Andrew T. Elder

FRCPEdin MACP FRCP FRCPSG FAMM
Andrew Elder at CASBS Stanford in 2018
Born16 November 1958
Edinburgh
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Medical career
Professionphysician
InstitutionsPresident, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2020-)
Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine[1]
Sub-specialtiesGeriatrics, Acute medicine

Andrew Elder FRCPE is a consultant physician in acute medicine for older people, and former medical director of MRCP(UK). He is the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.[2]

Biography

Andrew Elder qualified in medicine (MBChB) in 1982 from the University of Edinburgh.[3]

He was medical director of MRCP(UK) from 2013 - 2018 and before this the Chair of the Clinical Examining Board for MRCP(UK), responsible for the international PACES examination. He is recognised as an expert in the teaching and assessment of the core clinical bedside skills of observation, communication, history taking and physical examination.[4] Two other medical directors of MRCP(UK), Dame Jane Dacre and Dr Neil Dewhurst, have become college presidents, the former for the Royal College of Physicians of London, and the latter for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He led the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC) Assessment Committee from 2015-2018, and promoted common practices in the detection of plagiarism in high stakes medical examinations and training in unconscious bias for clinical examiners.

He is a visiting professor at Stanford University Medical School on the Stanford 25 Program in Bedside Medicine[5][6]

In 2015 he was appointed honorary professor at University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.[7]

In 2018 he became a CASBS Fellow with the Presence Center at Stanford University exploring the impact of the increasing prevalence of frailty and dependency in older age on medical care and society in general. Following this Fellowship he was appointed as Presence Scholar.[8]

In March 2020 he took office as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, resigning on the 29 May 2020.[9] He was re-elected President early in 2021 and assumed office for a second time on 1 June 2021.

Elder was awarded Mastership of the American College of Physicians (MACP) in October 2021, the first doctor practising in Scotland to be so honoured, and only the second in the United Kingdom since inception of the award in 1923.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Appointment: Andrew Elder".
  2. ↑ "Next President announced for Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". www.nationalhealthexecutive.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "About Stanford Medicine 25". Stanford Medicine 25. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Professor Elder demits as MRCP(UK) Medical Director | MRCPUK". www.mrcpuk.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Andrew Elder Visiting Stanford". Stanford Medicine 25. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Elder, Andrew; Chi, Jeff; Ozdalga, Errol; Kugler, John; Verghese, Abraham (28 August 2013). "The Road Back to the Bedside". JAMA. 310 (8): 799–800. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.227195. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 23982364.
  7. ↑ "Appointment: Andrew Elder". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Andrew T. Elder | Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences". casbs.stanford.edu. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ↑ Christie, Bryan (2020). "Doctors call for meeting to clarify why president resigned from Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". BMJ. 369: m2387. doi:10.1136/bmj.m2387. PMID 32532822. S2CID 219607551.
  10. ↑ "Professor Andrew Elder awarded Mastership of the American College of Physicians". 26 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Acting President – Professor Angela Thomas OBE". 4 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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