Peter Sommerville

Consultant in stroke, geriatric and general medicine
Biography
Peter Sommerville is a consultant in stroke, geriatric and general medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
He is also:
- service lead in stroke and neurorehabilitation
- honorary senior lecturer, school of population and environmental sciences, King's College London
- medical information officer for the Apollo digital transformation project
Education and training
- MA Neurophysiology, psychology and philosophy (Oxford University)
- MBBS (Guy's, King's and St Thomas' medical school)
- PgCert Leadership in Health (London South Bank University)
Research interests
- Eating and drinking at risk
- Delirium
- Quality improvement and patient safety
Awards
- Excellence in patient care award, Royal College of Physicians (2020)
- Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference (2019)
- Best poster prize, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Quality Improvement Project awards (2018)
- Best abstract prize, King's Health Partners Safety Connections Conference (2017)
- Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference (2017)
- Innovation award, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Therapy Quality Improvement Study Day (2017)
- Best abstract prize, South East Thames Regional British Geriatrics Society Conference (2016)
- Abstract prize, United Kingdom Swallow Research Group Conference (2016)
- Distinction in Darzi Fellowship PgCert
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Secretary: Petula Bent
Secretary tel: 020 7188 2515
Specialist interests
- Stroke education (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Stroke research and recruitment
- Stroke service development
- Eating and drinking at risk
- Delirium
- Neurorehabilitation
Last updated: January 2022