Professor Derek Tracy
MB BCh BAO MSc FHEA FRSA FFFMLM FRCPsych
Professor Derek Tracy is the Chief Medical Officer of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and deputy Chair of the Cavendish Square Group of London Mental Health CMOs. Derek is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, and an honorary Professor at Brunel Medical School. His PhD was in policy and cultural aspects of integrated care systems and their effectiveness. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 20 book chapters, including editing the leading UK textbook on the coroner’s court.
At the Royal College of Psychiatrists Derek is an executive member of the occupational psychiatry faculty, and in 2020 he was co-opted as one of the medical leads set-up the mental health team at the London Nightingale hospital, work that was awarded the 2021 Royal College of Psychiatrist’s “Team of the Year”. Other notable awards include the 2024 RCPsych Presidential Medal, the 2019 Royal College of Psychiatrist’s “Communicator of the Year” award, and the 2015 King’s College London Teaching Excellence Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Higher Education Academy, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.