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Anthony Toft

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'''Anthony Douglas (Tony) Toft''' [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|PRCPE]] CBE [[LVO]] is a 20th century British physician, specialising in [[endocrinology]] and thyroid disease, who served as President of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] from 1991 to 1994.<ref>https://ift.tt/2DOm7oT>

==Life==
He was educated at [[Perth Academy]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2QnOrVu>

He moved to the South Side in [[Edinburgh]] in 1962 when he began his studies in Medicine at [[Edinburgh University]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2DLY3mv> He graduated MB ChB 1969 then, after practical training in Edinburgh hospitals, set up as a GP in [[Islay]] then [[Orkney]]. In 1971 he became a Ciba Research Fellow in Endocrinology.

From 1978 he was Consultant Physician at the [[Edinburgh Royal Infirmary]].

In 1991 he succeeded John Richmond as President of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] and was succeeded in turn by [[John D. Cash]] in 1994. He was created a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1995. He was President of the [[British Thyroid Association]] from 1996 to 2009.<ref>https://ift.tt/2QhrZ0u>

He retired from the [[NHS]] in 2009 and was awarded the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (LVO) in the same year.

==Publications==

*''Understanding Thyroid Disorders''
*''Thyroid Hormone Replacement'' (2017)

==Artistic Recognition==

His portrait by Alexander Fraser (b.1950) is held by the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]].

==References==








[[Category:People educated at Perth Academy]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish physicians]]
[[Category:Endocrinologists]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]



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