Anne Lambie

bmj;382/jul07_5/p1566/FAF1faAnne Lambie was a pioneering female consultant physician who overcame early discrimination and went on to introduce renal dialysis to Edinburgh, leading to formation of the renal unit which transformed the care of patients with kidney disease. In retirement she taught children equestrianism and was a major fundraiser for veterinary education.She started at Edinburgh medical school in the Autumn of 1945 aged only 16 and graduated first in her year in 1950 with the Ettles scholarship. Despite this distinction she encountered some early career difficulty on account of her sex, but her promise soon became apparent and she became registrar to Derrick Dunlop. Within three years she passed both membership examinations for the royal colleges of Edinburgh and London MRCPs and in 1954 obtained a fellowship for two years with Arnold Relman in Boston, investigating renal transport. There she encountered the Kolff-Brigham dialysis machine, the original artificial kidney that had…
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