Alma mater Middlesex Hospital Children 2 sons Fields Medicine | Name Hugh Montgomery Role Physician | |
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Born 10 October 1962 (age 61)
Plymouth, England ( 1962-10-10 ) Institutions University College London Known for "Fitness gene"
Royal Institution Christmas lecturer (2007) | ||
Native name Hugh Edward Montgomery Institution University College London | ||
Dr hugh montgomery sgusom white coat keynote fall 2015
Hugh Edward Montgomery is a professor and the director of the UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance at University College London. He discovered that an allele of the gene with the DNA code for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) influences physical fitness; the first discovery of a gene related to fitness.
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- Dr hugh montgomery sgusom white coat keynote fall 2015
- Academic career
- Other interests
- Awards and honours
- References
Academic career
Montgomery was educated at Plymouth College and qualified as a medical doctor in July 1987 from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London. He leads a research group in cardiovascular genetics which has published over 100 publications including original research papers in journals such as Nature, The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.
He holds an appointment as a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL and practises as a consultant in critical care, cardiology and internal medicine at the Whittington Hospital in north London.
Other interests
Montgomery has several notable achievements outside the field of medicine. He has been awarded the title of London Leader by the London Sustainable Development Commission for his work in climate change and health under the auspices of Project Genie; he was also a founding member of the UK Climate and Health Council and one of the co-authors of the UCL-Lancet Commission" in 2009. Montgomery is also a published children's book author.
Montgomery has a wide variety of interests. Montgomery has complemented his interest in fitness with achievements which include the 100 km ultra marathons, holding the world record for underwater piano playing as well as visiting Everest with the Xtreme Everest research group to undertake research.
He is the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access journal Extreme Physiology & Medicine, published by BioMed Central.
Montgomery is the author of the children's book The Voyage of the Arctic Tern.