Former consultant physician with an interest in cardiology King George Hospital, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex (b 1937; q London 1961; FRCP, DObst RCOG), died from ovarian cancer on 10 July 2004.
Joy's postgraduate training included a period at the National Heart Hospital, where she was a contemporary to some of the future stars of British cardiology. This was an exciting time at the beginnings of coronary angiography and open heart surgery. It was therefore not surprising that as consultant at King George Hospital in Goodmayes she set about developing local cardiology services. Even after retiring from her full time post, she helped secure the provision of a catheter lab, which she opened in 2003 in an expanded department, and which had been renamed “The Joy Edelman Department of Cardiology.” Joy was involved in medical management locally and in medical politics regionally and nationally, chairing several BMA committees.
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