Professor Ganesh Subramanian FRCP

Consultant in stroke medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor Ganesh Subramanian is consultant stroke physician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and NHS England’s regional clinical director for stroke (East Midlands).

Professor Subramanian completed his training in general medicine, geriatrics and stroke medicine and worked as a consultant in Central Manchester University Hospitals from 2002 before moving to Nottingham in 2010.

His previous work with the RCP includes roles as a regional adviser, PACES host, exam question writer, exam board member and as a member of the RCP’s investment advisory panel. He has also served in several educational roles, such as a general internal medicine advisory panel member at the RCP, training programme director for internal medicine and associate postgraduate dean.

Dr Soma Banerjee

Consultant in stroke medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr. Soma Banerjee is a consultant physician and specialist in stroke medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where she is clinical director of neurosciences. Her clinical practice involves hyperacute treatment of stroke through to early rehabilitation. She obtained her MD research degree in 2013, and her research involved intra-arterial stem cell therapy for the treatment of acute stroke. Soma is thrombectomy lead for the London Stroke Clinical Network and has worked collaboratively across London to enable full implementation of 24/7 services since 2020. She is also EDI lead for the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians.

Professor Margaret O’Connor FRCP

Consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine, University of Limerick Hospitals Group

Professor David Werring

Professor of clinical neurology, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Dr Joanna Corrado

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Joanna Corrado is a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where she also serves as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) college tutor. Her clinical practice encompasses neurological rehabilitation, complex trauma rehabilitation, and acute rehabilitation.

Joanna has a particular interest in the assessment and management of complex, often under-recognised conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Long COVID, and autonomic dysfunction. She is passionate about improving understanding of these frequently misunderstood yet highly disabling conditions and is committed to delivering holistic, patient-centred care.

Alongside her clinical work, Joanna has a strong commitment to postgraduate medical education and takes great satisfaction in supporting and mentoring resident doctors throughout their training. As RCP college tutor, she plays an active role in fostering excellence in medical education and professional development. She is also deeply interested in clinical leadership, service development, and healthcare improvement, with a particular focus on enhancing rehabilitation services and ensuring high-quality patient outcomes through collaborative multidisciplinary practice.

Dr Joanna Corrado

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Joanna Corrado is a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where she also serves as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) college tutor. Her clinical practice encompasses neurological rehabilitation, complex trauma rehabilitation, and acute rehabilitation.

Joanna has a particular interest in the assessment and management of complex, often under-recognised conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Long COVID, and autonomic dysfunction. She is passionate about improving understanding of these frequently misunderstood yet highly disabling conditions and is committed to delivering holistic, patient-centred care.

Alongside her clinical work, Joanna has a strong commitment to postgraduate medical education and takes great satisfaction in supporting and mentoring resident doctors throughout their training. As RCP college tutor, she plays an active role in fostering excellence in medical education and professional development. She is also deeply interested in clinical leadership, service development, and healthcare improvement, with a particular focus on enhancing rehabilitation services and ensuring high-quality patient outcomes through collaborative multidisciplinary practice.

Dr Ashraf Azer

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah trained in rehabilitation medicine in the Northwest Deanery, and is currently working at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust with specialism in amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation, neurological spasticity management and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Ismail is also an Educational supervisor and a fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Dr Dominic Parker

Rehabilitation specialty registrar, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Emma Vaux FRCP

Global vice president, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Emma Vaux OBE is a consultant nephrologist and general physician at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust since 2003. She is clinical director, integrated medicine A and associate medical director, patient safety. She is the clinical lead for the NHS England (NHSE) South-East Renal Clinical Network CKD workstream, and a member of NHSE Renal Services Clinical Reference Group.

At the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Emma has been senior censor and vice president education and training (2017–20), RCP chief examiner (2018–22) and on the RCP education faculty since 2009. She continues as an MRCP(UK) PACES examiner. Emma led the development of the RCP500 Code of Conduct. She is a Generation Q fellow with the Health Foundation and a founding member of the Q Community. Emma is co-editor of ABC Quality Improvement in Healthcare and an assessor with NHS Resolution. She was awarded an OBE for services to medical education in 2021.

