Dr Richard Graham appointed Head of the Medical Branch of the Royal Naval Reserve

9 May 2012

Dr Richard Graham has been appointed Head of the Medical Branch of the Royal Naval Reserve.

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Medical Branch’s primary function is delivering medical care to service personnel injured on operations. The branch provides a surge capability to increase the operational capacity of the UK’s Primary Casualty Receiving Ship, RFA ARGUS. The specialist skills of branch members are frequently used in support of OPERATION HERRICK in Afghanistan and on counter piracy operations. The Medical Branch has been an integral stakeholder in providing the highest quality trauma care on operations and providing instructors for pre-deployment training of defence medical service personnel.

Dr Graham is a lecturer in medicine at Hertford College, as well as a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Bath. He is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Emergencies in Radiology and supervises radiology trainees from the Severn Deanery. His areas of subspecialisation are Nuclear Medicine, diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal, trauma, endocrine and oncological radiology.