Presentation slides: BGS Scotland Spring Meeting 2019

David is the David Cargill Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow, a post he has held since 1993. He has held the post of Editor-in-Chief of Age and Ageing (the Journal of the British Geriatrics Society) from 2014 to January 2019, acted as Chair of the Association of Academics in Geriatric Medicine UK from 2013 to 2018, Lead of the Cochrane Healthcare of Older People Field from 2006 to 2016, and Chair of the Health Services and Population Research Committee at the CSO Scottish Executive from 2007 to 2012. There are two major strands to his research, firstly addressing the biology of late-life disease, disability and cognitive decline, and secondly health services research which aims to improve the assessment and care of frail and vulnerable older people. He has held major grants including from the MRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and European Union. His research has contributed substantially to the evidence-base for practice of geriatric medicine and health care of older people with over 300 publications (H-index 67). He is an enthusiastic supporter of both undergraduate and postgraduate education and has taught geriatric medicine to medical students at Glasgow University for over 30 years.

Stuart Ritchie graduated MBChB with commendation, from Glasgow University in 2000, having intercalated in Molecular Biology in 1997 (first class honours). He was awarded MRCP (UK) in 2003, and spent 3 years as a Medical Research Council Clinical Development Fellow from 2004-2007 in the Departments of Medicine and IBLS in the University of Glasgow. He was awarded a PhD in 2009 for a thesis exploring the vascular effects of adipocytokines in insulin resistance. Specialist training was completed in the South East Scotland deanery, and in 2011 he was appointed as a consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Metabolic Unit, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, and is an Honorary Clinical Senior lecturer at Edinburgh University. He is Clinical Lead for the Metabolic Unit, Western General Hospital.

His clinical interests include inpatient diabetes, antenatal diabetes, pituitary disease and endocrine oncology. His research and service developments have focused on inpatient diabetes care, and was a key developer of the Diabetes, Think, Check Act programme. He is lead clinician for inpatient diabetes care in Scotland, and sits on the Scottish Diabetes Group. He is the coordinator for the South East Scotland region Pituitary MDT.