Dr Mike Loosemore
Dr
MIKE LOOSEMORE MBBS DCH MRCGP MSc FFSEM(UK) PGCME
Consultant in Sport and Exercise
Medicine
Since graduating in Medicine in 1985, Dr Mike Loosemore
has gained a great deal of experience having been actively involved in sports medicine since 1996. His current
posts include:
Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine within the NHS,
at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London,
where he treats the general public with musculoskeletal and sports injuries. He
is also working to promote exercise as a preventative intervention and
treatment in many medical conditions.
He is one of the lead Sports Physician for the English
Institute of Sport, based at The Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at
University College London Hospital, where he treats elite athletes from a wide
range of sports, as well as snow sports he is currently the doctor to the
British Olympic Boxing team. He has travelled extensively with national squads,
accompanying teams to Olympic and Commonwealth Games, World and European
Championships. He was the Chief Medical Officer for the England Commonwealth
Games team in New Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014.
His private practice is at the Centre for Health and
Human Performance, 76 Harley St.
Dr Loosemore is active in various fields of sport and
exercise medicine research and has published work on various aspects of SEM. He
is interested in education of future SEM doctors and is an associate dean and
head of speciality for sport and exercise medicine in London.
In 2011 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science for
services to sports and exercise medicine. In 2014 he received the Robert Atkins
Award for consistently valuable medical service to sport.
Dr Loosemore recognises that the lack of physical
activity is the public health issue at the beginning of the 21st
century; he currently leads the ‘Exercise is Medicine’ task force in the UK. He
is the co-founder of Active Movement, a programme that increases physical
activity in people of all ages.
