Amanda Howe

Amanda Caroline Howe OBE FRCGP FMedSci is a British medical doctor who worked as a general practitioner and is an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia. She is a former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) 2019—2021 and a former President of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) 2016—2018.

She studied at the University of London and Newnham College, Cambridge.^[1]

Since her graduation in 1984, Howe has worked as a GP. She was a partner at the Foxhill Medical Centre in Sheffield between the years of 1984–2001.^[1] She later practised one day a week at the Bowthorpe Medical Centre in Norwich, England.^[2]

In 1992, Howe became a lecturer.^[3] In 2001, as Norwich Medical School was being established, Howe became a Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia.^[2]

At the RCGP, Howe was Chair of Research from 2000−2005.^[2] She was chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care from 2007–2010.^[4] She was elected RCGP Honorary Secretary in 2009.^[2] She became a vice-chair of RCGP council in 2013^[5] and following this led on professional development, continuing her work as chairwoman of the RCGP workforce committee.^[6]

In June 2013, Howe was elected as President-elect of WONCA and in 2016 became the first woman to be President of WONCA.^[7] In June 2019, she was elected president of the RCGP, taking over from Mayur Lakhani in November 2019 for a two-year term.^[8]

In 2022, she became an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia.^[9]

She is a fellow of the RCGP and the Academy of Medical Sciences. She was awarded the Eric Elder medal in 2014 by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.^[10] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to primary care.^[11]

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