{{Short description|Learned society for the promotion of neonatal science}} {{Primary sources|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=October 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox organization |name = Neonatal Society |image = File:Logo of The Neonatal Society, 2020.png |formation = {{start date and age|1959|4|24|df=yes}}<br /> at the Royal Hotel, Scarborough |website = https://www.neonatalsociety.ac.uk/}}
Established in the United Kingdom in 1959 the '''Neonatal Society''' is the world's oldest learned society for the promotion of neonatal science. It is composed of both scientists and clinicians working in the area of the fetus and newborn.
The archives of the organisation are deposited at the Wellcome Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neonatal Society|url=http://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1938247__SPhysiological%20Society%20Archive__P0%2C10__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&suite=cobalt|website=Catalogue|publisher=Wellcome Library|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref>
==President and Past Officers== Chris Gale, professor at Imperial College London, is the current president of the organisation, with Andrew Ewer as the immediate past president.<ref name="SOC">{{cite web|title=THE NEONATAL SOCIETY OFFICERS & COMMITTEE|url=http://www.neonatalsociety.ac.uk/about/committee|website=The Neonatal Society|publisher=Neonatal Society|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
Previous presidents <ref>{{cite web|title=THE NEONATAL SOCIETY PAST OFFICERS|url=https://www.neonatalsociety.ac.uk/about/history/past-officers |website=The Neonatal Society|publisher=Neonatal Society|access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref> include: * James Boardman * Howard Clark * David Hull * Robert McCance * Neena Modi, the former president of the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health * Peter Tizard * Elsie Widdowson * Andrew Wilkinson * Maureen Young<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burton|first=Graham J.|date=December 2013|title=Maureen Young, 1915–2013|journal=Placenta|volume=34|issue=12|pages=1255–1256|doi=10.1016/j.placenta.2013.10.002|pmid=25061639 |issn=0143-4004}}</ref>
Thomas Stapleton was a founder member of the organisation.<ref name="BR">{{cite web |title=Home Away From Home |url=http://www.bjreview.com/nation/txt/2006-12/09/content_50350.htm |website=Beijing Review |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
==Membership== There are two main memberships available for the Neonatal Society: Ordinary Membership and Trainee Membership. Honorary Membership may be offered to persons who have made notable contributions to the study of the newborn.
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Category:Neonatology Category:Scientific organizations established in 1959 Category:Learned societies of the United Kingdom
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