Philip Baker (obstetrician)

Philip Newton Baker DM, FRCOG, FMedSci, is a British obstetrician, currently Pro-Vice Chancellor, Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia.[1] He gained academic degrees from the universities of Nottingham, Cambridge, and Pittsburgh and then held top academic positions at the University of Nottingham and the University of Manchester.[2] Baker has over 450 scientific publications primarily in the field of pre-eclampsia and other obstetric topics.[3]

He is a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[2]

Among his numerous textbooks is Obstetrics and Gynaecology: An evidence-based text for MRCOG, published by Taylor & Francis.[4]

In October 2000, Baker was criticised by a judge for ignoring the anxieties of a woman whose baby was subsequently stillborn. The woman won damages for the death of her baby, after Baker refused her request for a caesarean section.[5]

He later went on to become the dean of medicine and dentistry at the University of Alberta. He resigned in 2011 after students reported him for delivering a plagiarized speech a convocation banquet.[6] The speech was reportedly lifted from an American doctor, Atul Gawande, who originally wrote and delivered the speech for the Stanford medical graduation in 2010.[7][8] He was previously Pro-Vice Chancellor, Life Sciences, and Dean of Medicine at the University of Leicester.[1]

Subsequently, Baker moved to New Zealand, taking a leading role at the National Centre of Growth and Development (Gravida) in Auckland.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Philip Baker". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "University announces new Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology" Archived 6 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, University of Leicester, 8 June 2015
  3. ^ "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Baker, Philip Newton)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. ^ Taylor & Francis. "Obstetrics and Gynaecology: An evidence-based text for MRCOG (2E)". tandf.net.
  5. ^ "Baby died after doctor ignored mother's pleas", Daily Telegraph 19 October 2000
  6. ^ "U of Alberta dean stole speech: Med students". CBC News.
  7. ^ “U of A dean who copied part of speech resigns”, Toronto Star, 17 June 2011
  8. ^ “Alberta medical dean accused of plagiarism resigns”, CBC News, 17 June 2011
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