Dr Preetham Boddana FRCP

Consultant nephrologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr  Preetham Boddana is an NHS consultant nephrologist and director of medical education at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He serves as an MRCP(UK) PACES examiner, director of medical education, and honorary secretary for Medical Education Leaders UK, as well as interviewing nationally for internal medicine training (IMT). Through these roles, Preetham contributes to high quality postgraduate training and fair, values based assessment processes. Member of British Irish Hypertension society and International Society of Nephrology. He completed MBA with The Open University, UK and Global Public Health Leadership Programme at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, strengthening his expertise in health systems, leadership and equity. With longstanding clinical and cultural ties to South Asia, he works in partnership to support sustainable global health initiatives. Preetham remains committed to advancing physician leadership and promoting international collaboration that improves global health outcomes.

Dr Hari Iyer FRCP

Associate global director for the Americas, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Iyer is a transplant nephrologist and a professor of medicine at Western University Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and works across London, Ontario and Canada. He is currently the associate global director for the Americas for the Royal College of Physicians (London). He has been an MRCP (PACES) lead examiner for many years and also serves as one of the chairs for the MRCP Question Writing Group. Until recently, he was the director for curriculum and assessment for postgraduate medical education at his institution.

He works actively with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) in the areas of competency based medical education and residency program accreditation. Within renal medicine, his special interests include approaches to expanding living donor renal transplantation such as positive ross-match transplantation, paired kidney exchange and desensitization protocols.

Dr Mohamed Bakhit FRCP

Consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Dr Mohamed Bakhit is a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology, and general internal medicine at University Hospital Lewisham, and serves as the associate global director for the Middle East and North Africa at the Royal College of Physicians.

Mohamed has a special interest in adrenal and pituitary disorders, type 1 diabetes, and diabetes technology, with a focus on young adult care and diabetes technology implementation.

Mohamed is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and has received multiple awards for leadership, education, and service innovation.

Dr Alastair O’Brien FRCP

Clinical professor of hepatology, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Apostolos Koffas

Consultant hepatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Apostolos Koffas is a consultant hepatologist at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). His clinical practice focuses on chronic viral hepatitis, advanced liver disease and decompensated cirrhosis, as well as the management of complex hepatological conditions. He has a particular interest in hepatitis B and D, and antiviral treatment strategies.

Apostolos co-chairs the Viral Hepatitis Multidisciplinary Team and is actively involved in clinical governance and hepatology service development. He has contributed to the development and implementation of clinical pathways aimed at improving viral hepatitis management, optimising antiviral prescribing and monitoring, and facilitating the earlier identification and appropriate referral of patients with liver disease.

His academic and research interests primarily centre on chronic hepatitis B and D, host immune responses, and novel therapeutic approaches. Previously a senior clinical research fellow at the Blizard Institute, QMUL, he continues to collaborate on translational research exploring HBV-specific immune responses.

His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Hepatology and Journal of Viral Hepatitis, and has been presented at major national and international hepatology meetings, including EASL and BASL. He is also a co-author of the BMJ Best Practice clinical topic on cirrhosis.

In addition to his clinical and research activities, Apostolos is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. As an honorary senior lecturer at QMUL, he leads one of the Year 5 Hospital Apprenticeship modules, overseeing curriculum delivery, assessment, and educational quality assurance. He also contributes to clinical supervision and the training of resident doctors and other healthcare professionals.

His work reflects a commitment to evidence-based hepatology, clinical innovation, and the translation of emerging research into improvements in patient care.

Dr Eleni Lester

Palliative care clinical fellow, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Eleni Lester is a London-based NHS doctor and member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), she currently works as a clinical fellow in an inpatient specialist palliative care unit and plans to pursue for specialty training in palliative medicine next year.

She completed an intercalated BA in medical humanities in 2015 and, more recently, a three-month course in creative fiction writing at The Faber Academy. She is currently enrolled in the Certificate of Professional Achievement in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University.

Her interests centre on how reflective, narrative and creative practices can shape meaning-making, wellbeing and care in the context of serious illness and dying. She is currently conducting a service evaluation of a novel poetry-based narrative intervention for patients and family caregivers in an inpatient palliative care setting.

Professor Mark Taubert FRCP

Consultant and clinical director palliative medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust

Professor Mark Taubert is a hospital consultant & clinical director at Velindre University NHS Trust. Academic activities include advance care planning and new media in clinical settings. He is the founder of TalkCPR.com and chairs the national Future Care Planning Cymru strategy group for NHS Wales Performance and Improvement. He has advised UK government on matters relating to palliative and end of life care. Public engagements include numerous BBC programmes as well as writing for international news outlets like the Washington Post, Newsweek, Spectator and the Guardian. He is Vice-President of the Brussels-based European Association for Palliative Care.

