Donald Macleod (surgeon)
Donald Macleod FRCSEd, FFAEM(Hon), FFSEM(Hon), FISM | |
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| Born | 1941 (age 82–83) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Professor Donald Macleod FRCSEd, FFAEM(Hon), FFSEM(Hon), FISM (born 1941) is a retired British surgeon, and is a former president of the council of Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
He worked as a consultant general surgeon at West Lothian Hospitals from 1975 to 2001, and as associate postgraduate dean of surgery for south-east Scotland from 1993 to 2004.[2] He was also an honorary professor of sports medicine at Aberdeen University from 1998 to 2003.[2]
He was the Scottish rugby union team's doctor from 1969 to 1995 and their medical adviser from 1971 to 2003.[2] He was also the British Lion' team doctor from 1983; and a member of the medical advisory committee of the International Rugby Board from 1977 to 2003.[2][3]
He served as vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2004; chairman of the Intercollegiate Academic Board for Sports and Exercise Medicine from 1998 to 2003; president of the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine from 1995 to 2002; and from 2005 to 2008 was chair of the medical committee for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games bid.[2]
He received the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine's Sir Roger Bannister Medal in 2005.[2]
References
- ^ "Donald MacLeod". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). The Development of Sports Medicine in Twentieth-century Britain. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-121-9. Wikidata Q29581766.
- ^ Macleod, D A (1 December 1989). "Team doctor". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 23 (4): 211–212. doi:10.1136/bjsm.23.4.211.
External links
- Donald Macleod on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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