John Quin Author

John Quin was born in Glasgow and was educated in East Kilbride and at the University of Glasgow. He qualified as a doctor in 1983 and did his house officer and registrar training at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. He was senior registrar at King's College Hospital, London, and in 1994 was appointed consultant physician to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, specialising in general medicine, diabetes and endocrinology. Previously, Quin was an associate dean and an elected councillor for the Royal College of Physicians, London. He retired from clinical practice in 2016. In 1999, he began publishing articles on literature, music and art and he has written for ArtReview, Frieze, The Quietus, the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, The Guardian and many others.