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| − | The following is Sir [[David Carter]]'s biography from the website of the MMC Inquiry (an independent review of Modernising Medical Careers):
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| − | :Sir David Carter is a graduate of St Andrews University and holds an MD from the University of Dundee. He is currently Chairman of The [[Health Foundation]] and of the Board for Academic Medicine (Scotland). He is a Trustee and Vice Chairman of [[Cancer Research UK]] (CR-UK) and chairs the Council Research Strategy Group. He was Vice Principal of Edinburgh University from 2000 – 2002 following his time as Chief Medical Officer in Scotland (1996-2000) and a surgical career during which he was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery in Edinburgh (1988-1996) and St Mungo Professor of Surgery in Glasgow (1979-1988). He is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and Faculty of Public Health Medicine. His surgical interests centred on hepato-biliary and pancreatic disease. He was Surgeon to Her Majesty The Queen from 1993-1997. He has been President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (1996-97), Surgical Research Society (1996-97), and [[British Medical Association]] (2001-2). He was Chairman of the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (1990-96) and a non-executive Director of Lothian Health Board (1994-96). As Chairman of the Board for Academic Medicine he was aware of developments in MMC particularly in relation to Scotland.<ref>[http://www.mmcinquiry.org.uk/panel.htm#carter Panel members], MMC Inquiry website, accessed 18 Dec 2009</ref>
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| − | *Formerly on the advisory council of [[Sense About Science]] (membership current as at 1 Feb 2005)<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041204034152/www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/AboutUs.htm Advisory Council], SAS website, version placed in web archive 1 Feb 2005, accessed in web archive 17 Dec 2009</ref> | |
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