Professor Nick Read is in private practice as a Physician and Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist. He is the chairman of the IBS Network (a patient advocacy and self help group) has occupied academic chairs in Physiology, Human Nutrition and Integrated Medicine, edited 10 books and authored over 500 papers. When not writing or seeing patients he enjoys good food and wine and balances the calorie intake by fell-running. He has a longstanding passion for the wilderness and wildlife and is also a keen (though disappointed) supporter of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
