Sir Neil Douglas MD (Edin) DSc (Edin) HonMD (StA) FRCPE was the Founding Chairman of FMLM, 2011 - 2017. He was Emeritus Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the University of Edinburgh . He published more than 200 original papers, two books, and 300 chapters and reviews on sleep and breathing.
His previous roles include President of the British Sleep Society, Secretary of the British Thoracic Society and he was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 2004 to 2010, with a major focus on trying to improve training. In 2007 he chaired the review group to manage the crisis in the Medical Training Application System (MTAS) at the request of the Secretary of State for Health in England. Sir Neil was chairman of the UK’s Academy of Medical Royal Colleges from 2009 to 2012 and in this role founded FMLM.
