Sir David Craig Carter (born 1 September 1940) is a surgeon who was Chief Medical Officer for Scotland from 1996–2000.

Early life and education

David Craig Carter was born on 1 September 1940 to Mary Florence (née Lister) and Horace Ramsay Carter. He attended Cockermouth Grammar School, and went on to study medicine at the

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, graduating with an

MB ChB Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

in 1964 and continuing on to receive his MD.

Surgeon

He was St Mungo Professor of Surgery at the

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from 1979 to 1988. He then became the Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the

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. He was appointed the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 1996 and continued in this role until 2000, when he was succeeded by Mac Armstrong. In 1984 Carter was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1998. In 1987 he was elected a member of the

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. Carter was the Honorary President of the

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from 2001–02, vice-president of the

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2000-03.

Honours and awards

He was awarded a

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for services to medicine in the

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. In 2007, the Royal Society of Edinburgh honoured him by making him a Royal Medallist. In 2010, he received an honorary DSc from the

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References

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