Professor George Crooks OBE

Chief Executive of the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre

Professor George Crooks is the Chief Executive of the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, Scotland’s national innovation centre for digital health and care. Prior to this, he served as the Medical Director of NHS 24 and Director of the Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare. Professor Crooks was a General Medical Practitioner in Aberdeen for 23 years and the Director of Primary Care for Grampian. He is Medical Director of the European Connected Health Alliance, and board member and past President of the European Health Telematics Association. He is an adjunct Professor of Telehealth at the University of Southern Denmark, and was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to healthcare.