Speakers

Dr Amie Burbridge

Dr Amie Burbridge is a consultant acute and internal medicine physician, who has a master’s in medical education. She is a member of the education faculty at the RCP and is the head of quality at West Midlands Deanery School of Medicine. Amie’s area of interest focuses on teaching clinical reasoning and cognitive biases – and promoting good communication to enhance the resident doctor-trainer relationship. Amie is passionate about medical podcasting as an alternative way to educate and she is the presenter of the very popular European Federation of Internal Medicine podcast ‘The Home of Medicine.’

Dr Sephie Goodsir

Dr Sephie Goodsir is an ST7 in acute internal medicine with a deep passion for medical education. Having completed a postgraduate certificate in medical education, she is dedicated to fostering the next generation of healthcare professionals through teaching medical students and actively contributing to educational initiatives. Sephie has also successfully completed the RCP Chief Registrar Programme where she honed her leadership skills and gained invaluable experience in managing clinical teams and improving patient care. Throughout her career, she has answered a diverse range of bleeps, from the unexpected invasion of errant pigeons to major incidents of total IT failures and structural collapses. She has enjoyed many a varied and unusual on-call shift and looks forward to passing on these skills to the next generation of medical registrars.

Dr Alex Kew

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Dr Emily Holdsworth

Dr Emily Holdsworth is an ST7 dual resident doctor in palliative and internal medicine working in West Yorkshire. She currently works at St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds and is also an Association for Palliative Medicine resident doctor representative on the Palliative Medicine Specialty Advisory Committee. She is particularly interested in acute palliative medicine and has recently undertaken an out of programme experience working in A&E providing front-door palliative care and admission avoidance strategies.

Dr Anthony Martinelli

Dr Anthony Martinelli is a registrar in respiratory medicine, based in Cambridge. He joined the Resident Doctor Committee in 2022 and is aiming to advocate for trainees, focusing on practical issues such as the cost of training and the educational experience of medical specialist registrars. Having recently completed a PhD in cell biology, he has taken up a post as a clinical lecturer and is also keen to promote academic medicine as part of his role.

Dr Ingrid Horitzauer

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Dr Tim Cooksley

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Dr Petra Hanson

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Dr Anish Kuzhiyanjal

Dr Anish Kuzhiyanjal is an ST6 gastroenterology registrar with a strong passion and growing expertise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Currently, he is pursuing an advanced IBD fellowship to further specialise in this area. Dr. Kuzhiyanjal holds both an MD and a master's degree in clinical research in gastroenterology. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and serves as a sub-investigator in several ongoing clinical trials focused on IBD. His commitment to academic and clinical excellence is reflected in his recent appointment as the deputy web education editor for the British Society of Gastroenterology, underscoring his active role in medical education.

Professor Julia Sinclair

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Dr Sean Ninan

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Dr Ben Lovell

Dr Ben Lovell is a consultant in acute medicine at University College London Hospital in central London, where he is also the clinical lead for simulation training for IMT and foundation doctors, the deputy director for postgraduate medical education, and the postgraduate education lead for acute medicine. He is the former associate editor of Acute Medicine Journal, the author of two medical textbooks, and co-hosts ‘The Home of Medicine’ podcast, which discusses clinical reasoning and diagnostic uncertainty in medicine.

Dr Ben Chadwick

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Dr Muha Hassan

Dr Muha Hassan is an IMT2 doctor with an interest in endocrinology. She is a regional IMT representative for West Midlands Postgraduate School of Medicine and locally is an associate college tutor. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, she also has an interest in health inequalities in relation to noncommunicable diseases, participating in various projects globally.

Dr Jhiamluka Solano

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Dr Sarah Birkhoezler

Dr Sarah Birkhoelzer is a cardiology registrar with a subspecialty interest in heart failure and cardiovascular imaging. She recently returned to training after 3 years out of programme to complete a PhD at the University of Oxford, where her research focuses on myocardial metabolism and imaging in heart failure. Sarah recently returned from a 6-week research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She has led several clinical studies, including a phase 2a trial in diabetic heart failure presented at ACC 2025,, and has received the prestigious British Society for Heart Failure Early Investigator Award for her research. She serves on the British Cardiovascular Society Women in Cardiology Committee and is the founder of a national Women in Cardiology Mentorship Programme, now adopted by the British Cardiovascular Society. Sarah is also the creator and host of ‘BEATWISE The Podcast’, a podcast aimed at educating patients about cardiovascular health. She is passionate about translating research into practice and supporting the next generation of cardiologists.

