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Dr Ian Beasley

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Dr Ian Beasley

MBBS, MRCGP, MSc Dip Sports Med, FFSEM

Consultant in Sports Medicine

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Professional Biography

Dr Ian Beasley qualified in 1982 from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, followed by General Practice training. He was awarded a scholarship to study Sports Medicine in London in 1986, and passed his diploma with merit a year later. He gained his MSc in 1997 and was a foundation fellow of the Faculty of Exercise Medicine at its advent. He holds a Certificate in Ultrasound Scanning from the School of Medical Ultrasound in Bournemouth.

Dr Beasley has worked in all four professional football divisions in England as team physician, including at Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal, West Ham, and Bournemouth of the EPL. He was national team doctor for the England men’s team, and chief medical officer for the English FA from 2009 to 2016. In 2012, he was appointed as a sports physician by Team GB for the London Olympics.

He was Chief Medical Officer for England and Great Britain Hockey for ten years, and attended Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Cups with the national squads.

He was recruited by the world-famous Aspetar Hospital in Qatar and worked there for two years.

He was Senior Lecturer in Sport and Excise Medicine at Queen Mary College, London University, and clinical lead in SEM at Barts Health NHS Trust, and completed a certificate in Learning and Teaching whilst there.

Current posts:

  • Medical Consultant to the global performance unit at Manchester City FC.
  • Medical Adviser to the Royal Ballet Co., London.
  • Venue Medical Officer for FIFA.
  • Board member of the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation.

Dr Beasley regularly lectures to domestic and international audiences on various topics in Football Medicine, Team Medicine, and other issues in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

He was voted ‘The Athletes Doctor of Choice’ in the Times Magazine in 2010.

At the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, Dr Ian Beasley sees patients for a wide range of sports related conditions and complaints. He has a specialist interest in dance medicine and sees performers from many disciplines, including ballet dancers.