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Professor Mumtaz Patel PRCP

President, Royal College of Physicians

Professor Mumtaz Patel is a consultant nephrologist based in Manchester, UK. She is a postgraduate associate dean for NHS England and is currently president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London. She was elected as senior censor vice president for education and training for the RCP in 2023 having completed her successful 3-year term as global vice president (2020-2023). She graduated with honours in 1996, from the University of Manchester. She obtained MRCP (UK) in 2000 and a PhD in 2006 exploring the genetics of lupus nephritis. She was appointed consultant nephrologist at Manchester University Hospitals in 2007. She has held various educational roles including renal training programme director, RCP regional advisor, clinical lead for quality, JRCPTB. She attained FRCP in 2011 and was awarded MSc in medical education with distinction in 2014. Her educational research interests include assessment, doctors in difficulty, differential attainment and fairness in medical education. She has published widely in medical education and presented at national/international conferences.

Professor Tom Solomon FRCP

Academic vice president, Royal College of Physicians

Professor Tom Solomon CBE is director of The Pandemic Institute, academic vice president of the Royal College of Physicians, vice president (international) of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, and chair of neurological science at the University of Liverpool and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, where he is also consultant neurologist. Tom studied medicine at Oxford, investigates emerging pathogens, particularly those affecting the brain, and heads the multi-disciplinary Liverpool Brain Infections Group which works to reduce the global burden of neurological infections. He was at the forefront of the UK response to Ebola, Zika and COVID-19. Tom is an adviser to the UK government and WHO, appears regularly on BBC television and radio, and is a passionate science communicator, wining a Guinness World Record for his Sci-Art ‘World’s Biggest Brain’ project, and another for running the fastest marathon dressed as a doctor.

Dr Lennard Lee FRCP

Consultant medical oncologist, University of Oxford

Dr Lennard Lee is a practising medical oncologist specialising in prostate cancer and an associate professor at the University of Oxford. He is passionate about accelerating the development of cancer vaccines and new approaches to establishing immunity against cancer, and is internationally recognised for his work applying artificial intelligence to cancer research. He has led major national programmes across the NHS and UK Government and serves on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s National College of Experts and as a National AI Research Resource Ambassador. He currently leads the UK Cancer Vaccine AI Scientist and Supercomputing Programme, bringing together sovereign AI supercomputers, autonomous AI scientists, genomics, immunology and robotics to accelerate the discovery and development of next-generation cancer therapies. His work has received national recognition from the Government Office for Science and the Royal College of Physicians.

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Dr Louise Buchanan FRCP

Consultant cardiologist, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Louise Buchanan is a consultant cardiologist and medical director professional standards at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. She is also currently the vice president for education at the British Cardiovascular Society and is involved in the Women in Cardiology Committee, promoting women as professionals in cardiology.

Louise was previously treasurer for the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (EAPCI), following a term as chair of the EAPCI Women Committee. Her research interests have focussed on the differences between men and women in heart disease with an aim to reduce inequalities in diagnosis and treatment. She has completed the Women Transforming Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford.

Dr Josephine Mansell

Clinical research fellow, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Josephine Mansell is an ST5 cardiology and general internal medicine registrar in North West London, subspecialising in heart failure. She is a clinical research fellow and PhD candidate at the National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London, where her research focuses on improving the assessment and care of patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Josephine is committed to making specialist cardiovascular care more equitable and accessible. She has held regional and national roles supporting the Women in Cardiology movement, advocating for fair access to training and an inclusive, positive profession.

Dr Alan Bagnall FRCP

Consultant interventional cardiologist, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Alan Bagnall is a consultant interventional cardiologist in Newcastle upon Tyne where he specialises in complex angioplasty. His research interest is in using CT in chest pain pathways for diagnosis, risk stratification and personalisation of preventative treatments, through to planning of complex interventions. He was the UK Chief Investigator for the recently published P4 trial and is an active researcher and educator in this field.

Dr Lavanya Athithan

Consultant cardiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Lavanya Athithan is a consultant cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She subspecialises in multimodality cardiac imaging and heart failure. She is the clinical lead for cardiac amyloidosis and has set up the Cardio-Oncology Service at University Hospitals of Leicester.

Lavanya is part of the BSH Education Committee and is passionate about teaching and education. She completed her PhD at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre in the field of diabetic cardiomyopathy and heart failure on a BHF Clinical Research Training Fellowship. She continues to be actively involved in clinical research as an honorary senior lecturer with the University of Leicester.

