Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham

The Right Honourable The Lord Darzi of Denham OM, KBE, PC, FRS, FMedSci
Lord Darzi giving a speech in 2012
Born	Ara Warkes Darzi (1960-05-07) 7 May 1960 (age 56) Baghdad, Iraq
Fields	Global Health Laparoscopic surgery
Institutions	Institute of Global Health Innovation Imperial College London Royal Marsden Hospital Trinity College, Dublin Institute of Cancer Research
Alma mater	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Known for	Darzi Centres Pioneering keyhole surgery National Health Service Reform & London Health Commission (2008)
Notable awards	Sash of Independence, Qatar Fellow of the Royal Society (2013) Fellow of the Institute of Medicine (2013) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Privy Counsellor FMedSci (2003)
Spouse	The Rt Hon. The Lady Darzi of Denham
Children	Freddie Nina
Website www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/a.darzi

Freddie

Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham OM, KBE, PC, FRS, FMedSci, FRCSI, FRCS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FACS, FRCP, FREng (Armenian: Արա Վարդգես Դարզի; born 7 May 1960) is an Armenian-British doctor and Labour politician. He is one of the world's leading surgeons and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, having pioneered many new techniques and technologies. He has become strongly identified with trying to change the National Health Service (NHS) in England and is recognised internationally as an advocate for applying innovative reforms to health systems globally.