Terence Stephenson

Terence Stephenson
Born	Larne, Northern Ireland
Education	University of Bristol Imperial College London University of Oxford University of Nottingham
Known for	chair of the General Medical Council
Medical career
Profession	Doctor
Field	Paediatrics

Terence Stephenson DM FRCP FRCPCH is a consultant paediatric doctor in the UK and chair of the General Medical Council (GMC). He is currently the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at University College London (UCL).

He was born in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Larne Grammar School. He attended the University of Bristol, Imperial College London, University of Oxford and University of Nottingham.

He was formerly Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Child Health at the University of Nottingham from 2003−2009. In 2009 he became the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. He was President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from April 2009 until May 2012. He then took up the role of chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in July 2012.

He became a member of the GMC council in 2009. In September 2014 it was announced that he would become the chair of the GMC, succeeding Peter Rubin on 1 January 2015.

In October 2014 it was announced that he had been appointed as a panel member for the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

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