John Christie McVail FRSE LLD (22 October 1849- 29 July 1926) was a Scottish physician and public health expert.
He helped to establish the National Health Insurance system in the UK.
In 1885, he gained a Diploma in Public Health from the University of Cambridge and succeeded Dr Borland as Medical Officer of Health for the Kilmarnock area also becoming a Physician at Kilmarnock Infirmary.
[3] In 1922, the Epidemiology section of the Royal Society of Medicine awarded him the Jenner Medal.
[4][5] In 1922, he retired to Golders Green in London and then moved to Torquay on the south coast of England where he died on 29 July 1926.