College of Physicians, making her, at the time, the youngest woman to receive this qualification. In 1959, she became the United Kingdom's first ever female Professor of Medicine when she was appointed at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London. She founded the liver unit which was located in a temporary wooden structure on the roof of the hospital in Gray's Inn Road. Despite its location, the department attracted trainees from around the world, and many current leaders in the field of hepatology spent time there. Research in several different areas of liver disease was undertaken: including; bilirubin metabolism, haemochromatosis, cholestasis, drug-induced liver disease, albumin synthesis, portal hypertension and ascites, autoimmune liver disease and its treatment with corticosteroids, and the use of liver biopsy in the diagnosis of liver disease were all studied. In 1974 the department moved to the new hospital in Hampstead, where it was situated close to the clinical wards, on the 10th floor. Research continued there, with viral hepatitis, liver transplantation and endoscopic treatment of varices all becoming important areas of study. She retired from the Chair of Medicine in 1983, but continued to see patients, conduct research, and write. Affiliations Co-founder (with Hans Popper) and president, International Association for the Study of the Liver (1958–1962) Councillor (1964–1968), Censor (1970–72), Senior Censor and Vice President (1976–77) Royal College of Physicians – Sherlock was the first woman Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians President, British Society of Gastroenterology (1973) Member of Senate, University of London (1976–77) Founder, and later President, British Liver Trust (1988–2001) Founder, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease She delivered several of the Royal College of Physicians lectures including the Bradshaw Lecture (1961), Humphry Davy Rolleston (1968) and Lumleian Lectures (1978) and Harveian Oration (1985). Publications Sherlock was known as a clear and succinct writer, and she published over 600 papers in scientific journals. Her most widely known book, Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System, was first published in 1955. It was written solely by her until the 9th edition in 1993, and is now in its 13th edition as of 2018. She was also editor of Gut and the Journal of Hepatology. Awards and honours Buckston Browne Prize (1953) William Cullen Prize (1962) (shared) Honorary member of the gastroenterological societies of; United States (1963), Australasia (1965), Mexico (1968), Czechoslovakia (1968), Yugoslavia (1981), Sweden (1983) Honorary Member,