Professor Mike Loosemore
Lead Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health
Biography
Professor Mike Loosemore is Lead Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health. He treats the general public with musculoskeletal and sports injuries and is also working to promote exercise as a preventative intervention and treatment in many medical conditions.
Professor Loosemore is a Lead Sports Physician for the English Institute of Sport, based at ISEH where he treats elite athletes from a wide range of sports; he is currently the Chief Medical Officer for GB Boxing and GB Snow sports.
He has travelled extensively with national squads, accompanying teams to 4 Olympic and 5 Commonwealth Games, World and European Championships. He was the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the England Commonwealth Games team in New Delhi 2010 and reprised the role for Glasgow 2014. He was CMO for the GB team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Professor Loosemore is active in various fields of sport and exercise medicine research and has published work on various aspects of Sports and Exercise Medicine.
In 2011 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in science for ‘outstanding contribution to sport and exercise medicine’. In 2014 he received the Sir Robert Atkins award for ‘an outstanding contribution to sports medicine’.
He was awarded an MBE for services to Sport and Exercise Medicine in 2018.
Education & Experience
Education
- Title:
- Doctor of Medicine
- Degree:
- MD
- Institution:
- St Mary's Hospital, London
- Date:
- 1990 - 1996
- Country:
- United Kingdom
Experience
- Title:
- Chief Medical Officer
- Organisation:
- England Commonwealth Games
- Date:
- since 1997
- Title:
- Lead Sports Physician (South of England)
- Organisation:
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health
- Date:
- since 2010
- Title:
- Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Organisation:
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London
- Date:
- since 2000
- Title:
- Team Doctor
- Organisation:
- GB Boxing Team
- Date:
- since 1996