Prof Tom Clutton-Brock MBE

The NIHR HRC-DDR is led by Clinical Director, Prof Tom Clutton-Brock MBE. Tom qualified in medicine from Bristol University (UK) in 1980 and went on to gain an FRCP, FRCA and FFICM. Tom has been a clinical academic in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Birmingham (UK) since 1990 and has maintained a career-long research interest in medical technology. Since 2013 Tom has been the Clinical Director of the NIHR Trauma Management Health Technology Co-operative and NIHR Trauma Management Med-Tech Co-operative (MIC).

In 2016 Tom was named as one of the “100 most influential drivers of the health technology revolution, globally” and was awarded an MBE for services to the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Tom currently chairs the Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) at NICE and the Interim Devices Working Group (IDWG) at the MHRA.