A consultant radiologist from the Royal United Hospital has won a national medical award for his work as a military reservist.
In his other life Richard Graham is a surgeon commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Mr Graham was presented with the Healthcare Reservist of the Year award at the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Awards.
He was nominated following his work with the RNR in Afghanistan as a consultant radiologist, where he was based at the hospital at Camp Bastion.
Mr Graham said: "When I got back from Afghanistan I discovered that I had reached the final three in the Healthcare Reservist of the Year.
"I am very honoured to have received this award which recognises the important contribution that the RNR medical branch has made to healthcare in the battlefield and the vital part deployed radiology has played in world-leading trauma outcomes at Camp Bastion."
This was Mr Graham's second deployment to Afghanistan, the first being in 2010.
He has also been involved in disaster relief training, undertaking an exercise in Cyprus in 2008.
Mr Graham said: "I joined the Cambridge University Royal Naval Unit in 1995, after growing up in South Devon and being surrounded by the maritime environment.
"I was also very motivated by public service and wanted to do my bit for the country."
The Healthcare Reservist of the Year award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the healthcare of patients in the armed forces or the reserve services.
It aims to promote clinical excellence provided by all professional groups involved in the healthcare of the UK forces, their families and veterans.
To find out more visit www.militarycivilianhealth awards.org.
Mr Graham is based at the HMS Flying Fox Royal Navy Reserve unit in Bristol, which recruits and trains personnel who can then be deployed on operations around the globe alongside the regular Royal Navy.
