Victoria Tzortziou Brown
Victoria Tzortziou Brown | |
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| Medical career | |
| Profession | Doctor |
| Field | General Practitioner |
| Institutions | Queen Mary University of London |
Victoria Tzortziou Brown FRCGP OBE is a medical academic and a general practitioner (GP). She has worked as a GP in London for more than 20 years. She has been the vice chair for external affairs for Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), from November 2022 for a three year term, having previously been in the honorary secretary role. In July 2025 she became the first international medical graduate to be elected as chair of RCGP and is due to take up this role in November 2025.
Career
[edit]Tzortziou Brown qualified in medicine from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1997,[1] then moved to the UK.[2] She completed her GP training in London. She has worked for over two decades as a GP in East London. She became a GP in Tower Hamlets[3] with a special interest in musculoskeletal conditions and sports and exercise medicine. She was a board member of the Tower Hamlets clinical commissioning group.[4]
She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2015.[5][6] She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[6][7] She is a founding senior fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.[7]
She was a trustee with Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).[8]
Since May 2021, she is a non-executive director at the social enterprise and registered charity Turning Point.[9]
RCGP
[edit]Tzortziou Brown had a leadership role with the RCGP in London.[10] She was joint honorary secretary of RCGP.[11] Since 2020 she was on the Council of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine.[12] In August 2021 she took up a place as a nationally-elected member on the RCGP Council.[13] She became vice chair for external affairs in November 2022.[14] In July 2025, the RCGP announced that she had been elected to the position of Chair of their Council, to take up post in November 2025 for a term of three years.[15]
Honours
[edit]Tzortziou Brown was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to general practice.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "registrants > Victoria TZORTZIOU BROWN". General Medical Council. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Leadership in NHS systems, academic leadership and representational leadership. Royal College of General Practitioners. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via Youtube.
- ^ Quinn, Ian (19 May 2010). "Federate or face forced restructure, GPs told". Pulse. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b Bower, Emma (2 January 2020). "GPs recognised in New Year's Honours". GP Online. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Professor Olwyn Westwood > PhD supervision". Brunel University of London. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Victoria Tzortziou Brown". ORCID. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b "People > profiles > Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown, Dr OBE". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "About us > Our board, accounts and annual reports". Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
- ^ "About us > Our people". Turning Point. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "STPs, The Biggest Health Shake-up In a Generation?". Greater London Authority. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "RCGP urges NHS England to restart development of PCN specifications". Pulse. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "About us > Council and Committees". Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Lind, Sofia (2 August 2021). "Professor Dame Clare Gerada elected RCGP president". Pulse. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Potter, Costanza (21 November 2022). "'Things will get better', Professor Martin Marshall tells GPs in farewell speech". Pulse. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Colivicchi, Anna (16 July 2025). "Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown elected as next RCGP chair". Pulse. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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