Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications
M.B., Ch.B., University of Leeds, 1960
F.R.C.P. London, 1976
F.R.C.P. Edinburgh, 1996
Licence in Medicine & Surgery, Commonwealth
of Virginia, USA, 1967
Specialist Registration, General Medical
Council, UK, 1991
Honours & Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire – For Services to Medicine & Health Issues. New Year Honours List, 1997
Queen’s Anniversary Prize 1998 – Awarded for
work in the Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre
Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians of
Edinburgh – Elected under Cap. I,9 for Distinction, 1996
Certificate of Merit, British Medical
Association – Awarded for a patient information video, 1992
Medicine Gilliland Travelling Fellowship of
the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1991
Sir Stanley Davidson Travelling Fellowship –
University of Edinburgh, 1971
Freedom of the Worshipful Society of
Apothecaries of London, 1998; Liveryman, 2003
Wellcome Trust Research Associateship – Royal
Society of Medicine, 1964 to 1967
Public Orator University of Exeter, 1999
Honorary Fellowship of Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Recent Appointments
Honorary Sub-Dean for Peninsula, Royal
Society of Medicine – 2007
Honorary Secretary, British Medical
Association, Exeter and Mid-Devon Division
Honorary University Professor – Peninsula
College of Medicine & Dentistry – June 2010
Exeter City Council Standards Committee – Appointed Independent
Member since 2000; Chairman, 2008-2009 & 2009-2010
General Medical Council, 2000 - 2006
Medical Performance Assessor, Performance Procedures, 2000-2003
Fitness to Practise Committees, 2001-2003
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Professional Conduct Committee
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Committee on Professional Performance
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Health Committee
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Interim Orders Committee
Chairman, Fitness to Practise Panel, 2003-2006
Examiner, Professional & Linguistic Assessment Board
Appointments 1974 - 2001 (Exeter University and Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital)
Director, School of Postgraduate Medicine & Health Sciences, to 2001
(Appointed as Deputy Director & Senior Lecturer in 1974; Reader 1997)
Emeritus Professor of Medicine (1999)
Consultant Physician, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, 1974-2001
Consultant Physician to West of England Eye Infirmary, 1976-2001
Government Committees
Department of Health
Chairman, Advisory Board on the Registration
of Homoeopathic Products, 1995-2003
Vice Chairman, Committee on the Review of
Medicines, appt 1983, 1984-1992
Member, Committee on the Safety of Medicines,
1992 - 1998
Panel of External Advisers, Committee on the
Safety of Medicines, 1999-2002
Vice Chairman, Safety, Efficacy, & Adverse
Reactions Committee, 1986-1993
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathies Working
Parties, 1987 & 1998
Aristolochia Working Party, 2000
Clinical Complaints Procedure Panel
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now Food Standards Agency)
Expert Committee on Vitamins & Minerals,
1998-2003
Home Office Prisons Service
Healthcare of prisoners, 1991-2002
Other Committees and Working Parties
Joint Consultants Committee & Royal College of Physicians
Independent Member for Clinical Complaints Procedure
Coronary Prevention Group
Chairman of Council, 1994-2000
National Heart Forum
Board of Trustees from 1998
Individual member, 2002
Royal College of Physicians of London
Standing Committee of Members, 1975-1979 –
Chairman 1977-1979
Council of the College, 1977-1979
Finance Committee, 1977-1979
Public Relations Committee, 1977-1979
Scientific Meetings Committee, 1979-1980
Education Committee, 1980-1991
Dermatology Committee, 1986-1990
Working Parties:
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Royal Commission on the National Health Service
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Continuing Education
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Care of the Elderly
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Part-time training for doctors with domestic
commitments
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Conference of Ethical Committees
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Confidential Mortality Enquiries
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Medical Services Study Group
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ad hoc College Committee on Distinction Awards
Homoeopathic Research Trust
Homoeopathic Research Committee, Faculty of
Homoeopathy – Chairman 1996 & subsequently a Member to 2002
South Western Health Authority
Research Committee, 1980-1986
Physical Sciences Advisory Sub-Committee,
1983-1990
South Western Regional ‘C’ Merit Awards
Committee, 1987-1990
South Western Regional Higher Merit Awards
Committee, 1994-1997
South Western Cardiology Committee to 2001
Exeter Health Authority, North & East Devon Health Authority, and Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Medical Executive Committee 1975-1977 and
1978-1983 – Chairman 1979-1983
Chairman Royal Devon & Exeter Unit Management
Team, 1979-1983
Chairman District Medical Committee,
1980-1983
Chairman Joint Staff Consultative Committee,
1980-1983
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital – Wonford
Rebuild Steering Committee
Former Devon Area Health Authority's Medical
Committee, 1979
Scientific Advisory Committee
Academic Committee
Postgraduate Education Committee
Chairman, Drug & Therapeutics Committee
Chairman Shared Care Guidelines Working Party
North & East Devon Health Authority, 1997-2001
North & East Devon Health Authority Health
Forum
Exeter Libraries Working Party
Chairman, Anti-smoking Task Force, North &
East Devon Health Authority, 1998
Member Exeter Alcohol Forum
British Cardiac Society
Working Party on Coronary Prevention,
1985-1986
Action on Smoking and Health
Founder Member & Inaugural Chairman, South
West Action on Smoking and Health
International Group for the Prevention of Atherosclerosis in Childhood
Executive Committee, 1998-2001
Media Work
Television programmes – Horizon, Panorama,
Brass Tacks, Garden Party etc.
