Professor John F Morgan

MD (Cantab) MA (Cantab) FRCPsych MB BChir FHEA

Consultant Psychiatrist GMC number: 3556009

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Qualifications MA Experimental Psychology University of Cambridge 1988

MB BChir University of Cambridge 1991

Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych)

Royal College of Psychiatrists 1995

Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

University of London 1999

Prizes: BEAT (Eating Disorder Association, UK) Eating Disorder Team of the Year

2012

Ralph Noble Prize (University of Cambridge) for Doctor of Medicine (MD)

2002

Loic Hemsi Prize for Psychiatric Research

1996

Society for Psychosomatic Research - essay prize 1991 Mental Health Foundation 1990 Medical Education: University of Cambridge 1985 -

1992

St. George’s Psychiatric Training Schemes, University of London 1992 – 1999

Summary of Experience: I have received Bond Solon training as an Expert Witness. I prepare approximately 250 medicolegal reports per annum. I am a full time NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, training at Cambridge University and St Georges University of London. I was Director of Liaison Psychiatry Services at St George’s Hospital, London. I have special expertise in the fields of trauma including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, affective disorders, chronic pain, neuropsychiatry, adult neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorders, body image, psychological medicine (the interface between medicine / surgery and psychiatry) and anxiety disorders. I originally trained in medicine and surgery at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, also taking an MA in Psychology.

Present Appointments: I am a Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Liaison Psychiatry and Eating Disorders.

I am Senior Lecturer at St George’s University, London and Visiting Professor at Leeds Met University.

I am a General Adult Psychiatrist and GMC-accredited Liaison Psychiatrist.

I am Consultant Psychiatrist at Leeds and York NHS Partnerships Mental Health Trust, Visiting Senior Lecturer at St Georges University of London and Visiting Professor at Leeds Met University.

I am Associate Medical Director at Leeds and York NHS Partnerships Mental Health Trust.

I am Training Programme Director responsible for General Adult Psychiatry in Yorkshire and Humber (Yorkshire Deanery), and previously Training Programme Director responsible for General Adult Psychiatry in the London Deanery.

I am appointed Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Patient Safety group, setting policy for psychiatric risk management in the UK, including co-authorship of the Alderdice report on Suicide Prevention and the Kennedy report on Homicide Prevention.

I represent the ‘Academy of Royal Colleges’ on the ‘National Enquiry into Homicides and Suicides’.

I am elected member of the Mental Health Independent Advisory Group (Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, HQIP), the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Policy Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Liaison Psychiatry Faculty, and the Samaritans’ Suicide Prevention Steering Group.

I am elected Chair the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorder section, representing Eating Disorder specialism in the UK, setting standards and quality standards for specialists in the UK. I co-authored the MARSIPAN report on medical risk management.

I have a national research portfolio, and hold research grants including NIHR portfolio research.

Research and Publications:

As senior lecturer I chair a national research team at St Georges University, London, with a research portfolio addressing psychological medicine.

I have published 78 peer-review papers, including frequently cited papers in the British Medical Journal and Lancet, 19 in the last year.

I have also published 6 books or book chapters, including publications addressing aspects of psychological trauma, and 4 policy documents.

As Senior Lecturer I chair the national research team based at St Georges University of London, with a research portfolio addressing Psychological Medicine.

I was granted my Doctorate from Cambridge University for work in psychological medicine. This was awarded the Ralph Noble Prize.

Peer Review Activities: Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research (Research for Patient Benefit Programme), Diabetes UK, Chief Scientist Office – Scotland, British Journal of Psychiatry, European Eating Disorders Review, Gynaecological Endocrinology, Fertility and Sterility, Evidence Based Medicine, Evidence Based Mental Health, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Human Psychopharmacology, Faculty of 1000 Medicine.

Membership of Professional Bodies and Learned Societies:

Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (accredited with expertise in Liaison Psychiatry).

Eating Disorder Research Society.

Academy of Eating Disorders.

Fellow of the Higher Educational Authority.

Approved as an Expert Witness by The Law Society (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).

Special interests:

General Hospital Psychiatry (Liaison Psychiatry)

Affective Disorders (Depression, Bipolar Disorder)

Adjustment Disorder

Psychological consequences of physical disorders and their treatment

Neuropsychiatry

Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder

Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

Occupational stress

Risk management

Body image disorders

Psychosexual medicine

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Psychological consequences of trauma

Stress-related disorders

Psychosomatic illnesses

Disorders of impulse-control

Phobias

Chronic pain