Speakers

Dr Jo Szram

Dr Jo Szram is a consultant respiratory physician and the RCP’s Linacre fellow, a role focused on the development and leadership of the RCP’s network of college tutors and associate college tutors. She is responsible for linking their work to that of other regional roles, the RCP Trainees Committee and New Consultants Committee representatives, and advocates and champions college tutors’ work within the wider medical workforce.

Dr Mumtaz Patel

Dr Mumtaz Patel is a Manchester-based consultant nephrologist. She currently holds a role as a postgraduate associate dean for Health Education England and is a deputy director for conduct and progress at the School of Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Dr Patel is a familiar face at the RCP, recently working as an RCP regional advisor for training and clinical lead for quality management for the JRCPTB. She has recently been appointed as global vice president for the RCP. After completing her medicine degree at University of Manchester in 1996, Dr Patel went on to pursue a career in renal medicine. She did her renal specialist training in Yorkshire and gained her PhD from the University of Manchester in the genetics of lupus nephritis in 2006. She obtained a MSc in medical education in 2014 and has a strong research background in assessment, professionalism, differential attainment, and quality improvement.

Dr Bryony Alderman

Dr Abdul-Majeed Salmasi

Dr Abdul-Majeed Salmasi is a consultant cardiologist at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, senior lecturer at Imperial College London and senior MRCP PACES examiner at the RCP. Abdul is a member of the executive committee of the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS). He is a fellow of various colleges and institutions, including the RCP, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and BIHS. Dr Salmasi runs the only hypertension services in Brent and Harrow accredited by the BIHS. His main interest is hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias. He has published 56 original articles and 60 reviews and edited four postgraduate textbooks in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Dr Heledd Thomas

Dr Heledd Thomas is an IMT3 currently working in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. She was among the top graduates from Cardiff University in 2015, having won the Dean’s List Prize for final MB part 1 and part 2. She went on to undertake an academic foundation programme in North West Thames, during which time she developed her interests in medical education and academic medicine. On returning to South Wales for her internal medicine training, she developed her leadership skills by taking on the role of associate college tutor, which she held for 2 years at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. During this time, she was involved in improving simulation and PACES teaching, developing a series of induction videos for new IMTs and supporting trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is currently a junior doctor representative for IMT3s at Grange University Hospital. She plans to apply for cardiology speciality training later this year, with a particular interest in cardiac imaging.

Dr Indranil Chakravorty

Professor Indranil Chakravorty is a consultant physician and director of medical education at St George's University Hospital, London. He was a deputy dean for Health Education England in north-east London and led on many educational quality assurance projects. Indranil has been an RCP college tutor and host/examiner for PACES. He has research interests in medical education, simulation, augmented reality, differential attainment and tackling inequalities for healthcare professionals.

Dr Cathryn Edwards

Dr Cathryn Edwards is a consultant physician and gastroenterologist working in south Devon. Cathryn trained in medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, prior to which she read modern history at The Queen’s College, Oxford. Her postgraduate medical education was based in Oxford and her DPhil studies were supported by an MRC fellowship. Prior to her appointment as registrar, Cathryn held several other roles at the RCP, including chair of the Joint Specialty Committee for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, member of the Medical Specialties Board and RCP councillor. Cathryn was the first female secretary of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and its second female president. As part of her work with the BSG, she promoted mentorship as a means of personal development, instigating the BSG Mentorship Programme, launched in 2018.

Professor Anton Emmanuel

University College London and University College Hospital Anton Emmanuel obtained his medical degree from London University. He is A professor of neuro-gastroenterology at University College London and consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square). His current clinical work encompasses being director of the GI Physiology Unit at University College Hospital, as well as providing specialist gastroenterology service for patients with neurological illness. His areas of research interest include: • gut neurophysiology • the aetiology and management of functional gastrointestinal disorders of upper and lower gut • management of gut symptoms in neurological and muscle disorders • use of in vitro gut organoid studies as a model of developing new therapies. He currently supervises five postgraduate research fellows. He was appointed as editor in chief of Clinical Medicine and Commentary (the journals of the RCP), having served a similar role for 8 years at Frontline Gastroenterology. He is deeply committed to developing the journals as a valued asset for members of the RCP. He was appointed Lead of the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) in December 2020. In that role, he is moving the focus of the WRES towards embedding local accountability with organisations for their own data. A key component is to develop WRES metrics which reflect on the individual experience of staff in trusts and systems, in order to implement evidence-based actions. The longer term work is to develop the NHS’s first race equality strategy. On a personal basis: father of four, immigrant of African-Asian origin, Londoner, multiple amateur (guitarist, homebrewer, record collector).

