President and Council

The RCPE is governed by a Council and a series of topic-specific committees. Council is comprised of 14 directly elected Fellows and 2 directly elected Trainees and Members and 9 appointed Office Bearers and Faculty/College representatives. A group photograph of RCPE Council, taken in July 2012, can be accessed here.

Directory of Council Members

Elected Office Bearers

Dr Neil Dewhurst, President

Dr Neil Dewhurst
President (Elected)

Consultant Cardiologist and General Physician, Perth Royal Infirmary, NHS Tayside. Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Dundee.

Ex-officio: All CollegeCommittees

Email: n.dewhurst@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr John Wilson FRCP Edin

Dr John Alasdair Wilson FRCP Edin
Vice President - Professional Development (Elected)

Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, NHS Fife

College Committees:

Email: j.wilson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Michael Chave Jones

Dr Mike Jones
Vice President (Elected)

Acute Physician, University Hospital of North Durham
SAC Chair Acute Internal Medicine

College Committees:

Email: m.jones@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Elected Members of Council

Dr Albert J McNeill

Dr Albert J McNeill
Elected Member – Northern Ireland

Consultant Cardiologist, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry

Email: Albert.McNeill@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Robert B S Laing

Dr Robert B S Laing
Elected Member – Northern Scotland

Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Email: Robert.Laing@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Timothy P Cassidy

Dr Timothy P Cassidy
Elected Member – North of England

Consultant Physician, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

College Committees:

Email: Timothy.Cassidy@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Alasdair Mackie

Dr Alasdair Mackie
Elected Member – Central Scotland

Consultant Physician with special interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

College Committees/service: Regional Adviser for the Tayside Region.

Email: a.mackie@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Una MacFadyen

Dr Una MacFadyen
Elected Member – Fellow working in Paediatric Practice

Consultant Paediatrician, Forth Valley Royal Hospital

College Committees: To be confirmed

Email: u.macfadyen@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Jacqueline Faccenda FRCP Edin

Dr Jacqueline Faccenda
Elected Member – Lothian, Fife and Borders Region

General and Respiratory Physician, and Lead Clinician in Respiratory, Borders General Hospital.

College Committees: To be confirmed

Email:  j.faccenda@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Alastair MacGilchrist FRCP Edin

Dr Alastair MacGilchrist FRCP Edin
Elected Member
– Lothian, Fife and Borders Region

Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

College Committees:

Email: a.macgilchrist@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Mark William John Strachan

Dr Mark William John Strachan
Elected Member
– Lothian, Fife and Borders Region

Consultant in Diabetic Endocrinology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Email: m.strachan@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Robin Jeffrey

Dr Robin Jeffrey
Elected Member – East of England

Consultant Nephrologist and General Physician, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

College Committees/service: Regional Adviser for the Yorkshire Region

Email: r.jeffrey@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Alistair Dorward

Dr Alistair Dorward
Elected Member – West of Scotland

Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

College Committees:

Email: a.dorward@rcpe.ac.uk

Professor David Bowen Jones

Professor David Bowen Jones
Elected Member – West of England

Consultant Physician, Wirral University Teaching Hospital.

College Committees:

Email: d.bowenjones@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Karen Ann Adamson

Dr Karen Ann Adamson
Elected Member – Recently Appointed Consultants

Consultant Physician, St John’s Hospital, Livingston.

Email: k.adamson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Dr Catherine Labinjoh

Dr Catherine Labinjoh
Elected Member – Recently Appointed Consultants

Consultant and Clinical Lead for Cardiology, NHS Forth Valley

Email: Catherine.Labinjoh@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Professor Derek Bell

Professor Derek Bell
Elected Member – Rest of England & Wales

Professor of Acute Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster, Imperial College, London.

Email: d.bell@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

Appointed Office Bearers

Dr Deepak Dwarakanath

Dr Deepak Dwarakanath
Secretary

Consultant Physician with an interest in Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees College

College Committees: Examinations Committee, Fellowship Committee

Email: d.dwarakanath@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Professor Charles Swainson

Professor Charles Swainson
Treasurer

Medical Director of NHS Lothian

College Committees:
Ex-officio:
President's Advisory Group; Finance Committee; Myre Sim Bequest Committee

Email: c.swainson@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Alan Patrick

Dr Alan Patrick
Registrar

Consultant Physician (General Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical and Radiological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

Ex-officio committees: President's Advisory Group; College Committee on Examinations

E-mail: a.patrick@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Nicki Colledge

Dr Nicki Colledge
Dean

Consultant Geriatrician, Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh

College Committees:
Ex-officio:
Convener, Education Strategy Group; President's Advisory Group; Symposia Committee

Email: n.colledge@rcpe.ac.uk

Professor Iain Donaldson

Professor Iain Donaldson
Honorary Librarian

Consultant in Neurophysiology (Retired), Balerno

College Committees:
Ex-officio
: Library Committee

Email: i.donaldson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Representatives

Dr Chris Mountford

Dr Chris Mountford
Representing Trainees and Members' Committee

College Committees: Co-Chair, Trainees and Members’ Committee; President’s Advisory Group

Email: Dr Chris Mountford

 

Dr Marion Slater

Dr Marion Slater
Representing Trainees and Members' Committee

College Committees: Co-Chair, Trainees and Members’ Committee; President’s Advisory Group

Email: marion.slater@nhs.net

 

Dr Iain Matthews

Dr Iain Matthews
Representing Trainees and Members' Committee

College Committees: Secretary, Trainees and Members' Committee; President's Advisory Group

Email: Dr Iain Matthews

 

 

Dr Alison Elliot

Professor Alice Brown CBE
Representing College Lay Advisory Group

Formerly Professor of Politics and Vice Principal at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director of the Insitute of Governance.

College Committees: College Lay Advisory Group

Email: alice.brown@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Andrew K Fraser

Dr Andrew Fraser
Representing Faculty of Public Health

Head of Health, Scottish Prison Service.
Headquarters: Edinburgh.

Email: a.fraser@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Stephen Freestone

Dr Stephen Freestone
Representing Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine

 

Email: s.freestone@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Dr David Pedley
Representing A&E Medicine

Consultant in Accident & Emergency Medicine Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary

Email: d.pedley@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

 

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