Graeme Catto

Sir Graeme Robertson Dawson Catto FRSE FRCSE FRCP(Lon) FRCGP FFPM FMedSci is a Scottish doctor who was President, later Chair, of the General Medical Council until April 2009. He is also currently Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Aberdeen and was an honorary Consultant nephrologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Graeme Catto was born in Aberdeen, the son of a local general practitioner. He attended Robert Gordon's College (Aberdeen; 1950-63), becoming school captain and gaining the Otaki Shield for the pupil outstanding in character, leadership and athletics. The linked trip to New Zealand where he was an official visitor was made by ship through the Panama Canal. Returning to the UK, he studied medicine at the...