Professor Sir Ara Darzi KBE appointed to HM Government

Prominent member of the British Armenian community, Professor Sir Ara Darzi was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of Health as part of Gordon Brown's first Government in June 2007. Professor Darzi studied medicine in Ireland and qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons. He obtained his fellowship in Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a MD degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He was subsequently granted the fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences and of the City and Guilds of London Institute. Professor Darzi was knighted by the Queen as a Knight Commander of the most excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in December 2002.