Dr Catherine Rowan

Catherine Rowan is a specialty registrar in respiratory and general internal medicine. She has worked in West Yorkshire since graduating from Bristol Medical School in 2012. She has also experienced life as a medical registrar in Christchurch, New Zealand. Catherine is enthusiastic about medical education, having previously held the role of RCP associate college tutor in mid-Yorkshire. During the pandemic she collaborated with the Northern deanery to produce a virtual respiratory SCE teaching programme. She has represented doctors locally at each stage of her training and is currently the general internal medicine representative for Yorkshire. Catherine joined the Resident Doctor Committee in May 2021. She was elected deputy chair in July 2023. Catherine is a mum of two and has been working less than full time since December 2019.

Dr Rizwan Khan

Dr Rizwan Khan is an IMT3 resident doctor at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, with a strong interest in internal medicine, clinical leadership and medical education. He currently serves as the Northern Ireland representative on the RCP Resident Doctors’ Committee, a BMA representative, and a member of the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency Trainee Forum. Dr Khan is also passionate about teaching and holds roles as an honorary clinical tutor at Queen’s University Belfast and faculty member for the IMPACT and Registrar Ready programmes. He regularly delivers structured, high-impact teaching for both undergraduate and postgraduate learners, fostering a supportive and engaging educational culture. He is committed to resident doctor advocacy, service development, and fostering a culture of safe, collaborative care – and looks forward to contributing to discussions on the evolving role of the medical registrar.

Dr Viola Asimba

Dr. Viola Asimba is a CESR Registrar in acute internal medicine with a special interest in acute oncology at Nottingham University Hospitals. She has a particular focus on acute oncology, where she attempts to bridge the care for patients transitioning from acute medical issues to oncological treatments. Dr. Asimba has been actively involved in numerous projects aimed at enhancing resident doctors' education and training. She is deeply committed to teaching and mentorship and has a passion for educating the next generation of doctors. Her leadership roles include serving as the East Midlands Core Medical Training (CMT) Lead (2018-19) and, more recently, as Chief Registrar at Nottingham University Hospitals 2023-2024. A passionate champion for diversity and equality, Dr. Asimba works to create equal opportunities for junior doctors, particularly those from the Black/Black heritage community. Her advocacy extends to ensuring a more equitable and inclusive environment for junior doctors.

Dr Catherine Byrne

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Dr Mariyam Adam

Dr Mariyam Adam is a ST5 registrar in renal and general internal medicine working at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Dr Adam is RCP chief registrar for Royal Liverpool Hospital from 2023-2024 and involved in patient flow improvement and improving junior doctor involvement in audit and quality improvement.

Dr Rohan Mehra

Dr Rohan Mehra is an infectious diseases and microbiology SPR based in KSS. Rohan is passionate about medical education and the use of multimedia such as podcasts to promote education. Rohan has undertaken a diploma in conflict and catastrophe medicine and is an ardent believer in non-technical skills training to enhance team environment and functioning and is developing workshops to promote this within the RCP.

Professor Rob Galloway

Professor Rob Galloway is a consultant in emergency medicine and dual trained in intensive care with his medical interests in improving patient outcomes through changing ‘systems of care’. This encompasses the use of human factors and developing expertise in risk taking, to novel approaches to patient pathways, to reforming how we treat our colleagues, with new rostering systems which values our staff. His impact on changing NHS practices resulted in him being made a member of the Order of Saint John and named as a top ten NHS ‘wildcard influencer’ by the Health Service Journal – but since then he has had very little influence. Professor Galloway’s passion is education, running human factors and patient safety courses inside and outside of University Hospital Sussex NHS Trust and leading for undergraduate A&E teaching at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. He has had several roles outside of the NHS – being the medical director of the Brighton marathon for 10 years and is the medical adviser to Brighton and Hove Albion FC. He works in the media writing a column every 2 weeks in the health section of the Daily Mail and frequently speaks on TV and radio about health-related matters. He wrote a book, under a pseudonym, Dr Nick Edwards, about working in A&E which has sold over 500,000 copies; In stitches: the highs and lows of life as an A&E doctor. He used to have a social life, hobbies such as mountain walking and a personality. But he is now happily married with five kids and is more likely to be found watching ‘Peppa Pig’ and being a taxi service, than socialising or walking up a mountain. He can be contacted at drrobgalloway@gmail.com or on X: @drrobgalloway.

Dr Charlotte Jones

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Dr Shruthi Konda