Gregor Smith | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Chief Medical Officer for Scotland | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2020 Interim: 5 April 2020 – 23 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Catherine Calderwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gregor Ian Smith |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | General practitioner (GP) |
Sir Gregor Ian Smith is a Scottish general practitioner (GP), who has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland since December 2020. He previously served in the position of Deputy Chief Medical Officer and from April 2020, until his appointment, served as Chief Medical Officer on an interim basis.
A medicine graduate of the University of Glasgow Medical School, Smith served as a general practitioner doctor in Larkhall. He served as the Director for Primary Care at NHS Lanarkshire, before being appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 2015. On 5 April 2020 he served in the position of CMO on an interim basis, following the resignation of Dr Catherine Calderwood. Smith was confirmed on a permanent basis on 23 December 2020.