Jennifer Mary Fisken (nee Street)

bmj;386/aug08_16/q1743/FAF1faAt the age of about 12 Jenny decided she wanted to be a doctor—this may have been linked to the fact that her family included a radiographer, a nurse, and a laboratory technician.She was accepted to read medicine at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and while there she met me, also a medical student. We married in 1971 and in 1972 moved to Birmingham for clinical training.Jenny took an early interest in paediatrics, for which she won a prize while a student. After house jobs and, later, the birth of two children, Jenny decided that a career in hospital paediatrics would be too demanding. She had an instinctive knowledge and understanding of small children and became interested in developmental paediatrics and its disorders.She worked in community paediatrics in Birmingham, Liverpool, and North Yorkshire, rising to the rank of associate specialist. She focused on hearing and speech disorders which led to her…
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