Chris Oliver is a retired Edinburgh orthopaedic surgeon and professor and was the King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2019-20. Associate Research Fellow at the School of Engineering and Built Environment,

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, Edinburgh Napier University 2018-21. Honorary

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in Physical Activity for Health at the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre,

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2015-18. Consultant trauma

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and hand surgeon at

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1997-17.

Education

In 1992, Oliver completed a doctorate ( MD) from

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in spinal muscle physiology and artificial intelligence.

Career

Oliver retired due to ill health in 2018 from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a consultant trauma orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Edinburgh. Career was profiled by the British Medical Journal, Careers in July 2018. The Gold Meda
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June 2021. Between 2015-2018 he was honorary Professor of Physical Activity for Health to Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) at the University of Edinburgh. In October 2016, along with other academics, he signed a letter to the

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and the

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to highlight the lack of lifestyle education in undergraduate medical curricula across the United Kingdom.

Published work

Oliver claims to have authored over 400 publications and presentations. He has written about

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, assessment in

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, physical activity and orthopaedic surgery. He was a section editor in the multi-author

major trauma Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds. Dependin ...

section of ''Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery''. published in July 2016.

Personal life

Oliver gained excessive weight during his adult life and at his heaviest was 171 kg (27 stone). In February 2007, he had a

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fitted laparoscopically and, by 2011, his weight reduced to 102 kg (12 stone). In 2014, the band snapped and it was later removed. In November 2020, he had an endoscopic

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. Oliver is an avid endurance

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. In 2013, he cycled 3,415 miles from Los Angeles to Boston, USA, with his daughter, Catherine. In 2021, Oliver faced charges of indecent exposure during an altercation with a neighbouring property. He was sentenced by the court and fined £400.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Chris Academics of the University of Edinburgh 1960 births Living people Scottish surgeons Scottish scholars and academics People from Forest Gate 21st-century Scottish medical doctors Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh British orthopaedic surgeons