David Oliver is Medical Director and Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine at the Wisdom Hospice, Rochester and Honorary Reader at the Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent. He is Visiting Professor at the Medical Faculty at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, Perth.
He qualified at University College Hospital, London and then trained as a GP. He was Registrar and Senior Registrar at St Christopher's Hospice London and was appointed to his present post in 1984.
He has lectured and published widely on neurological palliative care, particularly on the care of people with motor neurone disease, including as principal editor of "Palliative care in ALS - from diagnosis to treatment ". He is chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Taskforce on Neurology and Palliative Care and was Clinical Lead for "End of life care in long term neurological conditions - a framework for implementation ".