Professor Anthony D Redmond OBE (Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester )

I qualified in medicine (MBChB) from the University of Manchester in 1975 and gained a research MD in 1979. I trained in Emergency Medicine in the UK and the USA and am a registered specialist in emergency medicine with a special interest in the management of severe injury. I was appointed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Keele University in 1995 (where I am now Emeritus Professor) and Professor of International Emergency Medicine at the University of Manchester in 2007 where I am also Hospital Dean and Academic Lead for Global Health Education at the Medical School. I am a fellow of the royal college of physicians, the royal college of surgeons and the college of emergency medicine.

I have been involved in international emergency humanitarian assistance for almost twenty five years, organising and leading medical support to natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes in Armenia, Iran, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Volcanic eruption and Cholera outbreak in Cape Verde) major incidents (e.g. Lockerbie Air Disaster, UN Air Crash Kosovo), conflicts(eg Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone) and complex emergencies (eg established tented hospital on Iran/Iraq border for Kurdish refugees) throughout the world. Most recently I headed the UK surgical response to the earthquake in Haiti. In collaboration with the Department for International Development, Department of Health and MERLIN (the largest UK NGO) I have established the UK International Emergency Trauma Register. This will provide training and accountability for those wishing to respond medically to large scale humanitarian emergencies overseas.

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