HONORARY FELLOWHIP AND PRESIDENT'S MEDAL AWARDED AT DIPLOMA CEREMONY

An Honorary Fellowship and the President’s Medal were awarded at the College’s latest Diploma Ceremony in November.

Professor Brian Kennon received an Honorary Fellowship of the College in recognition of a decades long career at the forefront of diabetic care.

Professor Kennon graduated from Glasgow University with MBChB in 1993 and continued his education by completing his Doctorate in 2003 before becoming a Fellow of the College in 2005.

He was appointed consultant diabetologist at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2004 where his main sub-specialty interests include diabetes foot care, adolescent transitional diabetes services and utilising technologies to improve diabetes care.

He uses his passion and commitment to promote awareness of the issues facing people living with diabetes in Scotland through managed clinical network groups and in recognition of this he was appointed by The Scottish Government in 2017 to the post of National Lead for Diabetes in Scotland and chair of the Scottish Diabetes Group as well as Speciality Adviser for Diabetes & Endocrinology to the Chief Medical Officer Scotland.

Jason Leitch received the President’s Medal for his work during the Covid pandemic, often communicating complex messages at an uncertain time.

Professor Leitch – a Fellow of our Faculty of Dental Surgery - has worked for the Scottish Government since 2007. In January 2015, he was appointed as The National Clinical Director in the Health and Social Care Directorate.

Jason is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee. From 2005 to 2006 he was a Quality Improvement Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in Boston, sponsored by the Health Foundation. Jason is also a trustee of the UK wing of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship which runs orphanages in southeast India.

He qualified as a dentist in 1991 and was as a Consultant Oral Surgeon in Glasgow. He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow and Masters in Public Health from Harvard. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.