Ms Deborah Bruce

Ms Deborah Bruce is a highly experienced consultant gynaecologist, nationally recognised menopause specialist, and senior medical educator with over 30 years’ experience across clinical practice, research, leadership, and undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

She is currently Associate Professor in Medical Education at the University of Surrey, serving as Deputy Dean and Deputy Head of School and Programme Director/Head of Teaching and Learning, where she has played a central role in establishing the new Graduate Entry Medical School. Her work includes curriculum design, admissions, assessment, widening participation, simulation strategy (commended by the GMC), and extensive innovation to support international and UK medical students.

Clinically, she is an Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads a tertiary menopause service. She has developed rapid-access menopause clinics for NHS staff, specialist services for POI, oncology and complex HRT, and regional GP guidelines, significantly improving access and quality of care. She is a BMS-accredited menopause specialist and trainer, served two terms on the BMS Medical advisory committee and an ARCP assessor and RCOG MRCOG Part 3 examiner.

Ms Bruce holds an MD from the University of London, is a Fellow of the RCOG (FRCOG), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators (FoAME). Her research focuses on menopause, POI, women’s health services, and medical education. She is Principal Investigator for the NIHR-funded POISE trial and has an extensive publication record including clinical trials, audits, reviews, textbook chapters, and recent accepted papers in Medical Teacher and Post Reproductive Health.

She has held senior leadership roles at King’s College London Medical School, including Director of Clinical Practice, Graduate Entry Medicine Lead, and Theme/Block Lead, where she shaped curricula in clinical skills, prescribing, professionalism, cultural competence, and intimate examination teaching.

Ms Bruce has supervised postgraduate researchers, examined nationally and internationally, served on GMC and RCOG committees, and lectures regularly to government, professional bodies, and international audiences.