Dr. David Grant – Joint Medical Director

David Grant was appointed as Medical Director of the London Upright MRI Centre in April 2006.

David studied at the University of Sheffield Medical School, was awarded the J.A. Knowles Scholarship for preclinical work and qualified with honours in 1978. He then trained in general medicine in Sheffield gaining his MRCP in 1982 before commencing his specialist training in Radiology at University College and Middlesex Hospitals rotation scheme in diagnostic radiology gaining the FRCR in 1986. He was awarded the FRCP in 2004.

David was appointed as Consultant Radiologist at the Whittington Hospital in 1988 and held the post of Director of Imaging between 1990 and 2004. He became Director of Clinical Services between in 1993-1997 and took up the post again in 2004.

Married with three children, his professional interests include PACS and teleradiology. He is a former member of the Pan London PACS Board 2003-2005 and is currently a member of the National Clinical Reference Panel for Connecting for Health.

David has been instrumental in setting up previous scanning facilities in both the NHS and the private sector.

Dr. Ben Timmis – Joint Medical Director

Ben Timmis was appointed as joint Medical Director of the Upright MRI scanning centre in April 2006. Ben qualified as a doctor from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College (University of London) in 1975. He trained in general medicine for a number of years before starting higher training in diagnostic radiology at The Hammersmith Hospital in 1981. He obtained his higher qualifications in radiology (DMRD and FRCR) before being appointed as a consultant radiologist to the Whittington and Royal Northern Hospitals in London in 1984, with a special interest in interventional and vascular radiology. Within a year of appointment he was voted by colleagues to the Chair of the Division of Radiology. 2 years later he became Chairman of the Hospitals Consultant Medical Committee, before being appointed as the first Medical Director of the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, a post he held for 4 years before returning to Clinical Radiology.

Currently, Ben divides his time between his NHS appointment and private practice. He has had extensive experience of Medical Management in both these arenas, specialising in finding innovative solutions to the fast paced challenges of high-technology modern health care.

Ben is married with one son, and lives in North London.

Bruce Madge – Director of Marketing

Has over 30 years experience in health information. He is also well known in the area of health informatics where he was a founder member of the UK Council for Health Informatics Professions (UKCHIP) and served on the Board and Council. He is a Fellow of his professional body, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and will be serving as President in 2008.

Before starting as Director of Marketing for the London Upright MRI Centre he worked at the British Medical Association Library where he ran the enquiry service. Previously he has worked as Assistant Director for Patient Information at the then newly established National Patient Safety Agency. His first senior job, in 1995, was as Head of Healthcare Information at the British Library, where he managed all of the health information products produced by the Library. He was involved in marketing these products and tripled income from them in 5 years. Prior to that he spent several years working in the National Health Service both as District Librarian at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust and at the National Poisons Unit. In the 80’s and 90’s he was heavily involved with the introduction of computers into libraries and has continued this interest to the present day.

His international experience consists of being the current Chair of the Health and Biosciences Libraries Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and a Nominating Committee member of the US Medical Library Association. He has also served on the Council of the European Association of Health Information and Libraries. He is also a Trustee of Partnerships in Health Information, which is involved with training health information professionals in developing countries, an area in which he is particularly interested. In 2000, he wrote a book entitled “Harnessing Health Libraries” for Radcliffe Medical Press and has a number of articles to his name. He is currently working on a book on Elizabeth Blackwell the 18th century herbalist.

Arthur Forrest – Finance Director

Paul Harris - Chairman and Chief Executive