Clinical genetics
General internal medicine
Geriatric medicine
Dr Inderpal Singh FRCP
Consultant geriatrician, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Dr Inderpal Singh is a consultant geriatrician at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and honorary senior lecturer at Cardiff University. His qualifications include MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), MSc (ageing, health and disease), and FRCP.
Inderpal is the national clinical lead for bone health in Wales. He provides strategic leadership in bone health policy and service development, driving improvements in fracture prevention and osteoporosis care. He is spearheading the national implementation of Welsh government quality statement on bone health and osteoporosis, including universal fracture liaison services throughout Wales.
Osteoporosis in the modern era: new approaches to bone health
Haematology
Neurology
Sports and exercise medicine
Dr Rick Seah FRCP
Consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Rick Seah is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust in Stanmore, North London. He is an honorary associate professor at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London.
He qualified in medicine from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King’s College London, and completed a master's degree with distinction in sport and exercise medicine (SEM) at University College London.
Rick completed 12 years in postgraduate training and is a GMC-accredited SEM specialist. He is also an experienced musculoskeletal sonographer.
He is current chair of the RCP SEM Committee, as well as College of Sport, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Medicine (CSEM) co-opted council member. Rick is also an RCP Medical Specialties Board member. He was previously an elected FSEM(UK) council member (2020–24) and chair of the FSEM(UK) Communications Committee.
Palliative care
Ms Clare Fuller
Advance care planning advocate, educator and coach, Speak For Me
Ms Clare Fuller is a registered nurse with 30 years’ experience in end-of-life care (EoLC). She has worked in hospices, the community and acute sectors as a clinical nurse specialist, and at a national level as a consultant nurse for the Gold Standards Framework. Clare is a CQC specialist adviser for EoLC and a lasting power of attorney consultant. In 2025, Clare was also a commissioner for the Parliamentary Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Clare is the owner and director of Speak For Me, which helps organisations to improve EoLC and provides professional and public education about palliative and end-of-life care and advance care planning. Clare campaigns for proactive advance care planning and hosts the podcast Conversations about Advance Care Planning.
Advance care planning: translating preferences into plans
GUM
Stephanie Katiyar
PrEP lead and sexual health pharmacist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Stephanie Katiyar is a pharmacist specialising in pre-exposure prohylaxis (PrEP) and sexual health at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London, bringing nearly a decade of expertise in HIV and sexual healthcare. Nationally, she holds the role of HIV Pharmacy Association lead for patient information leaflets and contributes to various committees, including the BHIVA education and training group, BASHH syphilis guideline, and BASHH PrEP working group. Furthermore, she is the founder and co-chair of the Pharmacy PrEP network, PrEP PharmConnect.
Encouraging the uptake of PrEP in women
Dr Emily Clarke FRCP
Consultant in genitourinary medicine and HIV, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Herpes in pregnancy
Journals
Opening keynote
Allergy and immunology
Dr Louise Savic
Penicillin allergy labels – a challenge for antimicrobial resistance
Obstetric medicine
Dr Lucy Mackillop FRCP
Consultant obstetric physician, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Lucy Mackillop is a consultant obstetric physician at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford. She’s also fellow of both the RCP and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Lucy is president of the UK’s MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society and chief medical officer – data and research at Optum UK.
Lucy trained in general, renal and obstetric medicine in Oxford, London and Sydney before taking up her consultant post in 2008.
Lucy has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, national and international guidelines, book chapters and e-learning resources on a wide variety of medical conditions in pregnancy. She is chair for the Joint Committee for Obstetric Medicine with the RCP and is a member of the programme board for the RCP’s diploma in obstetric medicine.
Her research interests include the role of remote monitoring solutions in women with medical problems in pregnancy, with a particular emphasis of the intersection between primary and secondary care.
Dr Amanda Hill
Acute Medicine SpR, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Charlotte Frise FRCP
Consultant obstetric physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Charlotte Frise is a consultant in obstetric medicine at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, with a background in acute and general medicine. She is lead obstetric physician for the North West London Maternal Medicine Network and editor-in-chief for the journal Obstetric Medicine.
Cardiac disease in pregnancy: what the acute and general physician needs to know
Organ donation
Sponsored symposium
Note: this session will not be CPD accredited.
