| I qualified in medicine from the
University of Edinburgh in 1979. Between then and 1984 I trained
in general medicine in the main hospitals in Tayside and then in
digestive diseases at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
In 1984 I came to St Andrews to train in general
practice with Dr George Caithness and partners. I enjoyed it tremendously
and joined the practice as a partner in 1986.
In the late 1990s I became very interested in
the use of the internet in medicine, which eventually led to my
becoming the medical director of the newly-formed NetDoctor
web site. To do this properly I had to give up being a full
time GP.
In the event, all went well. NetDoctor has become
the most successful such organisation in Europe and has sister sites
in several European countries. Meantime I have kept up with family
medicine through doing locums in many of the practices in Fife.
Private general practice is new in Scotland and
I look forward to developing the services I can offer. I will be
assisted in this by my wife, Anne, who is a registered nurse and
midwife. You can find us by checking our contact
information.
I was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal
College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1999
My GMC Registration number is 2341419
You can check my registration, and that of
any registered UK doctor, on the GMC
website
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