Award to Prof. Linda Gardozo

Gala dinner

Good evening

I am delighted to be here tonight, enjoying such excellent company. It has been an honour for my Clinic and me to co-organize this course, and I would like to thank Professor Cardozo for giving us such a wonderful opportunity for getting together.
I would also like to express our thanks to Astellas Pharmaceuticals and to Stella Gavala in particular for so generously sponsoring both the course and this wonderful evening.
I would also like to say a word of heartfelt thanks to Avicia Burchill, in recognition of all she has done to make this course a success.
Linda Gardozo has been a distinguished Professor of Urogynaecology at King’s college in London since 1994.
She served as the Chairman of the British Society of Urogynaecology during the years 2001-2006. She is currently the Chairman of the Education Committee of the ICS.
She was the co- chairman of the International Consultation on Incontinence on several occasions and is again in this year.
She is also the Fellows International Representative for the council of RCOG.
Her dedication to the great work of medicine, is not only demonstrated by her undisputed level of recognition in both academia and the active field of practising Medicine, but also via her assistance and training of others at the subspecialty training centre for Urogynaecology recognized by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1996.
In 1983 she was the first senior registrar ever to be elected to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Council. She is also on the editorial board of several highly-respected peer-reviewed journals.

To be honest, I have had to select a minimal proportion of Professor Gardozo’s achievements in this brief tribute, otherwise Professor Gardozo may have to wait far too long for Dr. Rombis to present her, with this highly deserved award.
To sum up, her large-scale contribution is characterized by the fact that, we are all here tonight, celebrating the noble purpose of this educational course.

Dr. Rombis could you please do the honours and present Professor Gardozo with her very much deserved token of our appreciation

THANK YOU PROFESSOR GARDOZO.