New Year Honours 2022

The Royal Society of Medicine would like to congratulate all those who have been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2022. We are delighted to see so many people connected with the RSM acknowledged for their important contributions and service to medicine and healthcare.

RSM Honorary Fellows

Companion of Honour

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse

For services to science and medicine in the UK and abroad

RSM Members

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

 Dr June Munro Raine

Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

For services to healthcare and the Covid-19 response

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

The Right Honourable Professor Ajay Kumar Lord Kakkar

For services to healthcare and public service

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Mark Radford

Chief Nurse, Health Education England and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement

For services to nursing

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Professor John Leslie Robert Forsythe

Medical Director, Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant

For services to transplant surgery and Covid-19

Professor Ali Sadiq Mohammad Jawad

Professor of Rheumatology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Consultant Rheumatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

For services to healthcare

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Diana Anderson

Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford

For services to genetic and reproductive toxicology

Charles Viva DL

Founder and Trustee Interplast UK

For services to plastic and reconstructive surgery in the developing world

Dr Nicholas Hans Onita

Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University and Consultant Radiographer, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

For services to radiography and to the Covid-19 response

Contributors to RSM Education

Some of the many contributors to the RSM’s education programmes during 2021 include:


Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Professor Christopher John MacRae Whitty CB

Chief Medical Officer for England

For services to public health

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Dr Jennifer Margaret Harries OBE

Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency

For services to health

Knight Bachelor

Professor Jonathan Stafford Nguyen-Van-Tam MBE

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

For services to public health

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Kevin Fenton Regional Director

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department for Health and Social Care, and Regional Director, Public Health, NHS London

For services to public health

Professor Kamlesh Khunti

Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine, University of Leicester and General Practitioner, Hockley Farm Medical Practice, Leicester

For services to health

Professor Peter Openshaw

Professor of Experimental Medicine and Proconsul, Imperial College London

For services to medicine and immunology

Professor Russell Mardon Viner

Professor in Adolescent Health, University College London

For services to child and adolescent health, particularly during Covid-19

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Hugh Edward Montgomery

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London

For services to intensive care medicine and climate change