British physician (born 1940)
Richard Thompson
Born Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson
(1940-04-14 ) 14 April 1940 (age 84) Scientific career Fields Medicine
Sir Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson , KCVO (born 14 April 1940) is a British physician and past president of the Royal College of Physicians in London.[ 1]
Thompson studied medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas' Hospital , and specialised in gastroenterology . He conducted research with Prof Roger Williams , and at the Mayo Clinic . He was appointed consultant at St Thomas' from 1972 until his retirement in 2005. He continued to conduct research in nutritional gastroenterology.[ 1] From 1982 until 2005 he was also attached to King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes .[ 2] He was a member of the Medical Household of Elizabeth II , and head from 1993 until 2005.[ 1] He received a knighthood in 2003, when he became KCVO .[ 2]
From 2003 until 2010 he acted as treasurer to the Royal College of Physicians, and in 2010 was elected to succeed Ian Gilmore as president (PRCP).[ 1] He was re-elected in 2013.[ 3] In 2014 Professor Jane Dacre was elected as his successor.[ 4]
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