Anthony Toft
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Anthony Douglas (Tony) Toft PRCPE CBE LVO (29 October 1944-) is a 20th-century Scottish physician, specialising in endocrinology and thyroid disease. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1991 to 1994.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-38895877|title=Do you have an underactive thyroid?|last=Mosley|first=Dr Michael|date=2017-02-08|access-date=2019-06-09|language=en-GB}}
Life
Toft was born on 29 October 1944, the son of Anne Laing and William Vincent Toft. He was educated at Perth Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/anthony-douglas-toft-cbe-186051|title=Anthony Douglas Toft, CBE {{!}} Art UK|website=artuk.org|language=en|access-date=2019-06-09}}{{Citation|title=Toft, Dr Anthony Douglas, (born 29 Oct. 1944), Consultant Physician, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1978–2009; Physician to the Queen in Scotland, 1996–2009|date=2007-12-01|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-37814|work=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37814|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=2019-06-09}}
He moved to the South Side in Edinburgh in 1962 when he began his studies in medicine at the University of Edinburgh.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edinburghsouthsiders.co.uk/transcript-tony-toft/|title=Transcript Tony Toft {{!}} Southsiders|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-09}} He graduated with an MB ChB in 1969 and then, after practical training in Edinburgh hospitals, practised as a general practitioner on Islay and then Orkney. In 1971 he became a Ciba Research Fellow in Endocrinology.
From 1978 he was Consultant Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
In 1980 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as Medical Secretary from 1982-1994. He was President of the Society in 1995.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}} In 1987 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club and served as Honorary Secretary from 2004-2014.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fAEC%2f1&pos=2|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}
In 1991 he succeeded John Richmond as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and was succeeded in turn by John D. Cash in 1994. He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995. He was President of the British Thyroid Association from 1996 to 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spirehealthcare.com/|title=Spire Healthcare {{!}} Private Hospitals UK {{!}} Quality Care|website=www.spirehealthcare.com|access-date=2019-06-09}}
He retired from the NHS in 2009 and was awarded the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the same year.
Publications
- Understanding Thyroid Disorders
- Thyroid Hormone Replacement (2017)
Artistic recognition
His portrait by Alexander Fraser (born 1950) is held by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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