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Lord Ara Darzi receives Japanese government award

panarmenian.net05/21st/2019, 1:30

Lord Ara Darzi receives Japanese government award

May 21, 2019 - 17:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lord Ara Darzi of Denham received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in recognition of his contributions to global health and the development of medicine in Japan, the website of the Imperial College of London says.

Darzi is a prominent Iraqi-British, ethnically Armenian doctor and Labour politician.

One of the nation’s oldest and highest national decorations, it is awarded by the Emperor of Japan to non-Japanese citizens who have made outstanding contributions to their field.

Lord Darzi said: “It is a great privilege to receive this honour from Japan, a country I hugely admire.”

Lord Darzi has served as Director of the IGHI since 2010 and has transformed the Institute with a focus on driving innovation in healthcare. His career has focussed on achieving best surgical practice through innovation in surgery and enhancing patient safety and the quality of healthcare.

He is globally renowned for leading the development of minimally-invasive surgery, as well as pioneering the development of robotic techniques to facilitate medical operations. Through this field of work he has worked to enhance the scientific partnership between Japan and the United Kingdom with his involvement with a number of academic institutions and the Ministry of Health.

Lord Darzi hosted the first Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety at Imperial in 2016, which placed patient safety high on the global agenda. In 2018, Lord Darzi opened the third summit in Tokyo, hosted by the Government of Japan, and ministers si...

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