Fellows

Honorary Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences is offered to those of the highest distinction in the field of medical science who would not necessarily be expected to participate in the affairs of the Academy but whose fellowship brings distinction to the organisation.

At the Academy's 2009 AGM the following were elected Honorary Fellows of the Academy:

Sir Alan Langlands FRSE FMedSci, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England
Citation delivered by Professor Rory Collins FMedSci, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford

Professor Sir Edwin Southern FRS FMedSci, Professor of Biochemistry (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford
Citation delivered by Professor Ron Laskey FRS FMedSci, Vice President Academy of Medical Sciences

Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland FMedSci, Former Director General of the World Health Organization
Citation delivered by Professor Robert Souhami CBE FMedSci, Foreign Secretary, Academy of Medical Sciences

The Academy's other Honorary Fellows are:

Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS Hon FRSE Hon FREng FMedSci (2000)
Honorary Professor University of Edinburgh; Past President of The Royal Society

Professor Jean François Bach FMedSci
Secretaire Perpetuel, French Academy of Sciences

Sir James Black OM FRS FMedSci (1999)
Chairman of The James Black Foundation Nobel Laureate, Physiology or Medicine, 1988

Sir Christopher (Charles) Booth FMedSci (2002)
Honorary Professor in the History of Medicine University College London

Dr Sydney Brenner CH FRS FMedSci (1999)
Distinguished Professor, Salk Institute

Lord Alec Broers FREng FMedSci (2004)
President, Royal Academy of Engineering

Sir William Castell LVO FCA FMedSci (2004)
President & CEO, GE Healthcare

Sir David Cooksey FMedSci (2004)
Chairman, Advent Venture Partners

Sir Martin Evans FRS FMedSci (2008)
Director of the School of Biosciences, Professor of Mammalian Genetics, University of Cardiff
Citation delivered by Professor Allan Bradley FRS FMedSci

Sir Roger Gibbs FMedSci (2003)
Director, Fleming & Family Partners

Professor Francois Gros FMedSci (2002)
Permanent Secretary of ‘Académie des Sciences’ (Honorary)
Academie des Sciences, Institute de France

The Rt Reverend Richard Harries FMedSci (2004)
The Bishop of Oxford

Sir Tim Hunt FRS FRSE FMedSci
Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK
Citation delivered by Sir John Skehel FRS

Sir Andrew Huxley OM FRS HonFREng HonFRSE FMedSci (1999)
Past President of The Royal Society

Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS FMedSci (2005)
Past President of the Royal Society

Sir Ralph Kohn FMedSci (2003)
Chairman, The Kohn Foundation

Professor Nicole Le Douarin ForMemFRS FMedSci (2002)
Secretaire perpetuelle de l'Académie des sciences and Professeur au Collège de France

Lord May of Oxford OM AC PRS HonFREng FMedSci (2005)
President, The Royal Society

Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci (2006)
President, Rockefeller University, New York

Lord Sainsbury of Turville FMedSci (2008)
Former Under Secretary for State, Department for Trade and Industry with responsibility for Science
Citation delivered by Sir Keith Peters FRS FMedSci

Dr Frederick Sanger OM CH CBE FRS FMedSci (1999)
Formerly Member of Staff of the Medical Research Council. 

Professor Amaryta Sen FMedSci (2005)
Lamont University Professor, Harvard University

Sir John Edward Sulston FRS FMedSci (2003)
Emeritus Member, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Dr Thomas Waldmann FMedSci (2007)
Chief, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute’s Centre for Cancer Research
Citation delivered by Professor Herman Waldmann FRS FMedSci

Lord Harry Kenneth Woolf FMedSci (2002)
Lord Chief Justice

Professor Chen Zhu FMedSci (2008)
Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, China
Citation delivered given by Professor Colin Blakemore FRS FMedSci