Sir John Cunningham (born 1949) is a British professor of

nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

at University College London Medical School and the

Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barn ...

. He is a former physician to the Queen.

Biography

John Cunningham was born in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford,

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

(BA, 1970) and

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

(BM, BCh, 1973; DM, 1988).‘CUNNINGHAM, Prof. John’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017 He also trained at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. He became professor of

at UCL Medical School,

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and the

. He holds appointments at

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, and the King Edward VII Hospital, London. He was Head of the Medical Household to

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

from 2005-2014, and also occupied the position of

Physician to the Queen Physician to the King (or Queen, as appropriate) is a title held by physicians of the Medical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Part of the Royal Household, the Medical Household includes physicians, who treat general conditions ...

. On stepping down, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II as a KCVO.

Selected publications

*Achieving therapeutic targets in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. *New Vitamin D analogs and changing therapeutic paradigms.New Vitamin D analogs and changing therapeutic paradigms
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunningham, John 1949 births Living people People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Alumni of St John's College, Oxford 21st-century British medical doctors Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Place of birth missing (living people) Physicians of the Royal Free Hospital Washington University in St. Louis fellows Honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers

Biography

Selected publications

See also

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