Emeritus Professor Alan Emery
Academic (Medical/Genetics), University of Oxford
Green Templeton College
University of Oxford
Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HG.
alan.emery[at]gtc.ox.ac.uk
Theme: Medical Portraiture
Memberships (professional bodies)
FRCP.
FRCPE.
FRS(E).
FLS.
FRSA
Career summary
Consultant physician (retd).
Prof Human Genetics, Edinburgh (1967-1983).
Research Director, European Neuromuscular Centre (1989-1999), now Chief Scientist.
President, Med Genet, RSM (2000-).
Areas of interest / research
Works of art/portraits relating to medical disorders in subjects and artists.
Details of books/publications relating to your work on British portraiture
‘Genetic disorders in portraits’, Amer J Med Genet, 1996; 66:334-9.
‘Medicine, artists and their art’, J Roy Coll Phys, 1997; 31: 450-5.
Medicine & Art, 2003, RSM Press.
Surgical & Medical Treatment in Art, 2006, RSM Press.
Mother & Child Care in Art, 2007, RSM Press.