David Morgan BSc, MB ChB, FRCS, FRCS Otol. is a Consultant Otolaryngologist and Clinical Director of ENT Services at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust as well as an Associate Professor at the Clinical Research Institute at the University of Warwick. He qualified at Birmingham Medical School in 1981 and undertook surgical training in London, Boston, Sydney, Hong Kong and Bombay. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Warwick Medical School and was the Surgical Specialty Advisor to the National Patient Safety Agency (2000-2006). In 1999 he co-founded Medicdirect Ltd, a health information website. In 2005 he founded Safe Patient Systems Ltd following a 10 year privately funded research programme into the medical applications of expert computer systems. He is also a main board member of Medilink - West Midlands and on the AIM Healthcare Special Interest Group.