Gordon Peterkin, Director, Scottish Centre for Telehealth

Mr. Peterkin is a former GP from Forfar, Scotland.  A graduate of Glasgow University he has a long standing interest in business management and innovation.  From being Director of Development at the Tayside Centre for General Practice, he became Medical Director of Grampian Healthcare in April 1998 and has worked in medical management through various health service reorganizations until April 2006, when he assumed the role of Director of The Scottish Centre for Telehealth.   This is a post which enables him to put his past experience in health service redesign, unscheduled care, community hospitals and relationships with industry to good use.  His objective over the next 18 months is to set up a facilitative organization that supports development and research in chronic disease management, unscheduled care, professional education and remote and rural issues. Professor Peterkin has organized a range of international study tours and believes technology is one of the keys that will facilitate redesign of healthcare and improved services for patients.