Peninsula Medical School graduation honours Professor Sir John Tooke

Professor Sir John Tooke graduated in Medicine from St John's College, Oxford, in 1974, and went on to become a Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Physiology, and Honorary Consultant Physician at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, before moving to the Postgraduate Medical School of the University of Exeter in 1987.

Sir John was Consultant Physician with interests in diabetes, endocrinology and vascular medicine at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Trust, and Professor of Vascular Medicine at Exeter University. In 1998, he led the bid to develop the Peninsula Medical School and was appointed Inaugural Dean in 2000. John also successfully led the bid for a new Dental School, resulting in the creation of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, of which he was the inaugural Executive Dean.

Sir John joined University College London as Vice-Provost (Health), Head of the UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences and Head of the UCL Medical School, in 2010. He continues to Chair the UK Healthcare Education Advisory Committee, and the HEFCE New Blood Clinical Senior Lecturer Scheme. Sir John was knighted in the 2007 New Year’s Honours List for Services to Medicine and Higher Education.