List of presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine

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. ^[1] In 2014 the charter changed. The presidents are now elected every three years.^{[ citation needed ]}

The president oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of presidents

1907-2000

Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 1907–2000 ^[2]

Years in office	Name	Notes	Image
1907–1910	Sir William Selby Church, 1st Baronet	First president of the RSM in 1907, Church had chaired the preceding two years of negotiations to form the RSM. [3]
1910–1912	Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet
1912–1914	Sir Francis Champneys	Obstetrician, elected president in 1912, and in the same year supported Sir William Osler in the founding of the History of Medicine Section. [4]
1914–1916	Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet
1916–1918	Sir Rickman Godlee
1918–1920	Sir Humphry Rolleston
1920–1922	Sir John Bland-Sutton
1922–1924	Sir William Hale-White
1924–1926	St Clair Thomson
1926–1928	Sir James Berry
1928–1930	Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn
1930–1932	Thomas Watts-Eden
1932–1934	Vincent Warren Low
1934–1936	Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet
1936–1938	Sir John Herbert Parsons [5]
1938–1940	Sir William Girling Ball
1940–1942	Sir Archibald Montague Henry Gray	Gray was a dermatologist who in 1913 became secretary to the dermatology section at the RSM. [6] Between 1920 and 1924 he was the RSM's honorary secretary, and subsequently was appointed honorary treasurer. [6]
1942–1944	Sir Henry Letheby Tidy
1944–1946	Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor
1946–1948	Sir Maurice Cassidy
1948–1950	Sir Henry Hallett Dale
1950–1952	Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson
1952–1954	Sir Francis Walshe
1954–1956	Sir William Gilliatt
1956–1958	Sir Clement Price Thomas
1958–1960	Sir Geoffrey Marshall
1960–1962	Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
1962–1964	Sir Terence Cawthorne
1964–1966	Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead
1966–1967	Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
1967–1969	Sir Hector MacLennan
1969–1971	Sir John Samuel Richardson
1971–1973	Sir Hedley Atkins
1973–1975	Sir John Stallworthy
1975–1977, 1978	(acting) Sir Gordon Wolstenholme
1977–1978	Sir John Vivian Dacie
1978–1980	Sir Rodney Smith, Baron Smith
1980–1982	Sir John Stallworthy
1982–1984	Sir James Watt
1984–1986	John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant
1986–1988	Sir Gordon Robson
1988–1990	Sir Christopher Booth
1990–1992	Sir David Innes Williams
1992–1994	Sir George Pinker
1994–1996	Sir Donald Harrison
1996–1998	Sir Christopher Paine
1998–2000	Lord Soulsby of Swaffham

2000–2023

Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 2000–2023

Years in office	Name	Notes	Image
2000–2002	Dame Deirdre Hine [2]
2002–2004	Sir Barry Jackson [7]
2004–2006	Sir John Lilleyman [8]
2006–2008	Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff [9]
2008–2010	Robin C. N. Williamson [ citation needed ]
2010–2012	Dame Parveen Kumar [10]
2012–2014	Sir Michael Rawlins [11]
2014–2017	Babulal Sethia [ citation needed ]
2017–2020	Sir Simon Wessely [12]
2020–2024	Roger Kirby [13]
2024-	Gillian Leng [14]	4th female president and 109th overall. [14]

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