1954 Born in Oxford UK
1975 Intercalated B.Sc. in Biochemistry (First Class Honours) University College, London
1978 M.B. B.S. University College Hospital, London
1982 Membership of Royal College of General Practitioners
1993 Fellowship of Royal College of General Practitioners
2006 Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London
1979 - 1982 Trainee in General Practice, Swindon
1982 - 1984 Registrar and Senior Registrar at St Christopher’s Hospice, London
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, UK
Appointed 1984 and retired from full time commitment in March 2014, but continue with clinical involvement on a part time basis.
Honorary Reader in Palliative Care, Centre for Professional Practice, University of Kent
Visiting Professor at the Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Elected Adjunct Associate Professor at Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Member of:
Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland
British Medical Association
European Association for Palliative Care
Royal College of General Practitioners (Fellow)
Royal College of Physicians, London (Fellow)
Royal Society of Medicine (Fellow)
NHS Consultants Association
Honorary Member of the Croatian Association for Hospice/Palliative Care
Nominations:
1999 - 2012 Director of Studies for the MSc in Supportive and Palliative Care, University of Kent
2001 Humanitarian Award of International Alliance of MND/ALS Associations
2004 - 2009 Director of Studies for MSc in Palliative and Chronic Illness Care for the Reseau Universitaire Transmanche (Collaboration of University of Kent and University of Lille)
Since 2009 Chair of Scientific Committee for Masters Course on Continuing and Palliative Care, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA). Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Clinical Lead for the End of Life Programme for end of life care in long term neurological conditions
2013 Certificate of Merit for outstanding contribution to the development of international cooperation at Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb
2014 Chair of National Institute for Heath and Care Excellence Guideline Development Group on Motor Neurone Disease.