Dr Tom Beattie MB, MSc., FRCSEd, FRCPE, FCEM, DCH

Career to date:

Current posts include:

  • Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Professional information

Dr Beattie is a consultant in paediatric emergency medicine for the University of Edinburgh. He has an extensive research interests in paediatric medicine.

He is currently serving his second term as Honorary Advisor to the Chief Medical Officer for Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

He is also the co-chair of Paediatric Emergency Medicine Group for the European Society of Emergency Medicine.

He is an examiner for the RCSE Emergency medicine exams.

He is the lead for the OCSEs at the examination for the Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine and a member of the examination committee.

Research interests

Paediatric, orthopaedic and sports medicine.

Selected Recent Publications

Rennie L, Court-Brown CM, Mok JY, Beattie TF. The epidemiology of fractures in children. Injury 2007; 38 (8): 913-22.

Leonard P, Clifden P, Addison P, Watson J, Beattie TF. An automated algorithm for determining respiratory rate by photoplthysmogram in children. Acta Paediatr. 2006; 95 (9): 1124-8.

Rennie LM, Beattie TF, Wilkinson AG, Crofton P, Bath LE. Incidental radiological diagnosis of rickets. Emerg Med J. 2005 Aug; 22 (8): 534-7.

Reed MJ, Browning JG, Wilkinson AG, Beattie TF. Can we abolish skull x rays for head injury? Arch Dis Child. 2005 Aug; 90 (8): 859-64. Epub 2005 Apr 25.