Dr Claire Grogan – Polar Maiden team Doctor
Age 35
#womenlessordinary
Claire is an Emergency Medicine Doctor with a passion for expedition and remote medicine.
Claire has provided medical support for expeditions in many environments, but most enjoys working in extreme cold and polar regions. Recently returned from Antarctica, where she was the doctor for the Weddell Sea Expedition 2019, an international scientific expedition that explored the area around the Larsen C ice shelf and Antarctic Peninsula, she has just completed a 583km ski crossing of the Greenland Icecap, the 2nd largest ice sheet in the World. An expedition that saw a team of 5 cross from West to East in 25 days.
A member of the Medical Advisory Group at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Claire worked with Professor Chris Imray to help set up the Global Polar & Altitude Metabolic Research Registry at the Human Metabolic Research Unit at the RGS. She will have a key role liaising with Prof Imray measuring and monitoring the physiological and psychological responses of the Anglo-Indian all women Polar Maiden’s team across an age span of five decades.
Claire completed her medical degree in London and a BSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine and went on to complete the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes (DMCC), and the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
