Linda Cardozo: energetic urogynaecologist and researcher whose focus was on women’s health

bmj;383/oct17_6/p2378/FAF1faIn 2014 Linda Cardozo, the UK’s first professor of urogynaecology, received an OBE. Cardozo was a passionate advocate of women’s health who spent 44 years at King’s College Hospital, London; she hoped the award would send out a strong message about the fundamental importance of “the quality of life of women.”Elegant and eloquent, she told the Jewish Chronicle: “So often in medicine, exposure is given to high profile specialties dealing with life threatening diseases and emotive issues. Little thought is given to the millions of women with pelvic floor disorders, so it is for them that this honour gives me the greatest pride.”DynamismCardozo was, quite simply, a phenomenon driven by unrelenting enthusiasm. Mentoring more than 60 research fellows, she published 750 original papers, 25 books, and 130 book chapters, and co-edited the award winning Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynaecology, now in its 5th edition. She sat on the editorial…
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