About - Honorary President

Sir Kenneth Calman

Sir Kenneth Charles Calman, Chancellor of Glasgow University, is Honorary President of the Institute of Medical Ethics. Among his many previous appointments are the Cancer Research Chair of Oncology at Glasgow University where he was also  Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education. He was Chief Medical Officer in Scotland from 1989-91 and then Chief Medical officer to the Government from 1991-98. He was Vice-Chancellor and Warden of the University of Durham from 1998 to 2007 and was awarded a KCB in 1996. He has a long-standing interest and involvement with medical ethics and medical humanities.