Awards
- OBE, The Queen, 2017
- Professional Excellence Award for services to global partnerships, British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, 2017
- NIHR Senior Investigator, NIHR, 2017
- Honorary Civilian Consultant Advisor in Acute Medicine, Army Medical Services, 2011
- Joint research Committee, Chelsea and Westminster Charitable trust, 2007
- President of Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
External Positions
- DEPUTY NETWORK BOARD CHAIRMAN, COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL RESEARCH NETWORK BOARD, NIHR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL RESEARCH NETWORK FOR NORTHWEST LONDON, 2010
- Medical lead for Consensus Panel, AHP: Towards an integrated education strategy for AHPs, NHS Education Scotland, 2009 - 2009
- Council Member, Council of Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, 2007
- Group Chairman, Acute Medicine Task Force, Royal College of Physicians LondonSupported by Society for Acute Medicine, 2006
- Panel advisor, Building a health Service fit for the future NHS Scotland Unscheduled care advisory group 2005, NHS Scotland, 2004 - 2005
- Member and Representative for Society of Acute Medicine(UK), Working Group on Acute and General Medicine Training in the UK, Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training, 2004
- Royal College of Physicians Representative, Continuing Professional Development Committee, Federation of Royal Colleges, 2002
- Royal College of Physicians Representative, SAC in General (Internal) Medicine and Acute Medicine, Joint Royal Colleges Postgraduate Training Board, 2000
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, Association of Physicians of GB & Ireland, 2011
- Academic representative, Executive Committee Society for Acute Medicine, 2006
- Member, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1994
- Member, British Thoracic Society, 1988
- Member, Intensive Care Society
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- E health research studies(DACAR project), Napier University, 2009 - 2011
- Professorship, University of Edinburgh
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2021
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Thailand (FRCPT Hon), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Thailand, 2018
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (FRCSE Hon), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2017
- FAMM, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, 2015
- Fellow of the College of Physicians of Singapore, College of Physicians Singapore, 2015
- FRCPI(Hon), Royal College of Physicians Ireland, 2015
- FACP(Hon), American College of Physicians, 2015
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland FRCPI (Hon), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland, 2014
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, Academy of Medicine Singapore
- Royal College of Physicians London
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow
- Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
Editorial Boards
- International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Editorial Board Member, 2009
- Medicine, Editorial board, 2008
- CPD Journal of Acute Medicine, Editorial Board and Sub-Editor, 2005