Simon Wessely
| Sir Simon Wessely | |
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Simon Wessely in 2016
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| Born |
Simon Wessely 1956 (age 60–61) Sheffield, England, UK |
| Education | |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Medical career | |
| Profession |
King's College London Regius Professor; Psychiatrist |
| Research | Chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, Military psychiatry |
| Notable prizes |
John Maddox Prize Jean Hunter Prize |
Sir Simon Charles Wessely, FMedSci (born 23 December 1956, in Sheffield) is a British psychiatrist. He is professor of psychological medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine, vice dean for academic psychiatry, teaching and training at the Institute of Psychiatry, as well as Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research. He is also honorary consultant psychiatrist at King's College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, as well as civilian consultant advisor in psychiatry to the British Army. He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to military healthcare and to psychological medicine. In 2014 he was elected president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
After attending King Edward VII School in Sheffield from 1968 to 1975, Wessely studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA 1978), University College, Oxford (BM BCh 1981), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc 1989). In 1993 the University of London conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Wessely completed a medical rotation in Newcastle. After attaining medical membership he studied psychiatry (his primary interest) at the Maudsley in 1984. His 1993 doctoral thesis was on the relationship between crime and schizophrenia. Post-doctoral studies included a year at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and a year studying epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1999 he was elected fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).
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