Peter Copeman
Peter Copeman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1932 London |
| Died | 13 July 2018 (aged 86) |
| Education | Eton College, Cambridge University |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Sub-specialties | Dermatology |
Peter William Monckton Copeman FRCS (9 April 1932 – 13 July 2018) was an English dermatologist known as "Dr Spot" by his colleagues. He was consultant physician at Westminster Hospital and consulting dermatologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He treated many celebrities and also helped modernise Qatar’s medical services. He authored over a hundred peer-reviewed articles and pioneered research on allergic vasculitis and melanoma.
Outside medicine, he co-founded the Game Conservancy, where he arranged the regeneration of the British grey partridge.