Gregor Smith

Sir Gregor Smith
Official portrait, 2020
Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2020 Interim: 5 April 2020 – 23 December 2020
Preceded by	Catherine Calderwood
Personal details
Born	Gregor Ian Smith
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Occupation	General practitioner (GP)

Sir Gregor Ian Smith is a Scottish general practitioner (GP), who has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland since December 2020. He previously served in the position of Deputy Chief Medical Officer and from April 2020, until his appointment, served as Chief Medical Officer on an interim basis.

A medicine graduate of the University of Glasgow Medical School, Smith served as a general practitioner doctor in Larkhall. He served as the Director for Primary Care at NHS Lanarkshire, before being appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 2015. On 5 April 2020 he served in the position of CMO on an interim basis, following the resignation of Dr Catherine Calderwood. Smith was confirmed on a permanent basis on 23 December 2020.