Bruce Keogh
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Professor Sir Bruce E. Keogh, KBE
, FRCS
is Medical Director of the National Health Service
in England
.
) where he attended school at St George's College, Harare
.
Medical Director post in November 2007, Keogh practised as a cardiac surgeon with a special interest in reconstructive mitral valve
surgery. He earned a Bachelor of Science
degree and MB BS
degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
part of the University of London
in 1977 and 1980 respectively, followed by the MD
higher degree in 1989. He served as Senior Lecturer/Consultant at the Hammersmith
Hospital and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School
from 1991-1995. He then moved to Birmingham
where from 1997 - 2003 he was Associate Medical Director of University Hospital Birmingham before being appointed Professor
of Cardiac surgery
at University College London
and Director of Surgery at The Heart Hospital
in 2004.
Keogh has been active on many medical and professional committees. He has been secretary and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland , Secretary General of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and president of the Cardiothoracic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine
and served on the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
and the Board of Directors of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in the US.
Prior to becoming Medical Director of the National Health Service he served on the National Coronary Heart Disease Taskforce, the NHS Standing Medical Advisory Committee, and was chairman of the NHS Information Taskforce on Clinical Outcomes for the Department of Health. He has also served as Commissioner on the Commission for Health Improvement
and the Healthcare Commission
.
As the NHS Medical Director he leads the Medical Directorate in the Department of Health which has oversight for clinical strategy, quality and safety in the NHS, the medicines supply chain in to the UK, including policy around the pharmaceutical industry, drug pricing, prescriptions and the role of pharmacy in England. Through Medical Education England he has oversight of postgraduate education of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and clinical scientists.
He sponsors and oversees the work programme of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
(NICE) and the National Patient Safety Agency
(NPSA).
He was created an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2003, and subsequently became a British citizen
, whereupon his knighthood became "substantive" (no longer honorary). Keogh is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of General Practitioners
, the Royal College of Anaesthetists
, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
, the American College of Surgeons
and the British Society of Interventional Radiology. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Japan, China and North America, King James IV Professor http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/site/563/default.aspx of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
(2005) and Tudor Edwards lecturer for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2007). He holds honorary medical doctorates from the universities of Birmingham and Sheffield and Doctorates of Science from the University of Toledo
and Coventry University
.
He is a member of the Lunar Society
, on the council of the British Heart Foundation
and a vice patron of the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, FRCS
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons is a professional qualification to practise as a surgeon in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland...
is Medical Director of the National Health Service
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Biography
He was born in Zimbabwe (formerly RhodesiaRhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
) where he attended school at St George's College, Harare
St George's College, Harare
St George's College, is a private Catholic boys school based in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is recognised as one of the best secondary schools in Africa...
.
Medical career
Prior to taking up the full-time NHSNational Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
Medical Director post in November 2007, Keogh practised as a cardiac surgeon with a special interest in reconstructive mitral valve
Mitral valve
The mitral valve is a dual-flap valve in the heart that lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle...
surgery. He earned a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree and MB BS
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, or in Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae , are the two first professional degrees awarded upon graduation from medical school in medicine and surgery by universities in various countries...
degree from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
Charing Cross Hospital Medical School is the oldest of the constituent medical schools of Imperial College School of Medicine.-History:...
part of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in 1977 and 1980 respectively, followed by the MD
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
higher degree in 1989. He served as Senior Lecturer/Consultant at the Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
Hospital and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School
Royal Postgraduate Medical School
The Royal Postgraduate Medical School was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of the Imperial College School of Medicine.-History:The medical school...
from 1991-1995. He then moved to Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
where from 1997 - 2003 he was Associate Medical Director of University Hospital Birmingham before being appointed Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
at University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
and Director of Surgery at The Heart Hospital
The Heart Hospital
The Heart Hospital is a cardiac hospital in London, United Kingdom. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is closely associated with University College London ....
in 2004.
Keogh has been active on many medical and professional committees. He has been secretary and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland , Secretary General of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and president of the Cardiothoracic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
and served on the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
and the Board of Directors of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in the US.
Prior to becoming Medical Director of the National Health Service he served on the National Coronary Heart Disease Taskforce, the NHS Standing Medical Advisory Committee, and was chairman of the NHS Information Taskforce on Clinical Outcomes for the Department of Health. He has also served as Commissioner on the Commission for Health Improvement
Commission for Health Improvement
The Commission for Health Improvement was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom from 2001 until 2004, when its functions were subsumed by the Healthcare Commission....
and the Healthcare Commission
Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. It was set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of health care and public health in England and Wales...
.
As the NHS Medical Director he leads the Medical Directorate in the Department of Health which has oversight for clinical strategy, quality and safety in the NHS, the medicines supply chain in to the UK, including policy around the pharmaceutical industry, drug pricing, prescriptions and the role of pharmacy in England. Through Medical Education England he has oversight of postgraduate education of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and clinical scientists.
He sponsors and oversees the work programme of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is a special health authority of the English National Health Service , serving both English NHS and the Welsh NHS...
(NICE) and the National Patient Safety Agency
National Patient Safety Agency
The National Patient Safety Agency is a special health authority of the National Health Service in England. It was created to monitor patient safety incidents, including medication and prescribing error reporting, in the NHS....
(NPSA).
He was created an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire in 2003, and subsequently became a British citizen
British nationality law
British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom that concerns citizenship and other categories of British nationality. The law is complex because of the United Kingdom's former status as an imperial power.-History:...
, whereupon his knighthood became "substantive" (no longer honorary). Keogh is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of General Practitioners
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the professional body for general practitioners in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including licensing, education, training, research and clinical standards. It is the largest of the medical royal colleges, with...
, the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is "the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom". It sets standards in anaesthesia, critical care, pain management, and for the training of anaesthetists, physician assistants - and practising critical care...
, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , is a Dublin-based medical institution, situated on St. Stephen's Green. The college is one of the five Recognised Colleges of the National University of Ireland...
, the American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
and the British Society of Interventional Radiology. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Japan, China and North America, King James IV Professor http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/site/563/default.aspx of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practice, through its interest in education, training and examinations, its liaison with external medical bodies and representation of the modern surgical workforce...
(2005) and Tudor Edwards lecturer for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2007). He holds honorary medical doctorates from the universities of Birmingham and Sheffield and Doctorates of Science from the University of Toledo
University of Toledo
The University of Toledo is a public university in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The Carnegie Foundation classified the university as "Doctoral/Research Extensive."-National recognition:...
and Coventry University
Coventry University
Coventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institution's name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University...
.
He is a member of the Lunar Society
Lunar Society
The Lunar Society of Birmingham was a dinner club and informal learned society of prominent figures in the Midlands Enlightenment, including industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals, who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham, England. At first called the Lunar Circle,...
, on the council of the British Heart Foundation
British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation is a charity organisation in Britain that funds research, education, care and awareness campaigns aimed to prevent heart diseases in humans.-Foundation:...
and a vice patron of the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory