Peter Rubin
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Sir Peter Charles Rubin is the current Chair of the General Medical Council
of the United Kingdom
, replacing Professor Sir Graeme Catto
on 20 April 2009.
A consultant physician
and professor of therapeutics at Nottingham University since 1987, he chaired a number of committees devoted to education, such as the GMC's Education Committee from 2005 to 2008 and the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
(PMETB) in the same years. He has also served as a board member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England
and co-chaired one of their committees that recommended the establishment of a new dental school in the South West of the country. Rubin has also served as chairman of several Medical Research Council
committees investigating drug research in pregnancy. Rubin was the first member of his family to attend university.
Previously he had served as the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Nottingham University. During his time as dean he helped to develop both the university's Graduate Entry Medical School, which opened in 2004, and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, which opened in 2006 as the first new veterinary school in the UK for more than half a century. He was knighted
in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours. Despite his responsibilities, he continues to work as a practising doctor in Nottingham. He has an interest in medical problems that may occur in pregnancy.
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council registers and regulates doctors practising in the United Kingdom. It has the power to revoke or restrict a doctor's registration if it deems them unfit to practise...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, replacing Professor Sir Graeme Catto
Graeme Catto
Sir Graeme Robertson Dawson Catto, MB ChB , MD , DSc, FKC, FRCP, FRCGP, FRCSE, FFPM, FMedSci, FRSE is a Scottish doctor who was President, later Chair, of the General Medical Council until April 2009...
on 20 April 2009.
A consultant physician
Internal medicine
Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
and professor of therapeutics at Nottingham University since 1987, he chaired a number of committees devoted to education, such as the GMC's Education Committee from 2005 to 2008 and the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board was the non-departmental public body responsible for postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom . PMETB is no longer in operation, following its merger with the General Medical Council on 1 April 2010...
(PMETB) in the same years. He has also served as a board member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Higher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
and co-chaired one of their committees that recommended the establishment of a new dental school in the South West of the country. Rubin has also served as chairman of several Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
committees investigating drug research in pregnancy. Rubin was the first member of his family to attend university.
Previously he had served as the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Nottingham University. During his time as dean he helped to develop both the university's Graduate Entry Medical School, which opened in 2004, and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, which opened in 2006 as the first new veterinary school in the UK for more than half a century. He was knighted
Knight Bachelor
The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours. Despite his responsibilities, he continues to work as a practising doctor in Nottingham. He has an interest in medical problems that may occur in pregnancy.