Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Leading rheumatologist appointed new chair of SMC
7 October 2016 - One of Scotland’s leading rheumatologists has been appointed as the next chair of the SMC.
Dr Alan MacDonald, who has been a Consultant Rheumatologist in Aberdeen since 1996 and is a former president of the Scottish Society for Rheumatology, will take up the post in April 2017. He will succeed Professor Jonathan Fox, who has held the post since 2014.
Dr MacDonald has been a member of NHS Grampian’s Area Drugs and Therapeutics Committee since 2007 and has been a member of SMC since then. He joined the SMC executive team as Co-Vice Chair of the New Drugs Committee (NDC) in June 2013 and has been Chair of the NDC from January 2014. He has also served as Co-Vice Chair of the SMC since January 2014.
