Dr Ananthakrishnan Raghuram MBE

Chief Clinical Leadership and Delivery Officer (Medical)

Raghu joined NHS Gloucestershire in December 2023. Before this, he was Consultant Physician in General/Respiratory Medicine and Associate Medical Director at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).

Before joining GHNHSFT in 2007, Raghu spent five years as a Consultant Physician at City Hospital in Birmingham.

As Associate Medical Director, he established a thriving leadership development programme for aspiring senior clinical leaders.

Raghu has a keen interest in clinical leadership and has a Masters degree in Healthcare education from Bristol University. He is head of the Postgraduate School of Medicine, Health Education England (South West) and a Host and Chair of Examiners for the Royal College of Physicians.

He is an elected trustee councillor at the Royal College of Physicians.

He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021.