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Stuart H Ralston is an academic physician based at the University of Edinburgh, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine. He has written extensively on the molecular and genetic basis of osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone and other bone and joint diseases. [1]
In addition to his Professorship, Ralston is a rheumatologist with NHS Lothian, where he is the clinical lead for the osteoporosis service and the clinical director of the rheumatology service.
Ralston serves as joint editor-in-chief of Calcified Tissue International and editor of Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. He was chair of the Commission on Human Medicines for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the UK between 2013 and 2021. He is currently chair of the board of trustees of the Paget's Association a UK charity that funds research, raises awareness and provides support for those affected by Paget's disease of bone. [2]
Paget's disease of bone is a condition involving cellular remodeling and deformity of one or more bones. The affected bones show signs of dysregulated bone remodeling at the microscopic level, specifically excessive bone breakdown and subsequent disorganized new bone formation. These structural changes cause the bone to weaken, which may result in deformity, pain, fracture or arthritis of associated joints.
Sir James Paget, 1st Baronet FRS HFRSE was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours (1851) and Lectures on Surgical Pathology (1853). There are several medical conditions which were described by, and later named after, Paget:
Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh University from 1925 to 1944 and served as principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1944 to 1947.
John Anderson Strong was a Scottish physician/internist and academic, who served as Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Richard Eastell MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci is a British medical doctor and Professor of Bone Metabolism at the University of Sheffield. He was born in Shipley and attended the Salt Grammar School, later graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1977 with an MB ChB and in 1984 with an MD and achieved prominence as an expert in osteoporosis.
Sean Patrick Francis Hughes is emeritus professor of orthopaedic surgery at Imperial College London where he was previously professor of orthopaedic surgery and head of the department of surgery, anaesthetics and intensive care. Earlier in his career he had been professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Edinburgh.
Sir Abraham Goldberg was a British physician who was a Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh.
Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.
Thomas Watson, was a British physician who is primarily known for describing the water hammer pulse found in aortic regurgitation in 1844. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1862 to 1866.
John Chalmers is a Scottish orthopaedic surgeon.
John H. Healey is an American cancer surgeon, researcher, and expert in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant bone tumors and other musculoskeletal cancers. He serves as Chair of the Orthopaedic Service and Stephen P. McDermott Chair in Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), as well as Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, in New York, NY.
Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet, FRCP was a Scottish physician and paediatrician, who is well known as the original editor of the medical books, Clinical Methods and Food and the Principles of Dietetics.
Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson (1894-1981) was a British physician, medical investigator and author who is well known for his medical textbook Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was first published in 1952.
Shashank R. Joshi is an Indian endocrinologist, diabetologist and medical researcher, considered by many as one of the prominent practitioners of the trade in India. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the field of medicine. He is a part of the COVID-19 Task Force for the state of Maharashtra, India.
Sir Byrom BramwellFRSEFRCPE LLD was an eminent British physician and medical author. He was a general physician, but became known for his work in neurology, diseases of the heart and blood, and disorders of the endocrine organs. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Henry Alexis Thomson CMG FRCS FRCSE (1863–1924) was a Scottish anatomist and medical author. He was Professor of Systematic Surgery at the University of Edinburgh from 1909 to 1923. He was an honorary member of the French Association of Surgeons and of the American Society of Clinical Surgery.
Sir Alasdair Muir Breckenridge, was a Scottish pharmacologist.
Professor Geoffrey Warren Hanks DSc(Med), (1946-2013), also known as Geoff, was a British palliative care specialist.
Hamish Watson was a paediatrician who was a pioneer in paediatric cardiac catheterisation. Watson was most notable for being an authority on the congenital heart defect, Ebstein's anomaly.
David Goltzman is an endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, and A.G. Massabki Chair in Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the Director of the Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research and also holds the position of Senior Scientist at the McGill University Health Centre Research Institute in the Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program.