Bruce Keogh

Sir Bruce Keogh
Chair, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Assumed office
29 January 2018
National Medical Director for NHS England
In office
1 April 2013 – 28 January 2018
Preceded byNo previous incumbents
Succeeded byStephen Powis
NHS Medical Director
In office
12 November 2007 – 31 March 2013
Preceded byNo previous incumbents
Succeeded byNo successor. Post transferred to NHS England in April 2013.
Personal details
Born (1954-11-24) 24 November 1954 (age 69)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe)
NationalityBritish / Zimbabwean
Alma materSt. George's College, Harare

Charing Cross Hospital Medical School

University of London
ProfessionPhysician and surgeon

Professor Sir Bruce Edward Keogh, KBE, FMedSci, FRCS, FRCP (/ˈkj/ KEE-oh; born 24 November 1954) is a Rhodesian-born British surgeon who specialises in cardiac surgery. He was medical director of the National Health Service in England from 2007 and national medical director of the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England) from 2013 until his retirement early in 2018. He is chair of Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust and chairman of The Scar Free Foundation.