Ian Gilmore

Ian Gilmore (born 1947) is a professor of hepatology (diseases of the liver) and the current president of the Royal College of Physicians of London (PRCP).cite web |url=http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/bio/IanGilmore.aspx |author=Royal College of Physicians of London |title=Biographies - Professor Ian Gilmore PRCP |accessdate=2007-11-21 |format= |work=]

He trained at Cambridge University and St Thomas' Hospital, qualifying in 1971 and subsequently specialising in gastroenterology (diseases of the digestive tract), specifically liver disease. Having spent time in the United States at the University of California, San Diego (1979-1980) as an MRC Travelling Fellow he assumed a consultant post at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He was made honorary professor at the University of Liverpool in 1999.cite web |author=British Liver Trust |url=http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk/home/about-us/meet-the-team-/governance/medical-advisory-committee.aspx |title=Medical Advisory Committee |accessdate=2007-11-21 |format= |work=]

In 2001 he chaired a Royal College of Physicians working party that produced the report "Alcohol – can the NHS afford it?" Since his election as president of the College in 2006 he has made several public statements on alcohol misuse in the United Kingdom, and under his leadership the Royal College initiated the Alcohol Health Alliance UK in 2007. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7090864.stm |author=BBC news|title=Campaigners want alcohol tax rise |date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-21 |format= |work=]

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