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BMA Medical Ethics Committee Members

Session 2006-07

Chief Officers (ex officio)
Professor Parveen Kumar – President
Dr Michael Wilks – Chairman of the Representative Body
Mr James Johnson – Chairman of Council
Dr David Pickersgill – Treasurer

Elected by the Representative Body (7)
Dr Jonathan Brett – Junior doctor, general practice, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dr John Chisholm – General practitioner, Bromley
Professor Dame Ilora Finlay – Palliative medicine, Cardiff
Dr Evan Harris MP – Member of Parliament & former hospital doctor, Oxford
Mr Craig Knott – House officer, London
Dr Surendra Kumar – General practitioner, St Helens and Knowsley
Dr Jan Wise – Psychiatrist, London

Elected by Council (3)
Dr Anthony Calland – General practitioner, Gwent – Chairman
Dr Peter Dangerfield – Medical academic, Liverpool
Dr Lewis Morrison – Geriatric medicine, Glasgow

Appointed by Council
Professor Robin Gill – Professor of Modern Theology, Canterbury
Professor Raanan Gillon – General practitioner & Professor of Medical Ethics, London
Professor Sheila McLean – Director of Institute of Law and Ethics, Glasgow
Professor Ruud ter Meulen – Professor of Ethics in Medicine, Bristol

Co-opted
Professor Bobbie Farsides – Medical law and ethics, Brighton
Professor John Harris – Professor of Bioethics, Manchester
Professor Emily Jackson – Professor of Law, London
Professor Jonathan Montgomery – Professor of Health Care Law, Southampton

Deputies (2)
(1) Dr Peter Tiplady – retired, East Cumbria
(2) Dr Frank Wells – retired, Suffolk

Observers
Dr John Jenkins – General Medical Council
Ms Jane O'Brien – General Medical Council
Mr Chris Chaloner – Royal College of Nursing