William Muirhead-Allwood was educated at the Wellington independent school in Somerset, and was trained at the prestigious St
Thomas’s Hospital Medical School. Muirhead-Allwood became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, has private consulting
rooms at Wimpole Street, and specialised
in hip-replacement surgery.
Muirhead-Allwood
married a nurse in 1983, they had two sons, and lived in Haringey, north
London. She knew of the Sarah persona, which she considered to be simply cross-dressing, but when Sarah announced an intention to transition, she
insisted on a separation.
In 1996, the Sunday Mirror was preparing a story about Sarah’s
transition, so she went public about her transition rather than be outed by the
tabloid press:
"For years l have called myself Sarah, and that is how many of my friends know me.”
In general medical
colleagues were supportive, however the medical committee of the King Edward
VII Hospital for Officers temporarily withdrew
her admitting privileges. However they
were reinstated in December 1996.
Dr Muirhead-Allwood retired from the NHS, aged 65 in
2012. She continues in private
practice.
She has had many celebrity patients.
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Tracy Schaverien & David Rowe. “You can call me ma'am; Queen Mum's Hip Op
Surgeon And His Sex Change Secret: She never knew top doctor was growing
breasts.”. Sunday Mirror, 31 March 1996.
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Just a small point of detail. Sarah Muirhead-Allwood was edcuated at Wellington College, Berkshire - not Wellington School, Somerset.
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