Dr Charles Pearman

Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Charles Pearman graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2005 and began his training in cardiology in Merseyside. After being awarded a British Heart Foundation research fellowship, he attained his PhD in cellular cardiac electrophysiology from The University of Manchester. This led to a clinical lectureship from the National Institute for Health Research in 2015, during which he published several first author papers in high impact journals. He completed his training in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and inherited arrhythmia syndromes at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Charles has been a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2022. He treats the full range of heart rhythm disorders including catheter ablations and implantation of pacemakers including conduction system pacing, defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronisation devices, as well as inherited arrhythmia syndromes.

Charles' ongoing research interests include conduction system pacing, channelopathies, and atrial fibrillation.

Professor Ketan Dhatariya FRCP

Professor of translational and clinical medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Ketan Dhatariya graduated from the University of London in 1991. During his diabetes and endocrinology training he was also a part-time GP and then took some time out of his training to spend a year doing ITU and anaesthetics.

After finishing his training in 2001, Ketan began a research fellowship at Mayo Clinic. He was appointed as a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in 2004, and honorary professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia in 2019. 

Ketan has several national roles in the UK. He is the chair of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, the Joint British Diabetes Societies Inpatient Care Group, the Examining Board for the UK specialist clinical exam in diabetes and endocrinology, and the 2027 International Working Group for the Diabetic Foot Guideline Writing Group for Wound Healing. As well as this, he is the section co-editor for diabetes for www.endotext.org.
 
Ketan has over 250 peer reviewed publications and has published over 25 book chapters on inpatient diabetes, peri-operative diabetes care and the diabetic foot.

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Dr Aaisha Saqib FRCP

Consultant physician in diabetes, endocrine and internal medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Aaisha Saqib is a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), London. She has been a committee member of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) since June 2024 and currently serves as honorary meetings secretary. She previously held the role of Royal College of Physicians (RCP) chief registrar (2019-2020) and has also served on the national committee of the Young Diabetologists' and Endocrinologists' Forum (YDEF).

Aaisha co-developed the ABCD Diabetes Update course and has a strong interest in quality improvement and healthcare leadership. She is the acute and general medicine directorate lead for quality improvement at GSTT and service lead for general internal medicine. She has led several trust-wide initiatives to improve staff wellbeing, patient care, and patient safety, with her work published in peer-reviewed journals.  In recognition of her leadership, she was awarded the RCP Lily Leadership Award in 2021.

Her clinical interests include early-onset type 2 diabetes, diabetes complications, acute diabetes care, and perioperative diabetes management.

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Professor Neil Gittoes FRCP

Consultant and honorary professor of endocrinology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Neil Gittoes is consultant and honorary professor of endocrinology at the University of Birmingham. He leads the metabolic bone diseases unit in Birmingham, and several national work streams through the Royal Osteoporosis Society as chair and as national lead for Specialised Endocrinology. Neil is also member of the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) and works with NICE on treatments for osteoporosis and calcium disorders.  He was member and co-chair of the International Taskforce and European PARAT programme on parathyroid disorders. He is section lead for the European Rare Calcium and Bone Group and co-author of the European Guideline on Managing Hypoparathyroidism (2025).

Neil was honoured by the Royal College of Physicians and appointed Goulstonian lecturer in recognition of his contributions to clinical research. He has published more than 170 papers, reviews, and book chapters across the field of endocrinology, with a particular focus on bone and mineral metabolism. His clinical research focuses on models of fracture prevention, rare causes of fracture susceptibility, and disorders of calcium homeostasis.

Dr Cara Saxon FRCP

President, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)

Dr Cara Saxon is the current president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and a consultant in genitourinary and HIV medicine at the Sandyford and Brownlee Centres in Glasgow. She trained and worked as a consultant in the Greater Manchester area for 14 years before relocating to Scotland in 2023.

Cara has led services through the PrEP IMPACT Trial, COVID-19 pandemic, Mpox outbreak, and recently the role out of the gonorrhoea vaccine and DoxyPEP. She has also led work on asymptomatic LGV in the UK and is lead author of the 2019 BASHH Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Guidelines.

