Stephen is a consultant in emergency and aeromedical retrieval medicine. He has been a Scottish mountain rescue team member for over 20 years and has acted as medical officer on 7 international expeditions in mountain, desert, jungle and arctic environments. He established the first expedition medicine course in the UK.
Based on his experiences of performing under pressure in these environments, Stephen's book, Peak Performance, was published in 2019.
Stephen is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the University of Glasgow and led the team establishing the Diploma in retrieval and transfer medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Stephen is attracted to the challenges of emergency medicine in demanding remote environments with limited resources. Stephen’s main interest is optimising team performance in high pressure situations. He researches, writes and speaks on both of these topics and provides advice to a wide range of commercial and government organisations.
Stephen is a Fellow of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, The Royal College of Surgeons, The Royal College of Physicians and The Royal Geographical Society.