Building up on the previous successful events with international speakers visiting Malta, we are proud to announce that our next speaker is Dr Dorian Dugmore, President and Founder, Wellness International Ltd.

Biography

adidas U.K. and Dr. Dorian Dugmore joined forces (1997-2009) to pioneer a new concept in Preventative Medicine and Wellness at the adidas U.K. headquarters in Hazel Grove, Stockport, England.   The ‘adifit for LIFE’ programme has received World and European Best Practice Awards for Corporate Wellness.

Dr. Dugmore has been working in Cardiovascular Medicine and Wellness for 30 years and has written extensively on health, exercise and heart disease.  He has worked with several companies in the United Kingdom including Schwarz Pharma, an international pharmaceutical company, adidas, the sporting goods company and Allied Dunbar, one of Britain’s largest insurance companies, who were co-sponsors of the first National Fitness Survey.  His background includes over 17 years experience working within education, teaching at primary,  secondary and university levels.  His doctoral research conducted within the U.K. specialised in cardiovascular medicine and focused on the rehabilitation of post heart attack patients and was published in the prestigious journal “Heart” (April, 1999).

In 1973, Dr. Dugmore pioneered a cardiac rehabilitation scheme within the Dudley Health Authority, England.  This led to the formulation of Action Heart, a national charity.  He served for a number of years on the National Coronary Prevention Group panel for cardiac rehabilitation in the U.K. and was a prime mover in the formulation of both the British and European Associations of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation.  In addition he was the Vice-President of the international organisation ‘Heart Friends Around the World’.

In 1992, Dorian moved to Toronto, Canada, to become the programme director of one of the world’s leading centres in cardiac rehabilitation. He was subsequently invited to join the National Canadian Cholesterol Council as their specialist in “Exercise Medicine”.    During the following four years Dr. Dugmore was appointed as Co-Chair of the International Committee for the AACVPR (American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation).  This group were pioneers in forming the first multi disciplinary World Council for Cardio Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Dr Dugmore subsequently became its Secretary General.

Dorian is one of the first British citizens to be awarded a fellowship to the AACVPR for his outstanding work in cardiovascular medicine. At the beginning of 1999, he was invited to join the Medical/Scientific Advisory Council for the IHRSA Institute on Exercise and Health.   In March 2000 the adidas Wellness Centre under Dorian’s leadership received the IHRSA ‘Wellness Best Practice’ Award for Europe.  In (2005) the work of Wellness International was  recognised at the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies Awards and resulted in adidas receiving the 5 Star Heath and Safety Award from the British Safety Council.  In 2009 adidas received the prestigious “Sword of Honour” a global award for its outstanding work in health and safety.  Dorian is a board member of the European Society of Cardiology’s working groups on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Exercise Physiology , Sport Cardiology and it’s committee for Prevention and Implementation.

Dr. Dugmore has earned numerous awards for his work, including an MEB “Heart of Britain Award”, recognising his contribution towards improving quality of life within the community.  He has been featured on British Television a number of times including a documentary on the “Tonight with Trevor McDonald” Programme, focusing on stress, heart disease and football league management and the BBC’s “Working Lunch” anchored by Adrian Chiles, focussing on the health of Chief Executives.  As a sportsman he has achieved similar success, playing and coaching soccer at the highest level which included four consecutive international appointments as Great Britain’s Coach to the “World Student Games” soccer team. 

During 2005 he completed his 20th marathon in London chaperoning the then British Minister of Sport, Richard Caborn and in 2009 completed his 23rd  marathon in Dublin, Ireland.

He is an active member of “Vistage International”,(the largest world organisation for chief executives) and is also a board member of the World Economic Forum for Corporate Wellness.  Dorian has completed unique research on senior high profile executives in Canada and the UK significantly reducing their cardiovascular and lifestyle risk.  He is currently leading a unique research project on the cardiovascular health of the U.K’s football league managers and has helped pioneer the first U.K. University Master of Science Degree in Wellness and Preventative Medicine.  Dorian’s dream is to see specialist centres for disease prevention and rehabilitation around the world.