Moya Cole

Dr Mary Patricia "Moya" Cole, MD, DMRT, DRCOG, FRCR, OBE (31 August 1918 – 16 May 2004) was a Northern Irish medical doctor, oncological researcher, consultant, and writer.

Early life and education

Moya Cole was born in County Cavan where she attended primary schools in Carrickfergus and Portrush. She attended Methodist College Belfast. She earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from Queen's University, Belfast in 1939 and earned her master's degree one year later.

After teaching at Portadown College from 1941 and 1943 she returned to Queen's University and earned her MB in 1948.[1]

Career

Cole worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Maternity Hospital between 1949 and 1950. She obtained her DRCOG in 1950, after which she moved to Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute in Manchester, where she worked as a radiologist[2] until she retired in 1983. Cole qualified FFR in 1954 and later became a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).[1]

In 1971, Cole founded St Ann's Hospices in Heald Green where she served as the medical director. She became and chair of the management committee in 1983 and continued in that position until she left in 1991.[2]

Cole also participated in medical research, publishing papers on terminal care and breast cancer. Cole published significant papers on the radiotherapy of carcinoma of the cervix and was co-author of the first clinical paper on tamoxifen.[3]

Death and legacy

After her retirement from St Ann's a unit was named the Moya Cole Day Care Centre in her honor.[2] Cole died in Newcastle, County Down on 16 May 2004, from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 85.

Awards and honours

She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1990.

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References
  1. Gray, Ethel. "Moya Cole (born 31 August 1918; died 16 May 2004)". Queen's University, Belfast. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. "Cancer hospice pioneer Moya dies, 83". Manchester Evening News. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. Hunter, Robin; Ian Todd (24 July 2004). "Mary ("Moya") Patricia Cole". British Medical Journal. 329: 235. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7459.235-a. PMC 487786.
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