Council Information
Page for the governing body of the College, its Council, 24 members of which are surgeons from the various specialties elected by postal ballot of fellows and members. There are also representatives from the various College faculties, the main surgical specialist associations, the College's Court of Examiners, and surgeons-in-training. A member of the College's patient liaison group (PLG) also sits on Council to represent the views of patients.
Introduction
The governing body of the College is its Council, 24 members of which are surgeons from the various specialties elected by postal ballot of fellows and members. All 26 members are Trustees of the College and 2 of which are dental surgery fellows elected by the Board of the Faculty of Dental Surgery. There are also invited representatives from the nine surgical specialist associations, the College’s Court of Examiners, the Staff and Associate Specialists Grades, the College of Emergency Medicine and Surgeons-In-Training. A member of the College’s patient liaison group (PLG) also sits on Council to represent the views of patients.
Council is therefore a large body reflecting a range of professional interests but nevertheless acting on behalf of surgery in general. Full Council meets six times a year and Trustees meet three times per year and Meetings are chaired by the President.
The College delegates the co-ordination of a number of its main functions to various boards and committees. The activities of these boards and committees are reported to Council on a regular basis.
President
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Mr John Black |
Vice-Presidents
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Mr Richard Collins |
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Professor John Stanley |
Elected members
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Professor David Neal |
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Mr William Thomas |
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Mr Dermot O'Riordan |
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Professor Irving Taylor |
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Professor Antony A P Narula |
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Professor Norman Williams |
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Professor Michael Horrocks |
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Mr David Ward |
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Mr Robert Greatorex |
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Mr John Getty |
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Mr Michael Parker |
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Miss Su-Anna Boddy |
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Professor Derrick Willmot |
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Mr Steve Cannon |
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Professor Derek Alderson |
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Mr Christopher Milford |
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Professor Jon Shepherd |
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Miss Clare Marx
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Professor Gus McGrouther |
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Mr Martin Bircher Biography |
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Mr Ian Eardley Biography |
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Mr Peter Lamont Biography |
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Professor Chris Lavy Biography |
Invited members
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Alan Johnson |
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Mr Michael Bell |
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Professor John MacFie |
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Mr Adrian Joyce British Association of Urological Surgeons |
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Professor David Taggart |
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Mr Eric Freedlander |
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Mr David Drake |
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Mr Philip van Hille |
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Mr Ian Martin |
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Jamie Crinnion Court of Examiners |
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Mr Russ Ladwa |
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Mr Victor Babu |
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Mr Donald MacKechnie |
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Mr Charlie Giddings Association of Surgeons in Training |
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Mrs Susan Woodward Patiant Liason Group Royal College of Surgeons of England |
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Mr Mike Larvin |










































