Michael Baum

Michael Baum qualified in medicine at Birmingham University medical school in 1960 and has held chairs of surgery at Kings College London, the Institute of Cancer Research and University College London. In the past he has been Preident of the British Oncology Association and was awarded the gold medal of the International College of surgeons for his research into the treatment of breast cancer. On retiring as a professor of surgery at University College London, he has spent the rest of his career teaching and promoting “Medical Humanities” including fine art, literature and philosophy.