James Petrie Explained

Birth Name:	James Colquhoun Petrie
Birth Date:	18 September 1941
Occupation:	Medical doctor
Employer:	University of Aberdeen

Prof James Colquhoun Petrie (18 September 1941 – 31 August 2001) was a Scottish medical doctor, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, from 1985, and Head of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, from 1994 at the University of Aberdeen.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

He studied Medicine at Aberdeen University.

A keen skier, in 1976 he founded the Lecht Ski Company. In 1986 he founded the Health Services Research Unit.^[4]

In 1996 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to medicine.

He was president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1997 to 2001.^[5]

In 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Charles D. Forbes, Gordon Whitby, Graeme Catto and Laurie Prescott.^[6]

He died of glioblastoma on 21 August 2001.

Publications

Clinical Effects of Interaction Between Drugs (1975)
Diagnostic Picture Tests in Clinical Medicine (1984) co-author
Blood Pressure Measurement (1997)

Family

In 1964 he married fellow medical student Xanthe and they had four children.^[4]

Notes and References

http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U30690 "PETRIE, Prof. James Colquhoun"
10.1136/bmj.324.7330.174f. James Colquhoun Petrie. BMJ. 324. 7330. 174f–174. 2002. 220113515.
10.1097/00045391-200201000-00015. Professor James Colquhoun Petrie, CBE. American Journal of Therapeutics. 9. 83–84. 2002. Velasco . M. .
Web site: Inspiring Physicians > James Colquhoun Petrie . . history.rcplondon.ac.uk . 10 April 2022.
News: Prof James Petrie. . Glasgow . 6 September 2001 . 10 April 2022.
Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 18 December 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. dead.