Timothy Evans | Editor-in Chief
Royal College of Physicians

Timothy Evans qualified in 1979 at the University of Manchester, and underwent post registration medical training at the London postgraduate hospitals, and at the University of Sheffield where he completed a PhD. He undertook post doctoral research as an MRC travelling fellow at the University of California San Francisco, returning to London in 1985 and receiving further training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Since 1987 he has been Consultant in Intensive Care & Thoracic Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London; and from 1996 Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Imperial College London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He has been honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine to the Army since 1997. He is Medical Director (from 2006) and Deputy Chief Executive (from 2008) of the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He was Lead Fellow for the Future Hospital Commission of the Royal College of Physicians (2012-2013) and is Editor in Chief, Future Hospital Journal  (2013- ). He is Trustee of the Nuffield Trust (2014- ) and Board member and Trustee of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. He is Chair of the National Cardiac Benchmarking Collaborative (2014-  ). He has been Academic Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians (2009-12), a Clinical Senior Investigator of the National Institute of Health Research (2010-2013) and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2010-13).