Professor Masud is the current President of the British Geriatrics Society. He trained at University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. After postgraduate training in London and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and a research fellow post in St Thomas’ Hospital, London he took up the position of Consultant Physician in General and Geriatric Medicine at Nottingham in 1994. He has a research and clinical interest in osteoporosis, falls and syncope and has published widely in these areas. He heads the Clinical Gerontology Research Unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has previously been a scientific advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society and is the main organiser of the annual International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability. He has also served as the Clinical Sub-Dean at the University of Nottingham Medical School. He also has honorary/visiting professorships at the Universities of Nottingham, Derby and Southern Denmark. He is the former President of the European Union of Medical Specialists-Geriatric Medicine Section.