Dr. Derek Hockaday
Dr. Derek Hockaday is the Friends’ Founding President in 2024. He is a retried Consultant Physician, Radcliffe Infirmary and John Radcliffe Hospital.
Dr. Timothy Clayden
Dr. Timothy Clayden supports the Friends’ engagement with the University and colleges. He is Bursar of Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Ian Baxter
Ian Baxter is Chair of the Friends. He was a Social Worker at the Radcliffe Infirmary and John Radcliffe Hospital in the 1980s, and now works in the rail industry.
Prof. Terence Ryan
Professor Terence Ryan FRCP in Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. He advises the Friends on Oxford and world medical history.
Emma Gascoigne
Emma Gascoigne leads the Friends communications. She works in the rail industry in marketing and communications and lives in Oxford.
Founder Vice Presidents
Prof. David Cranston
Professor David Cranston FRCS is Associate Professor of Surgery and Consultant Urological Surgeon, University of Oxford, Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Prof. David Matthews
Professor David Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
Prof. Sir Muir Gray CBE
Sir Muir Gray is Visiting Professor, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, and Honorary Clinical Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Prof. Terence Ryan
Professor Terence Ryan FRCP in Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. He advises the Friends on Oxford and world medical history.
Prof. Richard Hobbs CBE
Professor Richard Hobbs is Nuffield Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Head of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and a Fellow of Harris Manchester College Oxford.