The president of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is the head of the Royal Society of Medicine.
The presidents were elected biennially by the Fellows of the Society.[1] In 2014 the charter changed. The presidents are now elected every three years.[citation needed]
The president oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings.[citation needed]
List of presidents edit
1907-2000 edit
Years in office | Name | Notes | Image |
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1907–1910 | Sir William Selby Church, 1st Baronet | First president of the RSM in 1907, Church had chaired the preceding two years of negotiations to form the RSM.[3] | |
1910–1912 | Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet | ||
1912–1914 | Sir Francis Champneys | Obstetrician, elected president in 1912, and in the same year supported Sir William Osler in the founding of the History of Medicine Section.[4] | |
1914–1916 | Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet | ||
1916–1918 | Sir Rickman Godlee | ||
1918–1920 | Sir Humphry Rolleston | ||
1920–1922 | Sir John Bland-Sutton | ||
1922–1924 | Sir William Hale-White | ||
1924–1926 | St Clair Thomson | ||
1926–1928 | Sir James Berry | ||
1928–1930 | Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn | ||
1930–1932 | Thomas Watts-Eden | ||
1932–1934 | Vincent Warren Low | ||
1934–1936 | Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet | ||
1936–1938 | Sir John Herbert Parsons[5] | ||
1938–1940 | Sir William Girling Ball | ||
1940–1942 | Sir Archibald Montague Henry Gray | Gray was a dermatologist who in 1913 became secretary to the dermatology section at the RSM.[6] Between 1920 and 1924 he was the RSM's honorary secretary, and subsequently was appointed honorary treasurer.[6] | |
1942–1944 | Sir Henry Letheby Tidy | ||
1944–1946 | Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor | ||
1946–1948 | Sir Maurice Cassidy | ||
1948–1950 | Sir Henry Hallett Dale | ||
1950–1952 | Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson | ||
1952–1954 | Sir Francis Walshe | ||
1954–1956 | Sir William Gilliatt | ||
1956–1958 | Sir Clement Price Thomas | ||
1958–1960 | Sir Geoffrey Marshall | ||
1960–1962 | Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian | ||
1962–1964 | Sir Terence Cawthorne | ||
1964–1966 | Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead | ||
1966–1967 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt | ||
1967–1969 | Sir Hector MacLennan | ||
1969–1971 | Sir John Samuel Richardson | ||
1971–1973 | Sir Hedley Atkins | ||
1973–1975 | Sir John Stallworthy | ||
1975–1977, 1978 | (acting) Sir Gordon Wolstenholme | ||
1977–1978 | Sir John Vivian Dacie | ||
1978–1980 | Sir Rodney Smith, Baron Smith | ||
1980–1982 | Sir John Stallworthy | ||
1982–1984 | Sir James Watt | ||
1984–1986 | John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant | ||
1986–1988 | Sir Gordon Robson | ||
1988–1990 | Sir Christopher Booth | ||
1990–1992 | Sir David Innes Williams | ||
1992–1994 | Sir George Pinker | ||
1994–1996 | Sir Donald Harrison | ||
1996–1998 | Sir Christopher Paine | ||
1998–2000 | Lord Soulsby of Swaffham |
2000–2023 edit
Years in office | Name | Notes | Image |
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2000–2002 | Dame Deirdre Hine[2] | ||
2002–2004 | Sir Barry Jackson[7] | ||
2004–2006 | Sir John Lilleyman[8] | ||
2006–2008 | Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff[9] | ||
2008–2010 | Robin C. N. Williamson[citation needed] | ||
2010–2012 | Dame Parveen Kumar[10] | ||
2012–2014 | Sir Michael Rawlins[11] | ||
2014–2017 | Babulal Sethia[citation needed] | ||
2017–2020 | Sir Simon Wessely[12] | ||
2020–2024 | Roger Kirby[13] | ||
2024- | Gillian Leng[14] |
References edit
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- ^ a b Hunting, Penelope (2002). "Appendix: Presidents of the Society 1805-2000". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 481–482. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
- ^ Hunting, P (2005). "The Royal Society of Medicine". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 81 (951): 45–48. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2003.018424. PMC 1743179. PMID 15640428.
- ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "8. From anaesthetics to proctology". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 301–380. ISBN 978-1853154973.
- ^ "Parsons, Sir John Herbert (1868 - 1957)". Royal College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Gray, Sir Archibald Montague Henry (1880 - 1967)". Livesonline. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "A President in shirtsleeves". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 95 (10): 518–519. October 2002. doi:10.1177/014107680209501016. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 1279186.
- ^ Sanai, Leyla (2006). "Professor Sir John Lilleyman". Career Focus. British Medical Journal. 332 (7536): s50. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.s50. S2CID 79850091.
- ^ Finlay, Ilora (1 August 2009). "My working day: Ilora Finlay". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 102 (8): 349–351. doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k041. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 2726809.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report. H.M. Stationery Office. 2012. p. 5.
- ^ "Professor Sir Michael Rawlins GBE, Kt". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan; Houston, Muiris (2020). "3. Writer: psychiatry in dissent (1976)". Psychiatrist in the Chair: The Official Biography of Anthony Clare. Merrion Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-78537-331-2.
- ^ Kirby, Roger (April 2023). "Legends in Urology". The Canadian Journal of Urology. 30 (2): 11459–11461. PMID 37074742.
- ^ "Professor Gillian Leng CBE elected next President of the Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.