Background
Jeffery, Peter Key was born on June 5, 1943 in London. Son of Alfred Edmund and Irene Belle Jeffery.
Jeffery, Peter Key was born on June 5, 1943 in London. Son of Alfred Edmund and Irene Belle Jeffery.
Bachelor of Science in Zoology with honors, University London, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology, University London, 1973. Master of Science in Immunology, University London, 1979.
Doctor of Science in Medicine, University London, 1999.
Research assistant Institute of Diseases of the Chest, London, 1968—1974. Honorary lecturer in pathology St George's Hospital Medical School, 1974—1975. Lecturer in histopathlogy and physiology King's College, 1975—1979.
Senior lecturer in thoracic pathology Cardiothoracic Institute, 1979—1992. Visiting professor of pathology McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 1988. Reader in lung pathology (appointed teacher) National Heart and Lung Institute, London, 1992—1999.
Professor and director of lung pathology Imperial College London at the Royal Brompton Hospital, since 1999. Director Medivision Ltd., Caterham, United Kingdom, since 2002. Head-elect of cell and biology assembly European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fellow: Royal College of Pathologists. Member: American Thoracic Society, Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (honorary), European Respiratory Society.
Married Julia Louise Atkinson, December 31, 1966. Children: Joanne Louise, Nicholas James.