Speakers

Dr Khalid Ali

Dr Khalid Ali is a consultant neurologist and stroke physician, based in South Wales. Since 2021, he has been the RCP college tutor for the newly built Grange University Hospital, and the lead college tutor for Wales since August 2023.

Dr Simon Frazer

Simon is a consultant paediatrician who has been involved in medical education for over 20 years. In 2019, he took over leadership of DoctorsTraining, a collaboration of leadership coaches and expert doctors in medical education united by a common goal to help ALL doctors rediscover balance, purpose and professional growth. Simon led the education services in an acute trust for 8 years as the director of education and deputy medical director. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with regional and national stakeholders on initiatives focused on faculty development. Simon’s passion for medical education is complemented by his role as a practising executive coach, certified by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Additionally, he serves as the education adviser to Medical Education Leaders UK (NACT) and senior appraiser for NHSE, further demonstrating his commitment to advancing medical training and development.

Dr Mumtaz Patel

Dr Mumtaz Patel is a consultant nephrologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. She is also a postgraduate associate dean at NHS England, director for conduct and progress at the University of Liverpool and the vice president for education and training at the Royal College of Physicians. Mumtaz graduated from the University of Manchester in 1996. She obtained MRCP(UK) in 2000 and a PhD in 2006. She was appointed as a consultant nephrologist at Manchester University Hospitals in 2007. She has held various educational roles, including renal training programme director, RCP regional adviser, JRCPTB clinical lead for quality (2016–20) and RCP global vice president (2020–23). She attained FRCP in 2011 and was awarded an MSc in Medical Education with distinction in 2014. Her educational research interests include assessment, doctors in difficulty, fairness in education and differential attainment which she leads on nationally. Mumtaz has published widely on medical education and presented at national/international conferences. Mumtaz is currently performing the duties of RCP president and chairing meetings of RCP Council until a presidential election can be held.

Dr Jayne Wood

Dr Jayne Wood is a consultant in palliative medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital and also provides consultant-level support to the Specialist Supportive and Palliative Care Team at the Royal Brompton Hospital. She is the divisional medical director for cancer services and has previously held the roles of head of unit and training programme director of core medical trainees at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Jayne is a member of the European Society Medical Oncology (ESMO) Supportive and Palliative Care Faculty, is chair of the ESMO Designated Centres Working Group and has a particular interest in education and the integration of palliative care with oncology.

Dr Omar Mustafa

Dr Mustafa is a consultant physician in diabetes, and general internal medicine based at King's College Hospital in London. He was appointed as Global vice president in 2023 and became associate global director for the Middle East and North Africa in 2021. Omar completed his undergraduate medical training in Iraq and his postgraduate training in the UK and is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at King’s College London and site lead for the quality improvement and evidence-based practice module. His interests include health professions and medical education, and he obtained a master’s in health professions education from Maastricht University/Suez Canal University. He is currently, training programme director for the endocrinology and diabetes higher specialist training programme, and Omar also co-chairs the Simulation Faculty at King’s College Hospital. He is a member of the RCP Speciality Advisory Committee. Omar is currently interim registrar in addition to the global VP role.

Dr Olwen Williams OBE

Dr Olwen Williams OBE FRCP FLSW is a retired Consultant Physician in Genitourinary/HIV Medicine based at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales. She was appointed an OBE for services to medicine in Wales in 2005. and Welsh Woman of the Year in 2000. Olwen is the immediate past RCP vice president for Wales

Dr Ben Chadwick

Dr Ben Chadwick has been an acute medicine consultant in Southampton since 2008, having trained in acute medicine in the Wessex region. He was previously the training programme director (TPD) for acute medicine training and has chaired the Acute Internal Medicine Specialist Advisory Committee (AIM SAC) where he was responsible for the planning of the new AIM curriculum. He’s recently been appointed as the RCP regional adviser for the Wessex region.

Dr Shruthi Konda

Dr Shruthi Konda is a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital. She graduated from Imperial College, London in 2007 and continued with her postgraduate training in respiratory and general medicine in London. Shruthi has a bachelor’s degree with honours in management and medical sciences from Imperial College Business School and a postgraduate certificate in medical education. Alongside her role as a consultant physician, Shruthi is an MRCP(UK) PACES examiner and has hosted examinations herself. A dedicated educator, she has worked as foundation training programme director and as an RCP tutor, overseeing around 130 trainees at a time. She is also an educational lead for the British Sleep Society and organises national and international courses and conferences. Shruthi has been elected to numerous committees at the RCP and works with colleagues to drive improvements in health and healthcare through advocacy and education.

