Sir Ian Thomas Gilmore DL

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(born 1947) is a

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hepatology Hepatology is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders. Although traditionally considered a sub-specialty of gastroenterology, rapid expansion ...

and previous president of the

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(PRCP). He was educated at the

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, trained at

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and

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, qualifying in 1971 and subsequently specialising in

gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- “belly”, -énteron “intestine”, and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract ...

, specifically liver disease. Having spent time in the

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at the

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(1979–1980), as an MRC Travelling Fellow he assumed a consultant post at

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. He was made honorary professor at the

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in 1999. In 2010 he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours’ in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Medicine. Sir Ian was Chair of Liverpool Health Partners 2013-2017.

Public statements

In 2001, he chaired a Royal College of Physicians working party that produced the report "Alcohol – can the NHS afford it?" During his time as president of the College from 2006-10 he made several public statements on alcohol misuse in the

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, and under his leadership the Royal College initiated the Alcohol Health Alliance UK in 2007. He was knighted in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours. In August 2010, Sir Ian said that "making drugs such as heroin and cocaine legal would 'drastically' cut crime and addicts' health problems" in interviews with both newspapers and the

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. He resigned from his position with

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when the agency refused to break their connection with

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in their Drink Free Days campaign in 2018.

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* "Leaders in Medicine" interview: {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Ian 1947 births Living people British hepatologists British gastroenterologists British people of Irish descent 21st-century English medical doctors 21st-century British medical doctors Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Knights Bachelor Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians