ProfessorAmir Sam
Head of Imperial College School of Medicine, Professor
Faculty of Medicine Centre - Faculty of Medicine
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- Head of Imperial College School of Medicine, ProfessorFaculty of Medicine Centre - Faculty of Medicine
BIO
Professor Amir Sam is Head of the School of Medicine at Imperial. He is a consultant physician and endocrinologist at Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals, and Director of the Charing Cross Campus at Imperial College London.
He gained a First Class Honours BSc in Neuroscience from University College London (UCL) before completing his medical training with prizes in all preclinical and clinical modules. During his undergraduate training he received a scholarship to study endocrinology at Harvard Medical School. His postgraduate medical training was in Oxford and London. He earned his PhD in neuroendocrinology as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial.
He has received the Imperial President's Medal for Excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award from Health Education North West London. Professor Sam has authored several medical textbooks as well as numerous original research articles. He has led several national educational projects at the UK Medical Schools Council (MSC).
Professor Sam has chaired regional and national groups including 'London Medicine' (which brings together the Heads of London medical schools), the UK Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) clinical & professional skills assessment (CPSA) group at the GMC, and the MLA applied knowledge test (AKT) exam construction group at the MSC.
Alongside his love for medicine, he is also a celebrated Setar player and has released five albums of his compositions and improvisations.
He gained a First Class Honours BSc in Neuroscience from University College London (UCL) before completing his medical training with prizes in all preclinical and clinical modules. During his undergraduate training he received a scholarship to study endocrinology at Harvard Medical School. His postgraduate medical training was in Oxford and London. He earned his PhD in neuroendocrinology as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial.
He has received the Imperial President's Medal for Excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award from Health Education North West London. Professor Sam has authored several medical textbooks as well as numerous original research articles. He has led several national educational projects at the UK Medical Schools Council (MSC).
Professor Sam has chaired regional and national groups including 'London Medicine' (which brings together the Heads of London medical schools), the UK Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) clinical & professional skills assessment (CPSA) group at the GMC, and the MLA applied knowledge test (AKT) exam construction group at the MSC.
Alongside his love for medicine, he is also a celebrated Setar player and has released five albums of his compositions and improvisations.
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Head of Imperial College School of Medicine, Profe