Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic

Dame Lesley Howard Rees DBE is a British professor, medical doctor, and endocrinologist. She was Dean of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (Bart's) from 1989 to 1995, the first and only woman to hold this post. Rees led the college to a successful merger with the London Hospital Medical College as part of Queen Mary University of London in 1995. She is currently emeritus professor of chemical endocrinology at Bart's.