Cardiology
Dr Shouvik Haldar
Dr Muram El-Nayir
Cardiology registrar and clinical research fellow, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Jennifer Rossington
Interventional cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Jennifer Rossington is a consultant interventional cardiologist working at Leeds General Infirmary as a high-volume operator, with a specialist interest in complex coronary intervention. Further roles within the department include clinical lead, regional Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) and local Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) lead, and representative/chair on several regional working groups. She has a keen focus on pathway development, particularly with regards to chest pain, and has worked on a number of local guidelines/improvement projects for utilisation in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
Jenny has a strong passion for positive representation of women within cardiology, and this has resulted in the development of the Women in Cardiac Specialities annual event that she runs in the West Yorkshire region. This emphasis in education has culminated in appointment to the chair of the BCS Education Committee.
Acute coronary syndrome for the general physician
Dr Matthew Ginks
Management of atrial fibrillation – refer early for rhythm control
Dr Ee Ling Heng
Consultant cardiologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ee Ling Heng is a consultant cardiologist specialising in adult congenital heart disease and structural intervention. Based in London, she sees patients at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals – part of the Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Ei Ling completed her medical degree and an intercalated Bachelor's degree in healthcare management at Imperial College London in 2006. She was awarded a research training fellowship from the British Heart Foundation and earned a PhD for her research on ‘improved outcome prediction in tetralogy of Fallot.’ She completed her specialist cardiology training within the London deanery. Following this, Ei Ling undertook a fellowship in adult congenital heart disease and structural intervention at Toronto General Hospital in Canada.
Ei Ling’s expertise lies in adult congenital heart disease, with a particular focus on interventional procedures related to both congenital and structural heart conditions. She also has broad expertise in general cardiology.
In addition to her clinical practice, Ei Ling has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals, including the International Journal of Cardiology, and has contributed to several book chapters, including the Oxford Handbook of Cardiology. She is also actively involved in teaching, guiding both undergraduate and postgraduate students in her areas of expertise.
Mitral and aortic valve disease – principles of management
Coming to an emergency department near you – infection conundrums – challenging dogma with clinical trials
Dr Angela McBride
Dr Thomas Samuels
Professor Philip Bejon
Director of modernising medical microbiology, University of Oxford
Antibiotic decisions
Pharmaceutical medicine: the specialty shaping tomorrow’s medicines and technologies
Dr Sheuli Porkess
Dr Mihir Desai
Dr Kirsty Wydenbach
Why pharmaceutical medicine is relevant for daily clinical practice
Dr Emma Harvey
Vice president, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
Dr Emma Harvey is a freelance pharmaceutical physician and vice president of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM), of which she is also a fellow. She qualified in medicine from University College London and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, and joined pharma after obtaining MRCP(UK).
A self-confessed medical affairs maven, Emma has worked in pharma since 1999, across a range of therapeutic areas, from big pharma to small biotech. She has built and led teams for many years, both nationally and globally, leading pre- and peri-launch projects integrating commercial, medical affairs, regulatory, clinical development, pharmacovigilance and market access expertise to develop and implement strategic plans. She has worked with patient experts and patient advocacy groups to support their education on novel medicines, to enable them to better educate their members and supporters, as well as to support engagement with reimbursement authorities. She established the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Forum at FPM, and has spoken at conferences on the needs and challenges for ensuring that clinical trials have the appropriate patient populations.
She enjoys educating clinicians, scientists and other interested parties on the highly regulated environment in which pharma has to operate, to try and dispel many of the myths that still exist around how pharma conducts research and development.
Inclusion, equity, trust and engagement with the public
Closing keynote
Professor Kevin Fong
Professor of public engagement and innovation, University College London
Professor Kevin Fong is consultant anaesthetist at University College London Hospital, professor of public engagement and innovation in the Department of Science, Technology, Education and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London and chief medical officer at UCLPartners. Dually accredited in anaesthesia and critical care medicine, he flies as a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) doctor with Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex and has previously worked with NASA’s human space flight operations teams at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
In March 2020, Kevin was seconded to NHS England (NHSE) as national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness resilience and response for the COVID-19 incident. During this time, he worked across several key elements of the operational response, including NHSE’s Severe Covid Response Cell, the Joint Biosecurity Centre Alert Level Update team, UKHSA’s Joint Modelling Team and with the National Strategic Incident team at NHSE. He set up peer support and rapid review teams at NHSE to engage with, support and gather information from frontline clinical teams; information and insight that, in turn, informed the national pandemic strategy. These roles and experiences have led to his interest in high-risk, high-reliability teams; how we should build and lead modern teams, how they succeed and why they sometimes fail.
