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'''Charles Frank Farthing''' (22 April 1953 – 6 April 2014) was a New Zealand doctor who specialised in the treatment of [[AIDS]]. He was the medical director of the [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]] from 2001 to 2007.<ref name="obit - Guardian">{{cite news|last=Gazzard|first=Brian|title=Charles Farthing obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/11/charles-farthing|accessdate=12 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 May 2014}}</ref> He later worked at [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]] as the director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the [[Asia-Pacific]].<ref name="obit - Washington Post">{{cite news|last=Chawkins|first=Steve|title=Charles F. Farthing, doctor at the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS care, dies at 60|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/charles-f-farthing-doctor-at-the-cutting-edge-of-hivaids-care-dies-at-60/2014/04/18/38452d0a-c72b-11e3-8b9a-8e0977a24aeb_story.html|accessdate=12 May 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 April 2014}}</ref>
'''Charles Frank Farthing''' [[Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts|CF]] (22 April 1953 – 6 April 2014) was a New Zealand doctor who specialised in the treatment of [[AIDS]]. He was the medical director of the [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]] from 2001 to 2007.<ref name="obit - Guardian">{{cite news|last=Gazzard|first=Brian|title=Charles Farthing obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/11/charles-farthing|accessdate=12 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 May 2014}}</ref> He later worked at [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]] as the director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the [[Asia-Pacific]].<ref name="obit - Washington Post">{{cite news|last=Chawkins|first=Steve|title=Charles F. Farthing, doctor at the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS care, dies at 60|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/charles-f-farthing-doctor-at-the-cutting-edge-of-hivaids-care-dies-at-60/2014/04/18/38452d0a-c72b-11e3-8b9a-8e0977a24aeb_story.html|accessdate=12 May 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 April 2014}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Medical career==
==Medical career==
Farthing began his medical career in New Zealand where he practiced as a [[dermatologist]].<ref name="award - The Body" /> After five years,<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> he moved abroad and worked for a year in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia.<ref name="obit - times" /> He then moved to England and joined [[St Stephen's Hospital]] in [[Chelsea, London]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> Between 1985 and 1987, the numbers of AIDS patients treated at St Stephen's rose from a dozen to over 1000.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> From 1985 to 1988, he was involved in [[clinical trials]] for the [[antiretroviral drugs]] [[Thymosin]], [[AZT]] and [[foscarnet]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> In 1987, he helped found the Kobler Center at St Stephen's Hospital which specialised in the treatment and research of HIV/AIDS.<ref name="obit - Saving Lives">{{cite web|title=Charles Farthing, MD|url=http://www.savinglivesuk.com/?page_id=25|publisher=Saving Lives|accessdate=12 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231555/http://www.savinglivesuk.com/?page_id=25|archivedate=12 May 2014|df=}}</ref> It was one of the first wards in the United Kingdom to specialise in the area.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> He was chair of the all-party parliamentary committee on AIDS during the late 1980s,<ref name="obit - British HIV Association">{{cite web|title=Charles Farthing|url=http://www.bhiva.org/Charles-Farthing.aspx|work=News|publisher=British HIV Association|accessdate=12 May 2014|date=9 April 2014}}</ref> and was instrumental in guiding the governments reaction to the AIDS crisis.<ref name="obit - Guardian" />
Farthing began his medical career in New Zealand where he practiced as a [[dermatologist]].<ref name="award - The Body" /> After five years,<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> he moved abroad and worked for a year in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia.<ref name="obit - times" /> He then moved to England and joined [[St Stephen's Hospital]] in [[Chelsea, London]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> Between 1985 and 1987, the numbers of AIDS patients treated at St Stephen's rose from a dozen to over 1000.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> From 1985 to 1988, he was involved in [[clinical trials]] for the [[antiretroviral drugs]] [[Thymosin]], [[AZT]] and [[foscarnet]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> In 1987, he helped found the Kobler Center at St Stephen's Hospital which specialised in the treatment and research of HIV/AIDS.<ref name="obit - Saving Lives">{{cite web|title=Charles Farthing, MD|url=http://www.savinglivesuk.com/?page_id=25|publisher=Saving Lives|accessdate=12 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231555/http://www.savinglivesuk.com/?page_id=25|archivedate=12 May 2014}}</ref> It was one of the first wards in the United Kingdom to specialise in the area.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> He was chair of the all-party parliamentary committee on AIDS during the late 1980s,<ref name="obit - British HIV Association">{{cite web|title=Charles Farthing|url=http://www.bhiva.org/Charles-Farthing.aspx|work=News|publisher=British HIV Association|accessdate=12 May 2014|date=9 April 2014}}</ref> and was instrumental in guiding the governments reaction to the AIDS crisis.<ref name="obit - Guardian" />


