Background
Bennett, John Roderick was born on September 15, 1934 in Wallasey, England. Son of William Henry and Janet Elizabeth (Earl) Bennett.
Bennett, John Roderick was born on September 15, 1934 in Wallasey, England. Son of William Henry and Janet Elizabeth (Earl) Bennett.
Bachelor of Medicine, ChB, Liverpool (England) University, 1957. Doctor of Medicine, Liverpool (England) University, 1966. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), 1997.
House officer David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool, 1957-1958. Registrar Public Health Laboratory Service, England, 1959-1961, Birmingham (England) General Hospital, 1961-1962, hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1962-1964, Sheldon research fellow Worcester, England, 1965-1966. Fellow in gastroenterology Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1967-1968.
Senior registrar Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, 1968-1969. Consultant physician Hull (England) Royal Infirmary, 1969-1997. Honorary professor medicine University Hull, 1994-1997.
Treasurer Royal College Physicians, London, since 1996. Vice president World Organization of Gastroenterology, since 1998.
Fellow Royal College Physicians. Member British Society Gastroenterology (honorary), Italian Society Gastroenterology (correspondent), Athenaeum Club, American Gastroenterology Association.
Married Helen Dorothy Martin, June 22, 1963. Children: Paul Martin, Mark Jonathan, Sarah Janet.