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Sir Denis Pereira Gray FMedSci FRCGP (born 2 October 1935) worked for 38 years as a general practitioner in the St Leonard’s Medical Practice, where he is still a research consultant in Exeter, following his father and grandfather.
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- 20150606 intro sir denis pereira gray hd
- NAPP Conference 2017 4 Corkill Awards Sir Denis Pereira Gray
- Early life
- Awards and honours
- Articles
- Books
- References
He was Chairman of Council and later President of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Chairman of the Trustees of the Nuffield Trust. He is the only general practitioner ever elected Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
NAPP Conference 2017 4 Corkill Awards & Sir Denis Pereira Gray
Early life
He was educated at Exeter School, then studied at St John's College, Cambridge and Bart's Medical School, graduating with a medical degree.
Awards and honours
He was knighted in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to Quality and Standards in General Practice. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by the University of Exeter in 2009.
He was listed by Pulse in 2010 among the 50 most influential GPs in the previous 50 years.
Articles
He has had over 200 articles published in scientific medical journals. His recent work includes:
Chenore T, Pereira Gray DJ, Forrer J, Wright C, Evans PH. Emergency hospital admissions for the elderly: insights from the Devon Predictive Model. Journal of Public Health, 2013; (Advance Access published online) doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt009.
Pereira Gray DJ, Evans PH, Wright C, Langley P. The cost of diagnosing type 2 diabetes mellitus by clinical opportunistic screening in general practice. Diabetic Medicine, 2012; 29: 863-868).
His article: Pereira Gray D. Biographies in theory and in practice (Editorial). Journal of Medical Biography,2010; 18: 63. was challenging because it was about patients' biographies and thus continuity of care.