Denis Pereira Gray
Sir Denis Pereira Gray DSc FMedSci FRCGP (born 2 October 1935) worked for 38 years as a general practitioner in the St Leonard’s Medical Practice, where he is still a research consultant[1] in Exeter, following his father and grandfather.
He was Chairman of Council and later President of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Chairman of the Trustees of the Nuffield Trust. He is the only general practitioner ever elected Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.[2]
Early life
He was educated at Exeter School, then studied at St John's College, Cambridge and Bart's Medical School, graduating with a medical degree.[3]
Awards and honours
He was knighted in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to Quality and Standards in General Practice.[4] He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by the University of Exeter in 2009.[2]
He was listed by Pulse in 2010 among the 50 most influential GPs in the previous 50 years.[5]
Articles
He has had over 200 articles published in scientific medical journals. His recent work includes:
Chenore T, Pereira Gray DJ, Forrer J, Wright C, Evans PH. Emergency hospital admissions for the elderly: insights from the Devon Predictive Model. Journal of Public Health, 2013; (Advance Access published online) doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt009.
Pereira Gray DJ, Evans PH, Wright C, Langley P. The cost of diagnosing type 2 diabetes mellitus by clinical opportunistic screening in general practice. Diabetic Medicine, 2012; 29: 863-868).
His article: Pereira Gray D. Biographies in theory and in practice (Editorial). Journal of Medical Biography,2010; 18: 63. was challenging because it was about patients' biographies and thus continuity of care.
Books
- Running a Practice (jtly with Jones RVH, Bolden KJ and Hall MS, 1978)
- Training for General Practice, Mcdonald and Evans, Plymouth 1982
- Forty Years On: The Story of the First 40 Years of the Royal College of General Practitioners (ed, 1992)
- Psychiatry and General Practice Today with Ian M. Pullen, and Greg Wilkinson and Alastair Wright, London RCPsych 1994
- Developing Primary Care: The Academic Contribution 1996
References
- ↑ "Who is in the research team?". St Leonard's Practice Exeter. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Friday 24 July 2009 afternoon ceremony". University of Exeter. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ "People of today: Denis John PEREIRA GRAY". Debrett's. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "New Year's Honours". Times Higher Education. 8 January 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "50 GPs who shaped (or will shape) general practice". Pulse. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2013.