Sir Neil James Douglas (28 May 1949 – 23 August 2020) was a medical doctor and was

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of the

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(RCPE) 2004–2010 and chairman of the

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(AoMRC) 2009–2012.

Career

He was a professor of respiratory and sleep medicine at the

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and an honorary consultant physician at the

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. He established the National Scottish Sleep Laboratory at the

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. In December 2003, he was announced as President-elect of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, taking up the post of president in March 2004. He was re-elected in December 2008. and held office until 2010. He was chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 2009–2012. When the

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(MTAS) was set up in 2007- with multiple problems evident- he chaired the initial MTAS review group. He was Chairman of the Founding Council of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). On retirement, he was Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine (Emeritus) at the University of Edinburgh. He died on 23 August 2020.

Awards and honours

In 2007, he was bestowed with an Honorary Doctor of Medicine by the

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. In the

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, he was made

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for services to Medicine.

References

External links

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