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Spence, Roy was born on July 15, 1952 in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Son of Robert and Margaret (Gilmore) Spence.
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Spence, Roy was born on July 15, 1952 in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Son of Robert and Margaret (Gilmore) Spence.
Bachelor of Medicine BCh BaO, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1977. Doctor of Medicine with honors, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1984. Master of Arts in Medical Law and Ethics, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1993.
Intern Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, 1977-1978. Resident Royal Victoria Hospital/Belfast City Hospital, 1978-1984. Junior consultant Groote Schurer Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 1986.
Consultant surgeon Belfast City Hospital, since 1986, director trust board, 1992—1997. Lecturer in surgery Queens University, since 1991. Honorary professor University Ulster, since 1998, Queens University, Belfast, since 2001.
Pro-chancellor, member medical council University Ulster, since 2002.
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(For the first time the Oxford Handbook of Oncology and Em...)
(The third edition of the successful Oxford Handbook of On...)
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("The Oxford Handbook of Oncology" is a practical guide to...)
Member council Ulster Cancer Foundation. Member Police Authority for Northern Ireland, medical chairman community relations subcommittee, 1994—2000, board member Crimestoppers, Northern Ireland. Governor, trustee member board Wallace School, Lisburn, 1992—1996.
Fellow Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh, Royal College Surgeons Ireland.
Son of; married Diana Mary Burns, September 26, 1979. Children: Robert, Andrew, Katherine.
