1985, St. Thomas' Hospital, since 1985.
Chairman, Cuckmere Valley Society, Sussex, 1988-1989. Fellow Royal Society Medicine London, Royal College Surgeons England, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh, Royal College Ophthalmologists. Member Southern Ophthalmol.
Society, Irish Ophthalmol. Society, Intraocular Society United Kingdom, Worshipful Society Apothecaries London (Liveryman), Sloane Club.