Professor Rudy Bilous

Professor Rudy Bilous trained as a consultant in endocrinology. Rudy qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1976, then training in London and Newcastle and USA. He is the sub dean of Newcastle University Medical School and latterly clinical dean for Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia. Professor Bilous is longstanding MRCP PACES examiner in the UK and abroad and is a one-time member and secretary of MRCP Part 2 Written Exam Board.

Dr Anita Jones

Dr Anita Jones is currently co-chair the IM-CMT Advisory Committee with Jane Wallace, and they are joint internal medicine training programme directors at Health Education England North East. Anita’s other roles include deputy head of School for Medicine (HEENE), internal medicine training year 3 implementation lead (HEENE) and regional adviser for the RCP. Her clinical job is as a consultant geriatrician at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and her previous educational roles include geriatrics training programme director (HEENE), RCP college tutor (Sunderland) and foundation tutor (Sunderland).

Dr Helen Waters

Dr Helen Waters is a geriatrician now working as an acute physician, having been a consultant at Torbay Hospital, Devon since 2005. She has been involved in medical education and training throughout her career, having completed the roles of foundation programme director and director of medical education and she is now the head of School of Medicine for the Peninsula. Helen supports an increased focus on trainee and physician wellbeing. She manages her own work–life balance by enjoying evenings as a very average club badminton player, and lazy weekends at sea.

Dr Alastair Miller

Dr Alastair Miller trained in medicine and law at Cambridge and Westminster Hospital. From 2005 until 2014, he was a consultant in the Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He has a particular interest in medical education and training. Dr Miller chaired the RCP Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) on infectious disease for 6 years and is an MRCP examiner, a member of the Faculty of Doctors as Educators and has been deputy medical director of the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board since August 2013. In addition to his work with JRCPTB, he now works 1 day a week as an acute physician in Carlisle. His outside interests are sailing, all forms of mountaineering, sport and adventure travel. He has been to 8,000 metres on the north face of Everest and has summited Mts Kenya, Kilmanjairo, McKinley and Kinabalu. He is a qualified rock-climbing instructor and a member of the Alpine Club.

Dr Clifford Lisk

Dr Clifford Lisk is a consultant physician in acute medicine and geriatric medicine at Barnet Hospital, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust in north London. He works in acute medicine with his colleagues with a focus on early physician input into adult patients of all ages presenting to hospital. As part of this service, he provides specialist geriatrician input into older adults. He also works with GP colleagues, community matrons, nurses and allied health professionals in Hertsmere providing a service to community dwelling older adults living with frailty. His main interests are in medical education, where he is currently lead training programme director for internal medicine training (IMT) in North Central London, Health Education England, quality lead, RCP SAC for stage 1 Internal medicine training, visiting lecturer to the non-medical prescribing programme at the University of Hertfordshire and honorary senior lecturer at UCL Medical School.

Dr Loucia Karatzia

Dr Loucia Karatzia graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School in Greece in 2017. She entered the UK medical training programme as a standalone foundation year 2 trainee in 2018. Currently, she is an internal medical trainee year 3 at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr Karatzia was appointed associate college tutor and co-chair of the IMT forum at OUH, for the period 2020–21. She holds a master’s degree in healthcare research methods from Queen Mary University of London. Loucia has a special interest in cardiology and the fields of artificial intelligence and heart failure.

