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.

Directory of Council Members

Elected Office Bearers

Dr Neil G Dewhurst

Dr Neil Dewhurst
President (Elected)

Consultant Cardiologist and General Physician, Perth Royal Infirmary, NHS Tayside. Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Dundee. Medical Director, MRCP(UK).

Ex-officio: All CollegeCommittees

Email: n.dewhurst@rcpe.ac.uk

Professor Brian Frier

Professor Brian Frier
Vice President (Elected)

Short biography of Professor Brian Frier

Consultant in General/Internal Medicine and Diabetes at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and Honorary Professor of Diabetes at the University of Edinburgh

College Committees: Fellowship Committee

Email: b.frier@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Michael Chave Jones

Dr Mike Jones
Vice President (Elected)

Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead in Acute Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

College Committees:

Email: m.jones@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

Elected Members of Council

Professor Gary McVeigh

Professor Gary McVeigh
Elected Member – Northern Ireland

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queen's University Belfast/Consultant Physician, Belfast Trust.

Email: g.mcveigh@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Dr John Stuart Bevan

Dr John Bevan
Elected Member – Northern Scotland

Consultant Endocrinologist (and Honorary Senior Lecturer), Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (Aberdeen University).

College Committees: Training Committee; President's Advisory Group

Regional Advisor for Grampian Region

Email: j.bevan@rcpe.ac.uk

Dr Alison  Brown

Dr Alison Brown
Elected Member – North of England

Consultant Nephrologist, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

College Committees: Fellowship Committee

Email: a.brown@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Alan Connacher

Dr Alan Connacher
Elected Member – Central Scotland

Consultant in General/ Internal Medicine, Perth Royal Infirmary

College Committees: Education Committee

Email: a.connacher@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Professor Chris Kelnar

Professor Chris Kelnar
Elected Member – Fellow working in Paediatric Practice

Consultant Paediatrician & Honorary Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh.

College Committees: Library Committee

Email: c.kelnar@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 John Wilson FRCP Edin

Dr John Wilson FRCP Edin
Elected Member
– Lothian, Fife and Borders Region

Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, NHS Fife.

College Committees:

Email: j.a.wilson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Charles Mitchell

Dr Charles Mitchell
Elected Member – North West England & Yorkshire

Consultant in General/Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Scarborough Hospital

College Committees: Training Committee; Communications Committee

Email: c.mitchell@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Professor Colin Robertson

Professor Colin Robertson
Elected Member – Lothian, Fife and Borders Region

Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Edinburgh

College Committees: To be confirmed

Email: c.robertson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Dr Graeme Simpson

Dr Graeme Simpson
Elected Member – West of Scotland

Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley

College Committees: Library Committee

Email: g.simpson@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 – Young Consultants

Consultant Physician, St John’s Hospital, Livingston.

Email: k.adamson@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Dr Mark William John Strachan

Dr Mark William John Strachan
Elected Member – Young Consultants

Consultant Physician, Metabolic Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

Email: m.strachan@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

 

Dr Derek Maclean

Dr Derek Maclean
Treasurer

Consultant in General/Internal Medicine (Retired), Broughty Ferry, Dundee

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

Email: d.maclean@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 Mike Jones

Dr Mike Jones
Dean

Consultant in General/Internal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

College Committees:
Ex-officio:
Communications Committee; Education Committee; President's Advisory Group; Symposia Committee; Training Committee;

Email: m.jones@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 Kerri Baker

Dr Kerri Baker
Representing Trainees and Members' Committee

College Committees: Chair, Trainees and Members' Committee; President's Advisory Group, Education Strategy Group

Email: Dr Kerri Rachel Baker

 

 

Dr Mark Taylor

Dr Mark Taylor
Representing Trainees and Members' Committee

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

Email: Dr Mark Taylor

 

 

Dr Alison Elliot

Dr Alison Elliot
Representing College Lay Advisory Group

Elder and session clerk of Greyfriars, Tolbooth and Highland Kirk, Edinburgh.

College Committees: College Lay Advisory Group

Email: a.elliot@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 Bill Morrison

Dr Bill Morrison
Representing A&E Medicine

Consultant in A&E Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Email: w.morrison@rcpe.ac.uk

 

 

Photograph of Council of RCPE 2009
Photograph of Council of RCPE 2009

Click for larger image

 

Logo with link to Secure Area login