Sir David Craig Carter FRSE FRCS FRCPE (born 1 September 1940) is a surgeon who was Chief Medical Officer for Scotland from 1996 to 2000.
[1] He attended Cockermouth Grammar School, and went on to study medicine at the University of St Andrews, graduating with an MB ChB in 1964 and continuing on to receive his MD.
[3] He was appointed the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 1996 and continued in this role until 2000, when he was succeeded by Mac Armstrong.
[6] Carter was the Honorary President of the British Medical Association from 2001 to 2002, vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2000–03.
[citation needed] He was awarded a Knight Bachelor for services to medicine in the 1996 New Year Honours.