to queen anne, member of the scriblerus club, inventor of the figure of john bull robert whytt ma 1730, md 1737 president of the royal college of physicians in edinburgh, wrote book on diseases of the nervous system william wright md 1763 president of the london royal school of medicine, physician in chief of jamaica, the genus wrightia (apocynaceae) are named after him andrew duncan ma 1762, md 1769 president of the royal medical society and the royal college of physicians in edinburgh, first physician to the king in scotland, founder of the harveian society, founder of the first lunatic asylum in edinburgh, professor of theory of medicine at university of edinburgh jean-paul marat md 1775 radical pro-revolutionary journalist during the french revolution busick harwood md 1790 professor of anatomy at university of cambridge edward jenner md 1792 discovered the smallpox vaccine alexander berry 1798 established the first european settlement in new south wales, australia richard poole md 1805 editor of the new edinburgh review, the phrenological journal and encyclopædia edinensis duncan mcneill, 1st baron colonsay md 1809 lord president of the court of session of scotland, mp for argyllshire george william balfour md 1845 honorary physician in ordinary to king edward vii in scotland. anthony brownless md 1846 founder of the university of melbourne medical school samuel cockburn md 1848 scottish physician, outspoken defender of homeopathy anthony dickson home md 1848 scottish physician, surgeon general of the british army, recipient of the victoria cross benjamin ward richardson md 1854 british physician, introduced over 14 anesthetics including methylene bichloride, invented the double valve mouthpiece for administration of chloroform thomas egerton hale md 1855 scottish physician, surgeon major of the british army, recipient of the victoria cross douglas argyll robertson md 1857 scottish ophthalmologist, described the argyll robertson pupil a sign of neurosyphilis joseph bancroft md 1859 surgeon and parasitologist, discovered filariasis, made advances in leprosy pulney andy md 1860 became the first indian to receive a british medical degree and established the national church of india in madras. george turner orton md 1860 liberal-conservative mp of canada for wellington centre john young bown md 1863 liberal-conservative mp of canada for brant north stewart duke-elder bsc 1919, ma (hons) 1919, mb chb 1923, md 1925, dsc 1927, lld (hon) 1950 surgeon oculist to king edward viii, king george vi and queen elizabeth ii, brigadier general in the royal army medical corps, author of the widely used textbooks textbook of ophthalmology and system of ophthalmology, founder of the institute of ophthalmology in london and the faculty of ophthalmologists, hospitaller of the st john ophthalmic hospital, president of the international council of ophthalmology andrew logan mb chb 1929 surgeon who pioneered the mechanical dilation of the mitral valve to treat mitral stenosis john forfar bsc 1938, mb chb 1941, md 1958 pediatrician and author of the forfar and arneil's textbook of paediatrics, awarded the military cross for service during the second world war sir douglas black mb chb 1943 author of the black report; former president of the royal college of physicians walter perry mb chb 1943, md 1948, dsc 1958 dean of medicine of the university of edinburgh medical school, first vice-chancellor of the open university, life peer of the house of lords sir james black mb chb 1946 inventor of propanolol; developer of cimetidine and ranitidine; nobel prize in medicine winner; chancellor of the university of dundee lord patel mb chb 1964 chancellor of the university of dundee michael henderson mb chb 1969 chief medical officer of the university of mississippi medical center, chair of surgery at the cleveland clinic lerner college of medicine lewis moonie, baron moonie mb chb 1970 labour co-operative mp for kirkcaldy from 1987 to 2005 alexander burns wallace phd 1973 plastic surgeon, co-founder and president of the british association of plastic surgeons, founding editor of the british journal of plastic surgery, developed the wallace rule of nines, a method of determining the proportion of body affected by burns gordon ritchie mb chb progressive conservative mp of canada for dauphin kim fox mb chb diana princess of wales chair in cardiovascular medicine and science at the royal brompton hospital, head of the national heart and lung institute at imperial college school of medicine, editor in chief of the european heart journal and president of the european society of cardiology john garrow md, phd chairman of healthwatch, editor of the european journal of clinical nutrition nancy k. conn mb chb 1945 bacteriologist known for preventing a typhoid outbreak in edinburgh in 1970. faculty list includes faculty who were not also graduates of the medical school name department notability reference william scheves archdeacon and royal cleric scottish physician, physician to james iii of scotland john reid chandos chair of medicine and anatomy 1841-1849, frcp 1836 scottish physician, described the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. he also proved the heart had a double innervation through the vagus and sympathetic nerves percy theodore herring chandos chair of medicine and anatomy 1908-1948, frse 1916 scottish physician, discovered herring bodies richard g. morris lecturer 1977-1986, frs 1997, cbe 2007 british neuroscientist, developed the morris water navigation task the bute chair the bute chair was established by john crichton-stuart, 3rd marquess of bute in 1898. holders of the bute chair are known as bute professors and include: 1901–1914 james musgrove 1914–1942 david waterston (died in office) inter regnum due to war 1946–1973 robert walmsley 1973–1996 david brynmor thomas 2003–2014 robert hugh macdougall 2014-present david christopher crossman sir james black chair of medicine in 2010 the bute medical school of the university of st andrews, where black had studied his initial degree in medicine, unveiled that an honorary 'sir james black chair of medicine' would be created. this post remained unfilled for the remainder of the academic year 2009–2010. in september 2010 the first chair of medicine at the ancient university was given to professor stephen h gillespie md, dsc, frcp (edin), frc path, leaving his post as professor of medical microbiology at ucl. the john reid chair of pathology in 2012 the bute medical school of the university of st andrews, appointed prof. david harrison to the john reid chair of pathology, leaving his previous post as the head of division of pathology in the university of edinburgh. he remains an honorary consultant pathologist in lothian university hospitals division and director of the breakthrough research unit, edinburgh. ann gloag chair of global health implementation the current holder of this chair appointed in 2013 is prof. will stones