Malcolm VandenBurg is a British doctor involved in
drug research,
sexual health,
medicolegal advice and
stress management.
Medical career
VandenBurg qualified in St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1973 with a BSc in Physiology.
He lectured in medicine, as an Honorary Senior Registrar at the
London Hospital and as an Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology at
St Bartholomew's Hospital
VandenBurg is a Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians, the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM) is a faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (the Royal College of Physicians London, the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and S ...
He established the London Hospital Hypertension Clinic in 1975.
Research
VandenBurg was director of cardiovascular research, Old Church Hospital Romford (1984–1996) and director of clinical research at
Merck Sharpe & Dohme (1980–1984)
In 1996 he was appointed president and chief executive officer of global research consultancy IBRD – Rostrum Inc.
VandenBurg has coordinated drug development programmes for over 30 pharmaceutical products and has over 100 publications in the field of clinical research.
Medicolegal Work
VandenBurg is a registered expert witness
who has given medicolegal advice to courts, authorities and media in a number of high-profile cases.
He has written in the
BMJ
''The BMJ'' is a weekly peer-reviewed medical trade journal, published by the trade union the British Medical Association (BMA). ''The BMJ'' has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. Origina ...
about the medicolegal implications of newer
SSRIs
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and other psychological conditions.
SSRIs increase the extracellul ...
and of driving while under the influence of
cannabis
''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
VandenBurg was an expert witness in the case of the
Death of Sean Rigg
Sean Rigg was a 40-year-old black British musician and music producer who had paranoid schizophrenia. He died following a cardiac arrest on 21 August 2008 while in police custody at the entrance to Brixton police station, South London, England. T ...
in police custody in 2008.
[ He also advised the Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman on the deaths of Aaron Hogg in ]Maghaberry Prison
HMP Maghaberry was built on the site of RAF Maghaberry, a World War II airfield near Lisburn, Northern Ireland, which was used as a flying station by the Royal Air Force and also as a transit airfield for the United States Army Air Forces. At t ...
in 2011.propofol
Propofol, marketed as Diprivan, among other names, is a short-acting medication that results in a decreased level of consciousness and a lack of memory for events. Its uses include the starting and maintenance of general anesthesia, sedation f ...
in the Death of Michael Jackson
On June 25, 2009, American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication at his home on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His physician, Conrad Murray, said that ...
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Books
*''Positive Under Pressure'' jointly authored with Gael Lindenfield, published by Avenue Books (24 April 2006)
*''Dilemmas and Solutions in Global Drug Development'', published by Brookwood Medical Publications (January 2003)
*''Good Clinical Practice for Investigators'', ROSTRUM Publications (July 1990)
References
External links
Malcolm VandenBurg Official site
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Living people
20th-century British medical doctors
Year of birth missing (living people)