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.

The president oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings.

List of presidents

1907-2000

Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 1907–2000[2]
Years in officeNameNotesImage
1907–1910Sir William Selby Church, 1st BaronetFirst president of the RSM in 1907, Church had chaired the preceding two years of negotiations to form the RSM.[3]
1910–1912Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet
1912–1914Sir Francis ChampneysObstetrician, elected president in 1912, and in the same year supported Sir William Osler in the founding of the History of Medicine Section.[4]
1914–1916Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet
1916–1918Sir Rickman Godlee
1918–1920Sir Humphry Rolleston
1920–1922Sir John Bland-Sutton
1922–1924Sir William Hale-White
1924–1926St Clair Thomson
1926–1928Sir James Berry
1928–1930Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn
1930–1932Thomas Watts-Eden
1932–1934Vincent Warren Low
1934–1936Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet
1936–1938Sir John Herbert Parsons[5]
1938–1940Sir William Girling Ball
1940–1942Sir Archibald Montague Henry GrayGray 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]
1942–1944Sir Henry Letheby Tidy
1944–1946Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor
1946–1948Sir Maurice Cassidy
1948–1950Sir Henry Hallett Dale
1950–1952Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson
1952–1954Sir Francis Walshe
1954–1956Sir William Gilliatt
1956–1958Sir Clement Price Thomas
1958–1960Sir Geoffrey Marshall
1960–1962Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
1962–1964Sir Terence Cawthorne
1964–1966Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead
1966–1967Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
1967–1969Sir Hector MacLennan
1969–1971Sir John Samuel Richardson
1971–1973Sir Hedley Atkins
1973–1975Sir John Stallworthy
1975–1977, 1978(acting) Sir Gordon Wolstenholme
1977–1978Sir John Vivian Dacie
1978–1980Sir Rodney Smith, Baron Smith
1980–1982Sir John Stallworthy
1982–1984Sir James Watt
1984–1986John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant
1986–1988Sir Gordon Robson
1988–1990Sir Christopher Booth
1990–1992Sir David Innes Williams
1992–1994Sir George Pinker
1994–1996Sir Donald Harrison
1996–1998Sir Christopher Paine
1998–2000Lord Soulsby of Swaffham

2000–2023

Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 2000–2023
Years in officeNameNotesImage
2000–2002Dame Deirdre Hine[2]
2002–2004Sir Barry Jackson[7]
2004–2006Sir John Lilleyman[8]
2006–2008Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff[9]
2008–2010Robin C. N. Williamson
2010–2012Dame Parveen Kumar[10]
2012–2014Sir Michael Rawlins[11]
2014–2017Babulal Sethia
2017–2020Sir Simon Wessely[12]
2020–2024Roger Kirby[13]
2024-Gillian Leng[14]

References

  1. David, T J (February 2002). "The History of the Royal Society of Medicine". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 95 (2): 105–107. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 1279326.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Parsons, Sir John Herbert (1868 - 1957)". Royal College of Surgeons. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Gray, Sir Archibald Montague Henry (1880 - 1967)". Livesonline. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. Sanai, Leyla (2006). "Professor Sir John Lilleyman". Career Focus. British Medical Journal. 332 (7536): s50. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.s50. S2CID 79850091.
  9. 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.
  10. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report. H.M. Stationery Office. 2012. p. 5.
  11. "Professor Sir Michael Rawlins GBE, Kt". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  12. 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.
  13. Kirby, Roger (April 2023). "Legends in Urology". The Canadian Journal of Urology. 30 (2): 11459–11461. PMID 37074742.
  14. "Professor Gillian Leng CBE elected next President of the Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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