Professor TJ Hodgetts CBE

Major General (rtd) Professor Timothy John Hodgetts is a former Surgeon General of the UK Armed Forces and specialised in emergency medicine. He has held senior clinical and command roles across Defence, NATO, and the Army Medical Services. He served on operations in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Oman, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. He led defence trauma governance for over a decade, and held key roles such as Defence Consultant Adviser in Emergency Medicine, Head of the Army Medical Services, and Chair of NATO’s COMEDS. An honorary professor of emergency medicine, he has published extensively, co-authored defence medical doctrine, and co-founded the citizenAID® charity.