I am Professor David Black, a Consultant Physician in both Internal Medicine and Medicine of old age.
Bio
- Professor David Black MA MBA FRCP FAcadMEd FRCS trained at Cambridge University and St Thomas’, has been a Consultant Physician in Internal and Geriatric Medicine at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup since 1987 and was Medical Director from 1997 to 2003.
- He was Honorary Secretary of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), then Chair of the Joint BGS/RCP Geriatrics Committee and elected Chair of the England Council of the BGS in 2003.
- A member of the External Reference Group for developing the National Service Framework, he was the geriatrician representative on the National Older People’s Task Force. His clinical interests include Day Hospitals, Intermediate Care and chronic disease management.
- As a medical manager and educationalist, he has been interested in induction, mentoring, and the day-to-day application of Clinical Governance. In 2002 he was elected as a Director of the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) and elected Chair of the Board 2007-9.
- Appointed as an associate member to the ‘Fitness to Practice’ directorate of the General Medical Council from 2001-2005 and 2010-13 was appointed assessor to Robert Francis QC for the Mid-Staffordshire Inquiry.
- Appointed from 2004 -2014 as Dean Director of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery and was national Lead Dean for Medical Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Allergy, Stroke and Geriatric Medicine.
- From 2011-2014, he was the elected Senior Censor and Vice-President for education and training for the Royal College of Physicians and was previously an elected Councillor and Trustee. He has been a MRCP examiner since 1999.
- In 2011-14, he chaired and ran the national pilot for trainee revalidation, then led the subsequent implementation of the full program.
- In 2014 he was appointed as the Medical Director of the Joint Royal Colleges Physicians training Board (JRCPTB).
- An honorary Chair in Medical Education in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School was awarded in 2005.