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Reginald Hall (endocrinologist)

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in 1953, followed by an MBBS in 1956 and MD in 1963. He married Joan Scott Patterson, a teacher, in 1955, and they had a daughter in 1958. Joan died shortly afterwards, and Hall remarried to Molly Hill, a medical doctor, in 1960; they had four children together.
45:, to Reginald Peacock Hall, a postmaster, and Maggie Watson Wilson. He attended Alderman Wraith Grammar School, Berwick upon Tweed Grammar School, and King's College at the 279: 163: 70: 299: 294: 131:'s endocrine section and was an active member of the European Thyroid Association. He died in 1994 from complications of amyloidosis at the 112:. Despite his illness, he continued a productive research career, overseeing studies of thyroid disease in pregnancy, production of thyroid 124: 284: 127:(CBE) in 1989 for services to medicine, and later received an honorary MD from the University of Wales. He served as president of the 289: 97: 309: 231: 274: 78: 304: 77:. In 1967 Hall was appointed a consultant physician to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and a senior lecturer with the 74: 132: 82: 200: 128: 58: 81:. He was promoted to a professor of medicine in 1970. His research involved assays for measuring 85:(TSH), regulation of TSH secretion, and the causes of autoimmune thyroid disease (particularly 42: 269: 264: 46: 8: 101: 66: 86: 168: 105: 180: 236: 26: 205: 172: 113: 96:, where he was made the head of department and a professor of medicine at the 258: 117: 109: 50: 93: 62: 30: 65:
gland as an undergraduate student, and he received a year-long
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Hall spent the majority of his medical career at the
61:in Newcastle. He had developed an interest in the 256: 25:(1 October 1931 – 20 July 1994) was a British 280:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 225: 223: 167:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 125:Commander of the Order of the British Empire 220: 49:. He graduated from Durham with a BSc in 300:Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine 229: 164:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 98:University of Wales College of Medicine 257: 156: 154: 152: 150: 148: 194: 192: 190: 295:Alumni of King's College, Newcastle 232:"Obituary: Professor Reginald Hall" 145: 13: 230:Scanlon, Maurice (2 August 1994). 198: 187: 14: 321: 285:Academics of Newcastle University 92:In 1980, Hall left Newcastle for 79:University of Newcastle upon Tyne 290:Academics of Cardiff University 75:Massachusetts General Hospital 1: 138: 181:UK public library membership 133:University Hospital of Wales 36: 7: 310:Heart transplant recipients 83:thyroid-stimulating hormone 29:known for his expertise in 10: 326: 129:Royal Society of Medicine 73:at his thyroid clinic at 41:Hall was born in 1931 in 275:British endocrinologists 59:Royal Victoria Infirmary 305:Deaths from amyloidosis 16:English endocrinologist 173:10.1093/ref:odnb/54990 120:. He retired in 1989. 108:in 1984, performed by 43:Belmont, County Durham 69:in 1960 to work with 47:University of Durham 123:Hall was appointed 102:primary amyloidosis 67:Harkness Fellowship 161:"Hall, Reginald". 104:, and underwent a 179:(Subscription or 317: 249: 248: 246: 244: 227: 218: 217: 215: 213: 196: 185: 184: 176: 158: 106:heart transplant 71:John B. Stanbury 325: 324: 320: 319: 318: 316: 315: 314: 255: 254: 253: 252: 242: 240: 237:The Independent 228: 221: 211: 209: 201:"Reginald Hall" 197: 188: 178: 160: 159: 146: 141: 87:Graves' disease 39: 27:endocrinologist 17: 12: 11: 5: 323: 313: 312: 307: 302: 297: 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 251: 250: 219: 186: 143: 142: 140: 137: 114:autoantibodies 38: 35: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 322: 311: 308: 306: 303: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 239: 238: 233: 226: 224: 208: 207: 202: 199:Evered, D.C. 195: 193: 191: 182: 174: 170: 166: 165: 157: 155: 153: 151: 149: 144: 136: 134: 130: 126: 121: 119: 118:TSH receptors 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 90: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 55: 52: 48: 44: 34: 32: 28: 24: 21: 20:Reginald Hall 241:. Retrieved 235: 210:. Retrieved 204: 162: 122: 110:Magdi Yacoub 91: 56: 40: 19: 18: 270:1994 deaths 265:1931 births 206:Munk's Roll 259:Categories 183:required.) 139:References 51:physiology 243:16 August 212:16 August 37:Biography 33:disease. 94:Cardiff 63:thyroid 31:thyroid 177: 116:, and 245:2022 214:2022 169:doi 89:). 23:CBE 261:: 234:. 222:^ 203:. 189:^ 147:^ 135:. 247:. 216:. 175:. 171::

Index

CBE
endocrinologist
thyroid
Belmont, County Durham
University of Durham
physiology
Royal Victoria Infirmary
thyroid
Harkness Fellowship
John B. Stanbury
Massachusetts General Hospital
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
thyroid-stimulating hormone
Graves' disease
Cardiff
University of Wales College of Medicine
primary amyloidosis
heart transplant
Magdi Yacoub
autoantibodies
TSH receptors
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Society of Medicine
University Hospital of Wales





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