Local and national TV news and features –
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 & TSW
National and local radio – Features,
phone-ins and comment
Teaching and patient education videos –
European Society of Pneumonology, British Heart Foundation, Exeter
Health Authority & Dragon Medical for Pfizer
External Examining
Examiner, Royal College of Physicians of
London
Examiner, Royal College of Physicians of
Edinburgh
External Examiner for UK Royal Colleges in
Malaysia
External Examiner for Royal College of
Physicians of Ireland
Examiner for Associateship & Membership of
the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.
Examiner in Prison Medicine for the Royal
Colleges General Practitioners, Psychiatrists, & Physicians
Examiner for MD University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka 2001
Examiner for MD University of Khartoum, Sudan
2002
Examiner for University of Kordofan, Sudan,
29-30 May 2002
University of Bristol MSc by research in
Respiratory Physiology
University of Bristol Final M.B., B.S.
Examination
University of Western Australia, Perth - PhD
University Appointments
Postgraduate Medical School Advisory Board
Convenor, former Exeter Health Authority &
Postgraduate Medical School Liaison Committee
Advisory Committee, Northcott Devon Medical
Foundation
Executive Committee, Institute of Clinical
Science
Clinical Psychology Training Committee
Advisory Board for former Institute of
Biometry & Community Health
Senior Management Group
Senate
Public Orator, 1999
Member of Court, University of Exeter
Visiting Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison 1991
University of Georgia, Medical College of
Georgia, Augusta 1991
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1991
Appointments, 1960 - 1974
House Physician (to Dr. E.C. Allibone, Senior
Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics & Consultant Paediatrician), Seacroft
Hospital, Leeds, August 1960 to January 1961
House Surgeon (to Mr. M.C. Oldfield, Senior
Clinical Lecturer in Surgery & Consultant Surgeon), St. James’s
University Hospital, Leeds. February 1961 to July 1961
House Physician (to Dr. E.W. Jackson,
Consultant Physician), St. James's University Hospital, Leeds. August
1961 to January 1962
Senior House Officer in Medicine (to Dr. G.N.
Chandler), Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds. February 1962 to January 1965
Registrar in Medicine & Cardiology (with Drs. H.
Joules, K.P. Ball & M.W. McNicol), Central Middlesex Hospital, London.
February 1963 to January 1965
Research Fellow, Cardio-thoracic Department,
Central Middlesex Hospital, London. Supported by Medical Research
Council Grant. February 1965 to September 1967.
Instructor in Medicine & Attending Physician,
Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Commonwealth of
Virginia University, and Attending Physician, Medical College of
Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, VA, USA. October 1967 to October 1968
Registrar in Medicine, Clinical Cardiology (Prof. J. F. Goodwin & Dr. C.M. Oakley), Royal Postgraduate Medical
School and Hammersmith Hospital, London. January 1969 to October 1969
Lecturer in Medicine, University of Edinburgh
(Prof. K.W. Donald), and Honorary Senior Registrar, South Eastern
Regional Hospital Board, Scotland. 1969-1974
Honorary Consultant Physician, South Eastern
Regional Hospital Board, Scotland, March to September 1971 & October
1972 to March 1973