Dr Malcolm Gajraj

Dr Malcolm Gajraj qualified in 1990 from Southampton, before quickly choosing to become a paediatrician. He moved to Wales in 1994 as a registrar, achieving MRCP(UK) that year. He became a senior registrar the following year, where he experienced the management of children in the local intensive care units, providing stimulus for paediatric intensive care training in the PICUs of Birmingham and Bristol. He was appointed consultant in Cardiff in 2000. Always interested in education, he undertook the diploma in medical education from Cardiff University. He was a member of the Paediatric Specialty Training Committee, as the paediatric specialty lead for the Professional Support Unit (PSU) from 2014 to 2018. He was local faculty lead in Cardiff and Vale UHB for trainee support, before taking up a post in January 2017 as associate dean (quality) for the Wales Deanery. This post remained with the foundation of Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), where he became director of quality management in July 2018.

Rebecca Selman

Rebecca Selman is a senior educationalist at the RCP and works within the education directorate based at The Spine, Liverpool. She has expertise in designing and delivering CPD workshops and postgraduate courses in medical education and leadership. Prior to working at the RCP, she studied for a PhD in English literature at Exeter University and taught extensively in higher education and secondary schools. She has publications in the fields of English literature and education and is a fellow of the higher education academy.

Professor Geeta Menon

Professor Geeta Menon is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust with special interest in medical retina. In 2017, she designed the Mobile Macular Unit, the first of its kind in the country, which won a Building Better Healthcare award. As director of clinical education at Frimley Health, she developed integrated education. She was appointed postgraduate dean for Health Education England across South London in April 2018. She is the clinical director for KSS Clinical Research Network and was awarded the joint RCP and NIHR award for outstanding research leadership in the NHS. Through the VISION 2020 links programme, she set up diabetic retinopathy screening in Zambia. She has extended this programme to St Lucia and northern India. She was awarded an RCP Excellence in Patient Care Award in 2017 for this work.

Jane Radford

Jane has a background in customer service and service delivery for public service regulators. In 2013 she started working with MRCP(UK), leading on the delivery of high stakes postgraduate and specialty medical examinations. In 2018 she moved to work with the RCP at their new base in Liverpool, establishing their bespoke Clinical Assessment Suite in the William Henry Duncan Building, and subsequently the Dinwoodie Assessment Suite and Jerwood Simulation Suite in The Spine. Jane and the Assessment Unit coordinate the delivery of MRCP(UK) PACES exams across the UK on behalf of the RCP and develop and deliver a range of clinical examinations including the physician associate national OSCE from their base in The Spine.

Dr Jamal Ahmed

Dr Jamal Ahmed is an IMT3 trainee working at the Aneurin Bevan Health Board in south Wales. He has a great interest in medical education and was a former RCP associate college tutor from August 2020 until August 2021. He designed and organised the PACES teaching programme across the Aneurin Bevan Health Board from December 2020 to May 2021.

Dr Jane Wallace

Dr Jane Wallace is a geriatrician in the north east, based at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Jane is a training programme director for internal medical training stage 1 in Health Education England North East and co-chair the National Advisory Committee for IMT/CMT. She is also regional adviser for RCP in Edinburgh. hen not at work, Jane is kept busy by her three boys and spends time enjoying the great outdoors and the amazing coast and countryside in the north east – sometimes with her family and sometimes to escape them!

Dr Philippa Smith

Dr Philippa Smith is currently working as a respiratory registrar as part of her final year of internal medical training at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Philippa is thoroughly enjoying her time in the RCP as associate college tutor, working to improve training within the south west. Alongside this, she is currently undertaking the postgraduate certificate in clinical education at the University of Exeter. Dr Smith is a Peninsula Medical School graduate and has been elected to remain in the south west for her postgraduate training after falling in love with the countryside while exploring outside of work. She recently completed the South West Coastal Footpath and is a keen wild swimmer.

Dr Nicola Maddox

Dr Nicola Maddox is an IMT3 currently working in acute medicine in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Nicola undertook her medical degree at the Peninsula Medical School and intercalated in biosciences at the University of Exeter. She did her foundation training in the Royal United Hospital, Bath. She is enjoying her role as an associate college tutor for the RCP and is looking forward to a regional IMT careers evening that she has helped have organise in November 2021. In her spare time, she is an active tennis player and loves being able to explore Devon.

Michael Walsh

Michael is a senior educationalist at the RCP, where he works as part of a team that designs and delivers a wide-ranging portfolio. His background is in mainstream education. Michael’s area of interest is in cultural safety; exploring and sharing ways to make healthcare environments more inclusive places for all.