Philip Raffaelli

Surgeon Vice-Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli, CB, QHP, FRCP (born 24 November 1955 in Kirkcaldy, Fife) is a British general practitioner and Royal Naval Medical Officer. Raffaelli served as Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces until 2012.

Philip Raffaelli
Born (1955-11-24) 24 November 1955[1]
Kirkcaldy, Fife
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankSurgeon Vice-Admiral
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Raffaelli joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1976, while studying medicine at Edinburgh Medical School. Raffaelli joined the Royal Navy Submarine Service and worked as a medical officer from 1979, working for a time on submarines. In 2007, he became the head of the Royal Navy Medical Service, the Medical Director General (Naval), as Surgeon Rear-Admiral, before assuming the position of Surgeon-General on 22 December 2009, taking over from Lieutenant-General Louis Lillywhite.[2][3]

Honours

Despite having no operational awards, deployments or experience Raffaelli was still appointed as an Honorary Physician to the Queen in 2005, and later as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He is also a Governor of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,[3] and an appointee to the court of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine[4]

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)2012 Birthday Honours[5]
Commander of the Order of St John2009
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal2002
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal2012

References
  1. Surgn Rear Adm Philip Raffaelli's Biography Debrett's Retrieved 13 February 2010
  2. Royal Naval Medical Services MOD Retrieved 13 February 2010
  3. Phillip Raffaelli MOD Retrieved 13 February 2010
  4. Annual Report 2008-2009, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  5. "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 2.
Military offices
Preceded by
Louis Lillywhite		 Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces
2009 – 2012		 Succeeded by
Paul Evans
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