Rod Jacques
Director of Medical Services, English Institute of Sport
Biography
Rod Jacques has been involved in Sports Medicine for the last 21 years and joined the EIS in 2003 having previously worked at the British Olympic Medical Centre in London.
Based at the University of Bath, Rod attended the Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics with Team GB and the Kuala Lumpur and Manchester Commonwealth Games with the England Team.
He did the London Hospital Diploma course in Sports Medicine, qualifying with distinction and the David Ritchie prize in 1990. He also obtained the Society of Apothecaries Diploma in Sports Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine and am current Vice-President.
He was appointed to the British Olympic Medical Centre, London in 1998 – 2001 and joined the EIS in 2003.