Networking reception
Acute medicine
Dr Ragit Varia
Dr Carron Meney
Dr Nicholas Smallwood
Consultant in acute medicine, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Nicholas Smallwood is a consultant acute physician in Basingstoke and member of the Society for Acute Medicine Council. He has a keen interest in medical education, point-of-care ultrasound and integrating enhanced care services within the acute medical unit. He sat on the working group that developed the inaugural cross-specialty enhanced care guidance in 2020, and then co-chaired the committee who published enhanced care guidance for acute medicine in 2022.
Enhanced care for the front door
Dr Sarah Ibitoye
Acute and perioperative medicine consultant, North Bristol NHS Trust
Dr Sarah Ibitoye is a consultant in acute medicine and perioperative medicine. Dr Ibitoye was one of the first acute physicians to train in perioperative medicine, and hopes to encourage others to take up this area of expertise. She has conducted research on geriatric trauma and resuscitation of people living with frailty. She currently works in North Bristol, where she divides her time between working in a well-established acute medical unit (AMU) and providing medical support in one of the most progressive geriatric trauma services in the UK.
Perioperative medicine for the acute medic
Diabetes and endocrinology
Dr Kristien Boelaert
How to evaluate and manage thyroid lumps
Professor Annice Mukherjee
What can I do to help treat menopausal symptoms
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
What's the fuss about all these new diabetes drugs, are they really as good as they made out to be?
Rheumatology
Dr Rizwan Rajak FRCP
Consultant rheumatologist, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Dr Rizwan Rajak is a consultant rheumatologist. He graduated with honours at Cardiff Medical School in 2005 and subsequently undertook his specialist training in the University Hospital of Wales. Rizwan worked as a consultant at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath, where he undertook further specialisation in musculoskeletal ultrasound and metabolic bone disease.
He is currently the clinical lead for osteoporosis and bone health, and rheumatology musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK US) in the Croydon Health Service NHS Trust. With the former, Rizwan has developed an integrated bone health service with colleagues from multiple medical and surgical specialties. With the latter, he has developed a diagnostic service and also set up a regional network with other centres in standardising scanning practice and training. As part of this service, he has been training other doctors in the use of MSK US for several years.
Rizwan has an extensive background in teaching, having been the lead clinical tutor for rheumatology at the University Hospital of Wales, and an honorary clinical teacher at Cardiff University. He is currently the programme lead for rheumatology at the University of South Wales, has overseen the educational and examination material of the diploma and master’s courses, and is the lead tutor for MSc students.
Rizwan is deputy chair of the British Society of Rheumatology Education Committee, as well as RCP co-college tutor. He is also the Specialty Certificate Examination editor for rheumatology for Study PRN. To expand his skills base, Rizwan undertook a master’s in medical law at Cardiff law school. He is the Medicines Management chair and Medicines Safety Group chair at Croydon Health Services, overseeing the governance of medicine use in the trust. He is also an appraiser and a medical examiner for Croydon Health Services.
Dr Chris Wincup
Consultant rheumatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Chris Wincup is a consultant rheumatologist based at King’s College Hospital, London. He has extensive experience in the management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with a background in both clinical and translational research in addition to significant clinical trial experience. He is an author of EULAR 2023 guidelines for the management of SLE.
Chris has previously been awarded the University College London Deans' research award, Versus Arthritis outstanding fellow prize and Royal Society of Medicine Kovac's traveling fellowship award (supporting a placement at the Lupus Unit, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago). He is a member of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) and the chief investigator of the PERSONAL-SLE study, which seeks to identify biomarkers to predict outcomes of lupus. Chris’ main research interests include cell-based therapies, immunometabolism and precision medicine in SLE.
