Dr Simon Watkin
BSc Hon (Physiol.) MB ChB MD FRCP(UK) FRCP(Edin.)
Dr. Simon W Watkin is a consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine. He qualified in 1983 from the University of Liverpool and trained there, obtaining his MD Thesis in lung cancer research. In 1994 he was appointed as a consultant in respiratory medicine to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and was clinical director from 1995-2006 and deputy medical director from 2000. In 2008 he moved to the Borders General Hospital in Melrose and was head of medicine for five years. Having now retired from clinical practice, he is a member of the council and cases committee of the MDU and a non-executive director.