 Upon completing his PhD in 1971, Bond was promoted to Lecturer in Neurosurgery at Glasgow.He was a locum Consultant Neurosurgeon in Oxford in 1972, and in 1973 was appointed to the Chair in Psychological Medicine at Glasgow, succeeding Professor Ferguson Rodger.Whilst continuing his research, Bond was appointed Vice-Principal of the University in 1986, and took on the additional role of Administrative Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1991.