Education
He studied at the University of Street Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery in 1964.
He studied at the University of Street Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery in 1964.
He went on to study at the University of Dundee where he gained a Doctor of Medicine. He was Street Mungo Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1979 to 1988. He then became the Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He was appointed the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in 1996 and continued in this role until 2000, when he was succeeded by Mac Armstrong.
Carter was the Honorary President of the British Medical Association from 2001-2002, vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2000-2003.