Ian Douglas-Wilson (12 May 1912 – 15 October 2013) was a British physician who was editor of The Lancet, a United Kingdom-based medical journal, from 1965 to 1976.

[5][3] Douglas-Wilson began his medical career in Dublin, Ireland helping to deliver newborns.

[2] His experience treating shell-shocked soldiers in the following months, lead to the publication of an article exploring the impact of war and conflict on mental health.

[4] He was one of the first allied medical professionals to reach the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, following its liberation in April 1945.

[1] He later told his family he felt guilty because the first troops to arrive fed the famished prisoners high-calorie rations.

[2] Following the end of World War II, he attended an interview at the British Medical Journal.