He contributes to the provision of diabetes care in the north east of Glasgow including a specialist interest in diabetic nephropathy, and maintains a commitment to acute medicine. He studied at the University of Glasgow, did early training in the West of Scotland before training in Newcastle in clinical pharmacology which included 4 years on call for the National Poisons Service and secondments to diabetes, the pharmaceutical industry and NICE. He returned to Glasgow via a 3 year spell as a consultant in Monklands District General hospital, Airdrie. He has a variety of research and teaching interests and holds honorary appointments in both the University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde.