Professor Emeritus Michael Duncan Craggs – Life Patron

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Michael Duncan Craggs - Professor Emeritus University College London PhD, BSc (Hons), MRBS, CBiol, FZS (London), MIPEM, CSci Fellow Royal Society of Medicine

Prof Emeritus Michael Craggs has recently stepped down after nine years with INSPIRE’s National Scientific Committee and a distinguished career committed to medical science.  Michael is an Alumnus of both University College London (UCL) Faculty of Medicine and King's College London Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), Psychology & Neuroscience. Here Michael was also a Senior Scientist in the Medical Research Council’s Neurological Prostheses Unit for over 20 years with Professor Giles Brindley FRS.

He is Emeritus Professor of Applied Clinical Neurophysiology in the UCL Faculty of Medical Science and Former Director of Neuro-spinal Research & Consultant Clinical Scientist for the Functional Assessment & Restoration Service at The London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. He also sits as an Observer at the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Spinal Cord Injury.  He is one of the world’s leading authorities on the clinical development and application of medical devices. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Michael was appointed a Life Patron in June 2021.  While technically retired, he intends to remain an active member of the INSPIRE community offering advice and guidance based on more than 40 years in the field of applied clinical neurophysiology. An accomplished sailor, Michael now lives with Angela in rural Somerset in a beautifully converted coach house.