Who we are Patrons Professor Raymond Tallis Professor Raymond Tallis is a physician and clinical scientist. Born in Liverpool, he trained as a doctor at Oxford University and at St Thomas in London before going on to become a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester and a consultant physician in Health Care of the Elderly in Salford. Professor Tallis retired from medicine in 2006 to become a full-time writer, though he remained visiting Professor at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London until 2008. To read more please click here.