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List of presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine

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The president of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is the head of the Royal Society of Medicine.

The presidents were elected biennially by the Fellows of the Society.{{cite journal |last1=David |first1=T J |title=The History of the Royal Society of Medicine |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |date=February 2002 |volume=95 |issue=2 |pages=105–107 |pmc=1279326 |issn=0141-0768}} In 2014 the charter changed. The presidents are now elected every three years.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

The president oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

List of presidents

=1907-2000=

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|+ Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 1907–2000{{Cite book|title=The History of The Royal Society of Medicine|last=Hunting|first=Penelope|publisher=Royal Society of Medicine Press|year=2002|isbn=1-85315-497-0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFNrAAAAMAAJ|pages=481–482|chapter=Appendix: Presidents of the Society 1805-2000}}

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1907–1910Sir William Selby Church, 1st BaronetFirst president of the RSM in 1907, Church had chaired the preceding two years of negotiations to form the RSM.{{cite journal |url= |title=The Royal Society of Medicine |first=P |last=Hunting |journal=Postgraduate Medical Journal |date=2005 |volume=81 |issue=951 |pages=45–48 |doi=10.1136/pgmj.2003.018424|pmc=1743179 |pmid=15640428}}150px
1910–1912Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet150px
1912–1914Sir Francis ChampneysObstetrician, elected president in 1912, and in the same year supported Sir William Osler in the founding of the History of Medicine Section.{{Cite book|title=The History of The Royal Society of Medicine|last=Hunting|first=Penelope|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFNrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA=301|publisher=Royal Society of Medicine Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1853154973|chapter=8. From anaesthetics to proctology|pages=301–380}}150px
1914–1916Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet150px
1916–1918Sir Rickman Godlee150px
1918–1920Sir Humphry Rolleston150px
1920–1922Sir John Bland-Sutton150px
1922–1924Sir William Hale-White150px
1924–1926St Clair Thomson150px
1926–1928Sir James Berry150px
1928–1930Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn150px
1930–1932Thomas Watts-Eden
1932–1934Vincent Warren Low
1934–1936Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet
1936–1938Sir John Herbert Parsons{{cite web|url=http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E005238b.htm|title=Parsons, Sir John Herbert (1868 - 1957) |publisher=Royal College of Surgeons|accessdate= 18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630073346/https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:377421/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E005238%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier|archive-date=30 June 2023}}
1938–1940Sir William Girling Ball
1940–1942Sir Archibald Montague Henry GrayGray was a dermatologist who in 1913 became secretary to the dermatology section at the RSM.{{cite web |title=Gray, Sir Archibald Montague Henry (1880 - 1967) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal?qu=LIVES_OCCUPATION%3D%22Dermatologist%22&qf=LIVES_HONOURS%09Titles%2FQualifications%09MD+1905%09MD+1905&d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ASSET%2F0%2FSD_ASSET%3A377938%7E%7E0&ic=true&h=0 |website=Livesonline |publisher=Royal College of Surgeons of England |access-date=3 July 2023}} Between 1920 and 1924 he was the RSM's honorary secretary, and subsequently was appointed honorary treasurer.
1942–1944Sir Henry Letheby Tidy
1944–1946Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor150px
1946–1948Sir Maurice Cassidy
1948–1950Sir Henry Hallett Dale150px
1950–1952Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson
1952–1954Sir Francis Walshe
1954–1956Sir William Gilliatt
1956–1958Sir Clement Price Thomas
1958–1960Sir Geoffrey Marshall
1960–1962Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
1962–1964Sir Terence Cawthorne
1964–1966Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead150px
1966–1967Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt150px
1967–1969Sir Hector MacLennan
1969–1971Sir John Samuel Richardson
1971–1973Sir Hedley Atkins
1973–1975Sir John Stallworthy
1975–1977, 1978(acting) Sir Gordon Wolstenholme
1977–1978Sir John Vivian Dacie
1978–1980Sir Rodney Smith, Baron Smith
1980–1982Sir John Stallworthy
1982–1984Sir James Watt
1984–1986John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant
1986–1988Sir Gordon Robson
1988–1990Sir Christopher Booth
1990–1992Sir David Innes Williams
1992–1994Sir George Pinker
1994–1996Sir Donald Harrison
1996–1998Sir Christopher Paine
1998–2000Lord Soulsby of Swaffham

=2000–2023=

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|+ Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 2000–2023

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2000–2002Dame Deirdre Hine
2002–2004Sir Barry Jackson{{Cite journal|date=October 2002|title=A President in shirtsleeves|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine|volume=95|issue=10|pages=518–519|issn=0141-0768|pmc=1279186|doi=10.1177/014107680209501016}}
2004–2006Sir John Lilleyman{{cite journal|doi=10.1136/bmj.332.7536.s50|title=Professor Sir John Lilleyman|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/332/7536/s50|journal=British Medical Journal|department=Career Focus|volume=332|issue=7536|pages=s50|year=2006|last1=Sanai|first1=Leyla|s2cid=79850091 }}
2006–2008Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff{{cite journal |last1=Finlay |first1=Ilora |title=My working day: Ilora Finlay |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |date=1 August 2009 |volume=102 |issue=8 |pages=349–351 |doi=10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k041 |pmc=2726809 |issn=0141-0768}}150px
2008–2010Robin C. N. Williamson{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
2010–2012Dame Parveen Kumar{{cite book |title=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report |date=2012 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1lkiy9WwUgC&q=Parveen+Kumar+president+%C2%A0royal+society+of+medicine+2010 |language=en}}150px
2012–2014Sir Michael Rawlins{{cite web |title=Professor Sir Michael Rawlins GBE, Kt |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/michael-rawlins |website=GOV.UK |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}150px
2014–2017Babulal Sethia{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
2017–2020Sir Simon Wessely{{Cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=Brendan |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B9oDEAAAQBAJpg |title=Psychiatrist in the Chair: The Official Biography of Anthony Clare |last2=Houston |first2=Muiris |date=2020 |publisher=Merrion Press |isbn=978-1-78537-331-2 |pages=76 |language=en |chapter=3. Writer: psychiatry in dissent (1976)}}150px
2020–2024Roger Kirby{{cite journal |last1=Kirby |first1=Roger |title=Legends in Urology |journal=The Canadian Journal of Urology |date=April 2023 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=11459–11461 |pmid=37074742 |url=https://canjurol.com/abstract.php?ArticleID=3866&version=1.0}}150px
2024-Gillian Leng{{cite web |title=Professor Gillian Leng CBE vows to “look to the future” as she becomes RSM President |url=https://www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/2024/professor-gillian-leng-cbe-vows-to-look-to-the-future-as-she-becomes-rsm-president/ |website=www.rsm.ac.uk |access-date=26 July 2024 |language=en-gb |date=31 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726083114/https://www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/2024/professor-gillian-leng-cbe-vows-to-look-to-the-future-as-she-becomes-rsm-president/|archive-date=26 July 2024}}4th female president and 109th overall.150px

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