John Gillies (doctor)

John Gillies
Born	North Uist, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Education	University of Edinburgh
Years active	1975–present
Known for	Chair of RCGP Scotland
Medical career
Profession	doctor
Field	General Practitioner
Specialism	Global health

John Calum Macdonald Gillies OBE FRCGP FRCPE is a medical doctor who worked as general practitioner (GP) and who is the Depute Director of the Scottish School of Primary Care. He was formerly the chair of the Scottish Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from November 2010 to November 2014.

Gillies was born in North Uist, Scotland. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in medicine in 1975. Gilles travelled to Africa, working as a District Medical Officer in Ntcheu District Hospital, Malawi for 3 years. He gained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1978.

Gillies returned to the United Kingdom and trained in general practice, gaining his Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in 1985. From 1985 he worked as a GP principal in Glenluce, Wigtownshire. He then moved to Selkirk in the Scottish Borders in 1996 where he worked for the 16 years in until he retired from clinical practise in 2012. During the latter part of this time he was working as a GP trainer.

Gillies was a Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. He was one of the authors of Distilling the Essence of General Practice which looked at the important and unique advantages of general practice and the development of primary care throughout the UK. Gillies was involved with education initiatives in Africa. He is an associate member of the University of Edinburgh's Global Health Academy. Gillies is on the members advisory board of the Wesleyan Assurance Society. He was chair of the Reference Group of the Scottish Government Health Department's Out of Hours Primary Care Review.

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