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Hugh Montgomery (Hugh Edward Montgomery) was born on 20 October, 1962, is an English physician. Discover Hugh Montgomery's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Hugh Edward Montgomery |
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61 years old |
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Libra |
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20 October, 1962 |
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20 October |
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Hugh Montgomery Height, Weight & Measurements
At 61 years old, Hugh Montgomery height not available right now. We will update Hugh Montgomery's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Hugh Montgomery Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hugh Montgomery worth at the age of 61 years old? Hugh Montgomery’s income source is mostly from being a successful physician. He is from . We have estimated Hugh Montgomery's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Hugh Montgomery Social Network
Timeline
Hugh Edward Montgomery (born 20 October 1962) is an English professor of medicine and the director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance at University College London.
He discovered that an allele of the gene with the DNA code for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) influences physical fitness; this was the first discovery of a gene related to fitness.
Montgomery was educated at Plymouth College.
He obtained a 1st Class BSc degree in 1984 in neuropharmacology and cardiorespiratory physiology, before qualifying as a medical doctor in July 1987 from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London.
He was awarded the prize as most outstanding student during this time.
In 1997, he was awarded his higher research degree (MDRes) for work on paracrine renin-angiotensin systems.
He now directs the UCL centre for Human Health and Performance.
He has authored nearly 500 research papers in journals such as Nature, The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.
and has received 11 national and international awards.
His work has ranged from the development and application of gene-environment interaction studies (reporting the 'first gene for human physical performance'), to population genetic studies (being amongst the first to identify signatures of selection for high altitude amongst Tibetans) and work in artificial intelligence.
He was research lead for the 2008 Xtreme Everest research expedition.
He co-chairs the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, having co-chaired several previous commissions on the subject.
He is a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL and practises as a consultant in critical care at the Whittington Hospital in north London.
Montgomery was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to intensive care medicine and climate change.
Montgomery is an established and outspoken critic of people taking public healthcare risks during the Coronavirus pandemic.
He aired his concerns publicly during the first wave of COVID-19 infections both in the UK and Australia.
During these televised interviews he answered questions and issued advice on the subject.
During the UK's second wave of COVID-19 cases, in interviews with the BBC Radio 5 Live and Channel 4 news, Montgomery strongly criticized the public for not practising social distancing and wearing masks, declaring them as "having blood on their hands".
Montgomery held a Cat X skydiving qualification, and also an HSE Pt IV commercial diving licence.
He is a keen snorkeller and mountain walker, and has climbed in the Himalaya (Cho Oyu, 8201m, 2006; Pumori), the European Alps, and the Andes (Aconcagua, 6997m).
Montgomery has been awarded the title of London Leader by the London Sustainable Development Commission for his work in climate change and health under the auspices of Project Genie; he was also a founding member of the UK Climate and Health Council and one of the co-authors of the UCL-Lancet Commission in 2009.
Montgomery has complemented his interest in fitness with achievements which include the 100 km ultra marathons, holding the world record for underwater piano playing as well as visiting Everest with the Xtreme Everest research group to undertake research.
He was the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access journal Extreme Physiology & Medicine published by BioMed Central.
Montgomery is the author of the children's book The Voyage of the Arctic Tern.
He appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2014, and was the subject of The Life Scientific in 2012.
He has also authored the children's book Cloudsailors and, in 2019, the medical thriller 'Control', described by Lynda La Plante as 'A suspenseful and frightening medical thriller'.
He is an inventor, holding patents relating to new uses for renin-angiotensin antagonists in metabolic regulation; for a new fluid delivery device; and for a new asthma inhaler device.
