John Chisholm

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John Chisholm (doctor)

John Chisholm CBE FRCGP is a British medical doctor who works as a general practitioner (GP). Chisholm was chairman of the British Medical Association's General Practitioners' Committee (GPC) between 1997 and 2007.

Early life

Chisholm was educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He studied at Peterhouse Colllege at the University of Cambridge, and Westminster Hospital Medical School.

Career

Chisholm is a GP in Twyford, Berkshire.

He became a member of the GP committee of the BMA in 1977, then was elected joint deputy chair in 1991 which he held until being elected chair in 1997.

He is a member of BMA’s council. He is a vice-president of the BMA.

He is a Council Trustee for the Royal College of General Practitioners, having been a member of the RCGP's council for more than nine years. He is the chair of the Men's Health Forum. He is the chair of the BMA's Medical Ethics Committee.

Honours and awards

He was awarded a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday honours in 2000.

John Chisholm (archbishop of Melanesia)

John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1923 — 24 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen’s, Rochester Row, Westminster after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea. From 1964 to 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea when he became Bishop of Melanesia, a post he held until 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province. He died shortly after his appointment as Primate.

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