Peter William Brunt was a Scottish gastroenterologist and Physician to the Queen.
Brunt was born on 18 January 1936 in Prestatyn, Wales to Florence and Harry Brunt. [1] [2] He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Cheadle Hulme School, and King George V School in Southport. [1] [2] Later, he attended Liverpool University, where he graduated in 1959. [1] [2]
Brunt's early career included various medical positions in Liverpool, followed by a research fellowship in Baltimore. [1] [3] In 1961, he married to Anne Lewis, a doctor. [2] [4]
In 1996, Brunt was ordained as a non-stipendiary minister in the Scottish Episcopal Church, becoming a priest the following year. [1] He was an active preacher in Aberdeen and later in Northumberland after relocating there in 2019 following his wife's death. [1]
Brunt's medical career took a significant turn upon his return to the UK in 1967, where he began working in the then-emerging field of gastroenterology. [1] [2] His roles included a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh and a senior registrar position at Western General Hospital. His expertise in liver disease was further developed at the Royal Free Hospital in London. [1]
In 1970, Brunt was appointed as a consultant physician in Aberdeen, where he established a gastroenterology unit specializing in liver disease and providing care to patients from the Shetland Islands. [1] [2] The unit later came to be known as the Peter Brunt Centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. [1]
Notably, Brunt was an early adopter of video endoscopy in clinical practice. [1] His other contributions included the development of a research database for inflammatory bowel disease and the establishment of a gastrointestinal bleeding unit. [1]
In 1983, Brunt was appointed Physician to the Queen in Scotland, and in 1994, he was awarded an OBE for his services to medicine. [1] [3] The University of Aberdeen recognized his contributions with a personal chair in medicine in 1996. [1] [3] Upon retiring in 2001, he was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. [1] [3]
Brunt also worked with Alcohol Focus Scotland, Alcohol and Drugs Action, and the Medical Council on Alcohol. [1] He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), a former president of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, and served on various medical advisory bodies. [1]
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