Anthony Douglas (Tony) Toft PRCPE CBE LVO (29 October 1944-) is a 20th-century Scottish physician, specialising in endocrinology and thyroid disease. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1991 to 1994.[1]
Life
editToft was born on 29 October 1944, the son of Anne Laing and William Vincent Toft. He was educated at Perth Academy.[2][3]
He moved to the South Side in Edinburgh in 1962 when he began his studies in medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[4] He graduated with an MB ChB in 1969 and then, after practical training in Edinburgh hospitals, practised as a general practitioner on Islay and then Orkney. In 1971 he became a Ciba Research Fellow in Endocrinology.
From 1978 he was Consultant Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
In 1980 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as Medical Secretary from 1982-1994. He was President of the Society in 1995.[5] In 1987 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club and served as Honorary Secretary from 2004-2014.[6]
In 1991 he succeeded John Richmond as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and was succeeded in turn by John D. Cash in 1994. He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995. He was President of the British Thyroid Association from 1996 to 2009.[7]
He retired from the NHS in 2009 and was awarded the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the same year.
Publications
edit- Understanding Thyroid Disorders
- Thyroid Hormone Replacement (2017)
Artistic recognition
editHis portrait by Alexander Fraser (born 1950) is held by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
References
edit- ^ Mosley, Dr Michael (8 February 2017). "Do you have an underactive thyroid?". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Anthony Douglas Toft, CBE | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Toft, Dr Anthony Douglas, (born 29 Oct. 1944), Consultant Physician, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1978–2009; Physician to the Queen in Scotland, 1996–2009", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37814, retrieved 9 June 2019
- ^ "Transcript Tony Toft | Southsiders". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ "Spire Healthcare | Private Hospitals UK | Quality Care". www.spirehealthcare.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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