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 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

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 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
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
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 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 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 – 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

 

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 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

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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