Dr. Hosney Mohammed Ahmed Ali Yosef is a former radiologist, who was in 2006 made OBE in recognition of his services to medicine in estern Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Yosef was born in Egypt and came to Scotland in 1974to work as a cancer specialist at Hairmyres Hospital

Hairmyres Hospital

Hairmyres Hospital is a busy district general hospital in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The hospital serves one of the largest elderly populations in Scotland.-The Hospital:...

. was a senior consultant in clinical oncology at the Beatson Oncology Centre

Beatson Oncology Centre

The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre is a specialised cancer care centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Until recently it had facilities in Gartnavel General Hospital, the Western Infirmary and Glasgow Royal Infirmary...

 in Glasgow and an honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

A deacon of the Fleshers craft guild

Guild

A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...

 in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, he served previously as president of the Scottish Radiological Society, and remains director of the Kilbryde Hospice and of oesophageal cancer charity Ochre. He also remains involved with the British Institute of Radiology.