David Carter (surgeon)

He was St Mungo Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1979 to 1988.^[2] He then became the Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh.^[3]

He was appointed the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 1996 and continued in this role until 2000, when he was succeeded by Mac Armstrong.^[4]

In 1984 Carter was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1998.^[5] In 1987 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.^[6]

Carter was the Honorary President of the British Medical Association from 2001 to 2002, vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2000–03.^{[citation needed]}

He was awarded a Knight Bachelor for services to medicine in the 1996 New Year Honours.^[7]

In 2007, the Royal Society of Edinburgh honoured him by making him a Royal Medallist.^[8]

In 2010, he received an honorary DSc from the University of Hull.^[9]