It is now 10
years since I contributed a blog for our 50th. reunion in 2012. So
here is an update for our 60th. reunion. When I retired from the NHS
in 2003 as was then compulsory, now considered ageist, I was also Consultant Neurologist
to the Civil Aviation Authority who showed no signs of wanting me to retire, so
I have continued in this position. They supplied me with a laptop which gives
me access to their databases so that I could work from home during the
lockdowns and I have only been in to Gatwick twice in the last 30 months. I
report on the fitness to fly for all pilots who have had a neurological problem,
but this is only about six a month, so not very demanding. The range of
conditions is amazing and much more interesting than a routine NHS clinic and
has led to seven publications. I continued to teach at the National Hospital
for Neurology at Queen Square until the lockdowns and also continue to teach
medical students at Kings College London, by Zoom during the lockdowns, now
back to face to face. I also teach on the MSc Neurosciences course and the
Aviation Medical course at KCL
I have
continued to travel extensively, mostly to South Asia, though this has been on
hold for the last three years. I am about to complete a book on Hindu Mythology,
the subject of many lectures in the UK and abroad. The 6th.edition
of ‘Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system’ a booklet I
inherited from Dr McArdle in 1976, has just been published by Elsevier and I am
nearing completion of a book on the neurological examination to be published by
Oxford University Press. I had a most enjoyable year as President of the
Medical Society of London in 2015-16. I have continued as Chairman of the
Medical Artists Education Trust and as a Director of the D’Oyly Carte
Charitable Trust, a position I inherited from Bob Knight when he died so
unexpectedly in 2005. I remained Chairman of the Friends of Guy’s Hospital,
inherited from Omar Shaheen, until I could hand over to Michael Gleeson in 2016.
I look forward
to seeing you all at the reunion
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