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Sir Lewis Ritchie

Appointments: James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice, University of Aberdeen; Director of Public Health, NHS Grampian; General Practitioner, Peterhead.

Qualifications: BSc (Chemistry), MSc (Community Medicine), MBChB, MD, FRCP (Ed), FRCGP, FFPH, FBCS, CEng, CITP, DRCOG. Other: FRSA, MREHIS.

Professional Awards: Kincardine Prize, Royal College of General Practitioners, North East Faculty; John Perry Prize, British Computer Society; Ian Stokoe Award, Royal College of General Practitioners UK; Blackwell Prize, University of Aberdeen; Richard Scott Lecture, University of Edinburgh; Eric Elder Medal, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; Provost Medal, Royal College of General Practitioners, North East Faculty; James Mackenzie Lecture & Medal, Royal College of General Practitioners UK.

Honours : Kt (2011), OBE (2001).

Research Interests: Health services development (Information management & technology/eHealth); Health protection (immunisation); health improvement (anticipatory care /cardiovascular prevention); oncology; community hospitals/intermediate care.

Teaching Interests: Curriculum development; staff support; quality assurance; fitness to practise procedures.

Publications - Main: Book – Computers in Primary Care (1st/2nd and Spanish editions); National Reports – Community Hospitals in Scotland (2); Intermediate Care in Scotland; GPASS Review Reports (2); Meningococcal C Immunisation Programme in Scotland; Implementation of the National Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme in Scotland; Promoting Professionalism and Excellence in Scottish Medicine (SMASAC); Establishing Effective Therapeutic Partnerships (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer); Academic General Practice in Scotland - Securing the Future (RCGP); Papers on: Computers, telemedicine, cardiovascular prevention, hypertension, cancer, community hospitals/intermediate care, immunisation, ME-CFS.

National Committees - Main
Current – Chair: Scottish Government - Scottish Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee (SMASAC); Delivering Quality in Primary Care Steering Group; Other: Independent CSO Trial Steering Committee University of Edinburgh TeleSCOT Study; .

Current Member: Scottish Government: Primary Prevention Group; Health Protection Stocktake Group; Scottish School of Primary Care Management Group; NHS QIS National Clinical Data for Quality Improvement Committee; Department of Health (England) - Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation (JCVI) Influenza Sub-Group; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) National QOF Advisory Committee. Other - Council, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. Director, Centre for Health Science, Inverness; Council, Royal College of General Practitioners, Scotland.

Past – Chair: Scottish Government - Biomedical & Therapeutic Research Committee (BTRC); Primary Care R&D Implementation Committee, Chief Scientist Office; Meningococcal C National Immunisation Programme Implementation Committee; Adult Pneumococcal National Immunisation Programme Implementation Committee; H1N1 National Vaccination Programme Service Delivery Group; ME-CFS Guidance Development Group; NHS QIS Coronary Heart Disease Standards (chest pain management and cardiovascular prevention); Chronic Medication Services Contract Advisory Committee; Implementation of the National Influenza Vaccination Programme (Aldridge Review); Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation Board (ECCI); GPASS Review Group; Non-Executive Director NHS 24. SIGN - SIGN 40: Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease; SIGN 93-97: Coronary Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention (Co-Chair). Academic - Independent MRC Trial Steering Committee RESPECT Study.

Past - Member: Scottish Government: Chief Scientist Committee; MMR Vaccine Review Group; ME/CFS Review Group; Review of the Public Health Function; Clinical Effectiveness Programme Group (CEPS); eHealth Programme Board. Department of Health (England) –Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation (JCVI); General Practice Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Core Group.

Past - Provost: North East Scotland Faculty, Royal College of General Practitioners

Past - President: Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society

Outside Interests: Church work, classical music, art appreciation, reading (particularly military/naval history), dog walking.

E-mail: l.d.ritchie@abdn.ac.uk

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