In 1988, he was awarded a [[Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts|Winston Churchill fellowship]] which allowed him to move to the United States of America where he studied AIDS at the [[Bellevue Hospital]] in New York.<ref name="obit - British HIV Association" /> He later became the director of the hospital's AIDS treatment program.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles where he became the principal investigator of the [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]], and in 2001, he was promoted to medical director.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> In 2007, he left the United States for [[Hong Kong]] where he joined [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]].<ref name="obit - Saving Lives" /> At the time of his death, he was director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the Asia-Pacific.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" />
In 1988, he was awarded a [[Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts| Churchill fellowship]] which allowed him to move to the United States of America where he studied AIDS at the [[Bellevue Hospital]] in New York.<ref name="obit - British HIV Association" /> He later became the director of the hospital's AIDS treatment program.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles where he became the principal investigator of the [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]], and in 2001, he was promoted to medical director.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> In 2007, he left the United States for [[Hong Kong]] where he joined [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]].<ref name="obit - Saving Lives" /> At the time of his death, he was director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the Asia-Pacific.<ref name="obit - Washington Post" />


==Death==
==Death==
Farthing died on 6 April 2014 of a [[heart attack]] while travelling in a taxi in Hong Kong.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> His funeral was held at [[Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch|Church of St Michael and All Angels]], an [[Anglican]] church in Christchurch on 22 April 2014. He is buried on [[Banks Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Death Notice: Dr Charles Frank FARTHING|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=170654034|accessdate=13 May 2014|newspaper=The New Zealand Heral|date=16 April 2014}}</ref>
Farthing died on 6 April 2014 of a [[heart attack]] while travelling in a taxi in Hong Kong.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> His funeral was held at [[Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch|Church of St Michael and All Angels]], an [[Anglican]] church in Christchurch on 22 April 2014. He is buried on [[Banks Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Death Notice: Dr Charles Frank FARTHING|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=170654034|accessdate=13 May 2014|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=16 April 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Farthing was gay.<ref name="award - The Body" /> At the time of his death he was in a relationship with Dougie Lui, a [[hotel manager|hotelier]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> He had owned a number of cats but did not have any children.<ref name="award - The Body" />
Farthing was gay.<ref name="award - The Body" />{{Failed verification|date=November 2023}} At the time of his death he was in a relationship with Dougie Lui, a [[hotel manager|hotelier]].<ref name="obit - Guardian" /><ref name="obit - Washington Post" /> He had owned a number of cats but did not have any children.<ref name="award - The Body" />


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Revision as of 00:15, 29 November 2023

Charles Farthing
Born(1953-04-23)23 April 1953
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died6 April 2014(2014-04-06) (aged 60)
Hong Kong, China
OccupationPhysician
PartnerDougie Lui

Charles Frank Farthing CF (22 April 1953 – 6 April 2014) was a New Zealand doctor who specialised in the treatment of AIDS. He was the medical director of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation from 2001 to 2007.[1] He later worked at Merck Sharp & Dohme as the director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the Asia-Pacific.[2]

Early life

Farthing was born on 22 April 1953 in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] His father was an accountant and his mother was a music teacher.[3] He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, an independent boys school.[1] As a child he had considered entering the priesthood.[4] He went on to study medicine at the University of Otago in Dunedin.[1]

Medical career

Farthing began his medical career in New Zealand where he practiced as a dermatologist.[4] After five years,[1][2] he moved abroad and worked for a year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[3] He then moved to England and joined St Stephen's Hospital in Chelsea, London.[1][2] Between 1985 and 1987, the numbers of AIDS patients treated at St Stephen's rose from a dozen to over 1000.[1] From 1985 to 1988, he was involved in clinical trials for the antiretroviral drugs Thymosin, AZT and foscarnet.[1] In 1987, he helped found the Kobler Center at St Stephen's Hospital which specialised in the treatment and research of HIV/AIDS.[5] It was one of the first wards in the United Kingdom to specialise in the area.[2] He was chair of the all-party parliamentary committee on AIDS during the late 1980s,[6] and was instrumental in guiding the governments reaction to the AIDS crisis.[1]

In 1988, he was awarded a Churchill fellowship which allowed him to move to the United States of America where he studied AIDS at the Bellevue Hospital in New York.[6] He later became the director of the hospital's AIDS treatment program.[2] In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles where he became the principal investigator of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and in 2001, he was promoted to medical director.[1] In 2007, he left the United States for Hong Kong where he joined Merck Sharp & Dohme.[5] At the time of his death, he was director of medical affairs for infectious diseases in the Asia-Pacific.[2]

Death

Farthing died on 6 April 2014 of a heart attack while travelling in a taxi in Hong Kong.[1][2] His funeral was held at Church of St Michael and All Angels, an Anglican church in Christchurch on 22 April 2014. He is buried on Banks Peninsula.[7]

Personal life

Farthing was gay.[4][failed verification] At the time of his death he was in a relationship with Dougie Lui, a hotelier.[1][2] He had owned a number of cats but did not have any children.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gazzard, Brian (11 May 2014). "Charles Farthing obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Chawkins, Steve (19 April 2014). "Charles F. Farthing, doctor at the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS care, dies at 60". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Charles Farthing". The Times. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Charles F. Farthing, M.D." Winners. The Body. 2005. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Charles Farthing, MD". Saving Lives. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Charles Farthing". News. British HIV Association. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Death Notice: Dr Charles Frank FARTHING". The New Zealand Herald. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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