Chris Oliver (surgeon)
{{Short description|Scottish orthopedic surgeon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Like resume|date=August 2023}}
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| name = Christopher William Oliver
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| image = Professor-Chris-Oliver.jpg
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| birth_place = Forest Gate, London, England
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| occupation = Surgeon
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| alma_mater = University College Hospital, University College London
| workplaces = University of Edinburgh, Napier University
| website = https://cyclingsurgeon.bike/
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Chris Oliver was an Edinburgh orthopaedic surgeon and professor and was the King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2019-20.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/professional-support-development-resources/grants-jobs-and-placements/research-travel-and-award-opportunities/awards-and-medals|title=Awards and Medals|publisher=The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|access-date=29 September 2018}} Associate Research Fellow at the School of Engineering and Built Environment, Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University 2018-21.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/tri/2019/02/04/chris-oliver-appointed-associate-research-fellow-at-tri/|title=Chris Oliver - appointed Associate Research Fellow at TRI|author=Yvonne Lawrie|date=24 February 2019|publisher=Transport Research Institute|access-date=6 February 2019}} Honorary Professor in Physical Activity for Health at the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh 2015-18.{{cite web|url=https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/chris-oliver(4d8f0274-4cb1-4333-9ef1-e8e282d053b2).html|title=Chris Oliver, University of Edinburgh Research Explorer|publisher=University of Edinburgh|access-date=4 December 2019}} Consultant trauma orthopaedic and hand surgeon at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 1997-17.
Education
In 1992, Oliver completed a doctorate (MD) from University College London in spinal muscle physiology and artificial intelligence.{{cite web|url=http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/development-of-surface-electromyographic-spectral-analysis-techniques-for-assessing-paraspinal-muscle-function(74669c81-eb8d-4aa8-abff-f78e3e20844e).html|title=Development of surface electromyographic spectral analysis techniques for assessing paraspinal muscle function|author=Christopher William Oliver |date=July 1995 |publisher=Edinburgh University|access-date=9 December 2017}}
Career
Oliver retired due to ill health in 2018 from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a consultant trauma orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/orthopaedics-trauma/staff/consultants|title=Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma - The University of Edinburgh|website=ed.ac.uk |date=18 July 2016|access-date=9 December 2017}} Career was profiled by the British Medical Journal, Careers in July 2018.{{Cite journal|last=O’Dowd|first=Adrian|date=2018-05-31|title=Chris Oliver: from orthopaedic surgeon to fitness professor|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1768|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=361|pages=k1768|doi=10.1136/bmj.k1768|issn=0959-8138|pmid=29853632|doi-access=free}} The Gold Medal [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351692138_Old_Oswestrians_Gold_Medal_Lecture_2021 Lecture], given at Old [http://oldoswestrians.org.uk/index.php?id=the-gold-medal Oswestrian's] June 2021.
Between 2015-2018 he was honorary Professor of Physical Activity for Health to Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) at the University of Edinburgh.{{cite press release|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/appointments-awards/2015/chris-oliver-120615|title=Honorary Professor: Chris Oliver |publisher=University of Edinburgh|date=16 October 2015|access-date=9 December 2017}}
In October 2016, along with other academics, he signed a letter to the Medical Schools Council and the General Medical Council to highlight the lack of lifestyle education in undergraduate medical curricula across the United Kingdom.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/19/doctors-know-too-little-about-effects-of-nutrition-and-exercise|title=Doctors 'know too little about nutrition and exercise'|last=Campbell|first=Denis|date=19 October 2016|work=The Guardian |access-date=9 December 2017}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/future-doctors-need-training-on-exercise-and-nutrition-1-4263169|title=Future doctors need training on exercise and nutrition.|last=Buchan|first=Lizzy|date=19 October 2016|work=The Scotsman|access-date=9 December 2017}}
Published work
Oliver claims to have authored over 400 publications and presentations. He has written about medical informatics, assessment in medical education, physical activity and orthopaedic surgery.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Oliver9|title=Christopher W Oliver (The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)|work=Researchgate}}
- {{cite web|url=http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1331-6429|title=Prof Christopher W Oliver (0000-0003-1331-6429)|publisher=ORCID |access-date=9 December 2017}}
He was a section editor in the multi-author major trauma section of Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery.{{Cite book|title=Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery|last1=Thomas|first1=William |first2=Malcolm W. R. |last2=Reed |first3=Michael G. |last3=Wyatt |publisher=Oxford University Press|date=July 2016|isbn=978-0199665549|location=United Kingdom|doi=10.1093/med/9780199665549.001.0001}} published in July 2016.
Personal life
Oliver gained excessive weight during his adult life and at his heaviest was 171 kg (27 stone). In February 2007, he had a LapBand fitted laparoscopically and, by 2011, his weight reduced to 102 kg (12 stone).{{Cite news|date=14 July 2013|title=The Day I Changed My Life - Chris Oliver|work=BBC Radio Scotland Afternoon Show|publisher=BBC|agency=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01c1fk9/p01c1f9j|access-date=17 June 2021}} In 2014, the band snapped and it was later removed.{{cite journal|title=The Road to Fitness|url=https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/activities/prof-chris-oliver-discusses-the-road-to-fitness-his-journey-from-obese-burnt-out-consultant-to-health-and-well-being-advocate(c7bbf3ec-6f3b-437a-83d8-2ac4d2a2e5fb).html|journal=Surgeon's News|publisher=Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh|issue=September 2017|pages=34–35}} In November 2020, he had an endoscopic gastric bypass.
Oliver was an avid endurance cyclist. In 2013, he cycled 3,415 miles from Los Angeles to Boston, USA, with his daughter, Catherine.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/jul/18/los-angeles-boston-united-states-rockies-bike-blog|title=From Los Angeles to Boston: an epic ride across the United States|first=Chris|last=Oliver|date=18 July 2013|work=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2017}}
He died 29 July 2023{{cite news|url=http://www.spokes.org.uk/2023/08/cyclingsurgeon-rip/|title=@CyclingSurgeon #RIP|date=6 August 2023|work=Spokes - The Lothian Cycle Campaign|access-date=8 Aug 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://cyclingsurgeon.bike/}}
- [https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/chris-oliver profile] at University of Edinburgh Research Explorer
- [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=oliver+cw National Library of Medicine]
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Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Scottish scholars and academics
Category:People from Forest Gate
Category:21st-century Scottish medical doctors
Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh