Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham
Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, OM, KBE, PC, FRS, FMedSci, HonFREng (Armenian: Արա Վարդգես Դարզի; born 7 May 1960) is an Armenian-British surgeon, academic, and politician.
The Right Honourable The Lord Darzi of Denham | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| In office 29 June 2007 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Thornton |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 July 2007 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | Ara Warkes Darzi 7 May 1960 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy, The Lady Darzi of Denham |
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| Alma mater | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Trinity College, Dublin |
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Lord Darzi is an academic surgeon and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, having pioneered many new techniques and technologies. He is co-director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation and the NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Translational Research Centre at Imperial College London. He has become strongly identified with trying to change the National Health Service (NHS) in England and is recognised internationally as an advocate for applying innovative reforms to health systems globally.
Until resigning the whip in July 2019, Darzi sat as a Labour member of the House of Lords, but now sits as an independent peer because of his perception that Jeremy Corbyn failed to control antisemitism within Labour.