Roger Jones (physician)

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Professor
Roger Jones
Born1948 (age 75–76)
NationalityUnited Kingdom

Roger Hugh Jones OBE FRCP FRCGP FMedSci (born 1948) is a British general practitioner, a professor of general practice, and former editor of the British Journal of General Practice.

Career

Jones was trained at the University of Oxford and at St Thomas' Hospital.[1]

He practised as a GP in Hampshire from 1979.[1] He later worked in Lamberth, London and retired from clinical practice in 2010.[2] He was Wolfson Professor of General Practice at Guy's, King's, and St Thomas' School of Medicine, all in London.[1]

He was the editor of the British Journal of General Practice until April 2020.[2]

He served as the founding President of the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology and as the founding Chairman of the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology.[1]

In 2011, he gave evidence to the United Kingdom's Select Committee on Science and Technology, regarding peer review.[3]

Jones was Chair of the Trustees of the medical charity CORE, formerly the Digestive Disorders Foundation, from 2010โ€“2013. He was Chair of the Trustees of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund from 2013โ€“2017.[4]

Honours and awards

His is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[1]

Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to general practice.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2002). Peptic Ulcer: Rise and Fall. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-85484-084-7. OL 16407699M. Wikidata Q29581663.
  2. ^ a b "From a career in GP academia to editing the BJGP". Pulse. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Written evidence submitted by Professor Roger Jones (PR 23)". 3 March 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Good Practice October 2013. News in brief". Medical Defence Union. October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N12.

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