Stephanie Crow

Stephanie Crow is the national Deputy Director for Culture and Staff Experience at NHS England where her role is focused on leading and enabling organisations to deliver improvements in staff experience through culture transformation, freedom to speak up, flexible working and health and wellbeing to create a health and social care ecosystem where compassion, inclusion and belonging are experienced by staff in workplaces and patients when receiving care.
In her 10-year career within the NHS Stephanie has worked at trust, system and national levels across the system leading on culture, organisational and leadership development strategic agendas, as well as education and training for different staff groups. Stephanie has over 25 years senior leadership experience in culture, organisational and leadership development roles across different sectors including the NHS, international and domestic banking (HSBC and First Direct), the police service and the insurance and investments sector (Aviva).

Dr Claire Pulford

Dr Claire Pulford is a highly experienced educator, with over 20 years of education leadership experience. Her current RCP roles include a council member, regional adviser (Thames Valley) and mentor on the Emerging Women Leaders programme. She is a GMC education associate, and a trainer and coach working with DoctorsTraining. Claire also supports doctors in training individually as a member of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex professional support and wellbeing (PSWS) case management team. Claire recently demitted as director of medical education at Oxford University Hospitals, and she is looking forward to using and developing her other roles and skills, which include being an appraiser, quality improvement practitioner, executive coach and mentor (ILM Level 7), and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MTBI) practitioner. Her master’s in education focused on lifelong learning and interprofessional education. Claire is passionate about valuing and supporting clinical educators, and providing professional development opportunities across all stages of doctors’ careers.

Dr Mary Broughton

Mary is a junior doctor with an interest in acute medicine and care of older people, working in the north-east of England. Having studied at Newcastle University, Mary has worked in hospitals across the north-east , as well as spending time working in New Zealand.

Dr Amrita Naomi D’Souza

Amrita is the outgoing postgraduate medical education (PGME) fellow at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, where she is medical lead for the medical communication chart (MCC) project, which launched cross-site in July 2024. Amrita led the initial quality improvement project at King’s College Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. She gained her diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene in 2021 at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and completed IMT2 in North Middlesex Hospital, London, in 2023. While a PGME fellow at Chelsea, she applied for the CW+ (hospital charity) grant to professionally translate and illustrate the MCCs into the 25 most commonly spoken languages at the trust. Amrita is currently a student on the master’s degree in tropical health and infectious disease research (MRes) at the LSTM, with her field research project in Peru. She hopes to volunteer as a medic with non-governmental organisations in low- and middle-income countries after her MRes, before applying to ST3 combined infection training.

Dr Yorissa Padayachee

Yorissa has completed 3 years of internal medicine training in North West London and is due to start ST4 cardiology training in South London. She enjoys teaching and getting involved with innovation in medical education. She has led the registrar and PACES teaching programme, which she regularly taught for, at Northwick Park Hospital, while also co-founding a free medical education programme called ‘Medicine the essentials’. She has also contributed to patient education by getting involved in a website called Stopfainting.com focused on educating patients on syncope. Yorissa hopes to continue to tie together medical education and innovation, particularly in cardiology.

Dr Jiawei Huang

Jiawei is an IMT2 doctor currently working in Northwick Park Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital in London.

Dr Tina Mehta

Dr Tina Mehta is a gastroenterology consultant at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Tina has been an RCP college tutor for over a decade, she is co-training programme director (TPD) for IMT in Severn, and lead college tutor for the South West. She was the HEE Innovation Lead for IMT from 2021–23.

Dr Khalid Ali

Consultant neurologist and stroke physician

Dr Simon Frazer

Consultant paediatrician and director of Doctors Training Collaboration

Dr Mumtaz Patel

RCP senior censor and vice president for education and training; consultant nephrologist

Dr Jayne Wood

Consultant palliative medicine & divisional medical director cancer services

Dr Omar Mustafa

Interim registrar, global vice president / associate global director for Middle East and North Africa

Dr Olwen Williams OBE

Consultant physician, genitourinary/HIV medicine

Dr Ben Chadwick

Consultant in acute medicine, RCP regional adviser for Wessex

Dr Shruthi Konda

RCP Linacre fellow

Stephanie Crow

Deputy director of staff experience & culture

Dr Claire Pulford

RCP regional adviser (Thames Valley) and consultant physician

Dr Mary Broughton

IMT3 registrar

Dr Amrita Naomi D’Souza

Postgraduate medical education fellow

Dr Yorissa Padayachee

IMT3 trainee

Dr Jiawei Huang

IMT2 doctor

Dr Tina Mehta

RCP college tutor for Severn; consultant gastroenterologist