Pali Hungin, Emeritus Professor of General Practice, Newcastle University, was the founding Dean of Medicine at Durham University (2003–14) and the President of the BMA in 2017. A GP for over 30 years he has experience of both primary and secondary care with a clinical research career across health care boundaries. He is currently leading a commission at the Academy of the Medical Royal Colleges on the future direction of medicine and the evolving role of the doctor in a world of shifts in societal and technological advances.