Spotting lupus on the wards
Dr Vanessa Quick
Giant cell arteritis
Gastroenterology
Dr Harriet Gordon FRCP
Consultant gastroenterologist, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust
Dr Harriet Gordon has been a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist in Winchester since 2000. She currently leads the alcohol teams at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Harriet’s research was at the Royal Free Hospital in alcohol misuse, and she has since been involved in projects and audit relating to alcoholic liver disease with Wessex AHSN and the Wessex Alcohol Group. She has been instrumental in setting up liver services in Hampshire for the identification of liver disease in the community. She was an author with the Lancet Commission 2021, looking at the early detection of liver disease.
Harriet has also been involved at the RCP as director of the Medical Workforce Unit and has continued to address the medical workforce crisis as chair of the RCP Flexibility and Wellbeing Group and the AoMRC Flexible Careers Committee, and then as an RCP censor. She set up the RCP Emerging Women Leaders Programme in 2018. Harriet has also been involved with the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) as an elected member of BSG council, a BSG trustee, and president elect.
Dr Giovanna McGinty
Professor Ewan Forrest
Consultant hepatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Professor Ewan Forrest is a consultant physician and hepatologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary since 2003. He is an honorary professor at the University of Glasgow since 2019 and clinical research fellow in the department of medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Professor Forrest is a specialist in alcohol-related liver disease, and in particular the management of alcohol-related hepatitis. He is co-developer of the Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score and the Glasgow Modified Alcohol Withdrawal Score.
Former chair of the BASL Special Interest Group in alcohol-related liver disease, he is currently alcohol lead for the British Society of Gastroenterology and clinical lead for Hepatology NHS Research Scotland.
Ewan is chair of the Alcohol Harms Group at Glasgow Alcohol Drugs Partnership.
Alcohol-related liver disease
Dr Matt Armstrong
Metabolic liver disease
Dr Jeremy Shanika Nayagam
Hepatology consultant, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Adolescents and young adults with liver disease – how can we help?
Dr Coral Hollywood
Acute liver disease, first 24 hour management
Oncology
Intensive care medicine
RCP named lectures – Linacre lecture:
Personalised cardiovascular care in pregnancy, in the postpartum and beyond: harnessing genomics, AI and clinical trials in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Dr Antonio de Marvao
Personalised cardiovascular care in pregnancy, in the postpartum and beyond: harnessing genomics, AI and clinical trials in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
RCP named lectures – Goulstonian lecture:
Precision oncology – the best medicine for everyone?
Dr Amit Sud
Precision oncology – the best medicine for everyone?
Sponsored symposium
Note: this session will not be CPD accredited.
Respiratory
Dr Tim Quinnell FRCP
Respiratory and sleep physician, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Alanna Hare FRCP
Consultant physician, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Allie Hare is a consultant respiratory physician and specialist in sleep and respiratory failure. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge and undertook her postgraduate training at Imperial College, London, qualifying in medicine in 2002. She has a master’s in medical education, a PGCert in medical leadership and has been made a fellow of the RCP. She was chair of the BTS Education and Training Committee until 2022 and is the current president of the British Sleep Society and honorary treasurer of the British Thoracic Society. She led the national review of outpatient sleep medicine pathways and in 2025, she was awarded a National Clinical Impact Award in recognition of the national importance of her work in sleep and respiratory medicine.
Her advice on sleep has been featured in British Vogue, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times and on the BBC, among others. She works with a number of corporate organisations, supporting sleep wellbeing, and has advised athletes and sporting organisations, including Formula 1 teams.
Improving pathways of care in sleep medicine: the national outpatient sleep pathway
Dr Sriram Iyer FRCP
Consultant respiratory and sleep physician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Sriram Iyer completed his specialist training in respiratory and sleep medicine in Liverpool in 2012, before taking up a consultant post in south Manchester. He was then a visiting sleep consultant at the University of British Columbia Hospital in Vancouver before returning to the UK to lead one of England’s largest NHS sleep services in Sheffield. He is heavily involved in research and education and is the principal investigator in a number of multi-centre trials.
Looking at the big picture for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: beyond continuous positive airways pressure therapy
Dermatology
Dr Tamara Griffiths
Managing Psoriasis: past, present and future
Dr Satveer Mahil
Managing psoriasis: past, present and future
Stroke medicine
Professor Ganesh Subramanian
Professor Indira Natarajan
Hyperacute stroke care provison challanges
Dr Jason Appleton
Intracerebral haemorrhage
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