Dr Cate Goldwater Breheny

FY1 doctor, Student and Trainee Association of Sexual Health and HIV

Dr Cate Goldwater Breheny is the chair of the Student and Trainee Association for Sexual Health and HIV (STASHH), which represents and supports medical students and pre-specialty doctors from FY1 to IMT3 within the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). STASHH has been active since 2021 and runs a local ambassador programme, mentoring, and monthly webinars and podcasts for interested junior clinicians alongside advocating for early career voices within BASHH and sexual health.

Cate is a FY1 doctor at West Middlesex Hospital in North West London and an aspiring sexual health physician.

Dr Soonita Oomeer

Consultant in genitourinary medicine, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Soonita Oomeer completed genitourinary medicine (GUM) and HIV specialist registrar training at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London. She has been a GUM and HIV consultant since 2016 at St Ann’s Sexual Health Clinic, Haringey and Marlborough GUM clinic at the Royal Free Hospital and currently works at Archway Sexual Health Centre, part of Central North West London NHS Trust (CNWL) as an integrated sexual health consultant.

Soonita is the syphilis lead for CNWL Sexual Health services within North Central London. Dr Oomeer is a member of the NHS Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy (IDPS) Congenital Syphilis Clinical Expert Review Panel. She is also a member of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Bacterial Special Interest Group.

Dr Jozef Shaw

GUM/HIV and internal medicine ST7, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Jozef Shaw is an ST7 GUM/HIV and internal medicine registrar training at Barts Health NHS Trust in East London. Additionally, he has worked as a specialty doctor in gender identity medicine at the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic (NLFT) from 2024 onwards. He is a member of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Gender and Sexual Minority special interest group.

Dr Lindsay Henderson

Consultant in genitourinary and internal medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dr Lindsay Henderson is a consultant physician based in Glasgow. She was among the first in the UK to be dual accredited in genitourinary and internal medicine. Lindsay now works between Sandyford Sexual Health Services and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. She is the HIV-PrEP local lead, and her main areas of interest are HIV transmission elimination and improving equitable access to sexual health services.

Alistair Wood

Northern Europe manager for hand held ultrasound, GE Healthcare

Alun Jenkins

Clinical educator, Philips Health Systems Ltd

Mr Alun Jenkins is a registered allied healthcare professional, with over 35 years’ experience in acute hospital care, clinical practice and medical education, both in the UK and internationally, before joining the Philips hospital ventilation team.

Norman Taylor

Clinical and professional specialist, Philips Health Systems Ltd

Mr Norman Taylor has worked in the NHS for 26 years as an ODP with vast knowledge of critical care and anaesthesia ventilation. Norman joined Datex-Ohmeda in 2001 as a clinical specialist, focusing on education around all aspects and modes of ventilation associated with the product portfolio. GE Healthcare acquired Datex-Ohmeda in 2005, and he transferred into high acuity sales selling anaesthetic machines, ventilators and patient monitoring into both the NHS and private sector establishments in the UK. Having completed a teaching degree in further education from Stirling University, he returned to a clinical specialist role focusing on electronic anaesthesia patient record keeping and theatre management process.

He joined Philips at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 within the hospital respiratory care team, providing training on the various ventilators in the Philips portfolio to the new and existing customer install base, he has now transitioned into a dual role, covering the clinical teaching and patient support requirements for both home care ventilation (SRC) and HRC (hospital respiratory care) in the UK.

Dr Arani Nitkunan FRCP

Consultant neurologist, Croydon University Hospital

Dr Arani Nitkunan studied at Newnham College, Cambridge and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London graduating in 1999. Arani was awarded a PhD for stroke research at St George’s Hospital, London in 2007.

Arani was appointed as a consultant neurologist in 2013 with general neurology clinics at Croydon University Hospital and a specialist neuro-ophthalmology clinic at St George’s. Her two sub-specialist areas are stroke and neuro-ophthalmology. She was appointed clinical lead for neurology at Croydon in 2015 where she has transformed acute neurology and driven the appointment of five nurse specialists.

Since May 2023, Arani is the chair of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Services Committee and hence a member of ABN executive council. She has held the previous ABN role of vice-chair of the newly formed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and was a member of the Quality Committee and Acute Neurology Special Interest Group. She has been secondary care co-chair of the Southwest London Neurological Services Network since 2019 and was a trustee on the Board of the Neurological Alliance.

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Dr Richard John Davenport

Consultant neurologist, NHS Lothian

Dr Richard John Davenport is a consultant neurologist and honorary senior lecturer in Edinburgh, having been appointed to these roles in 1999. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1987 and completed his general medical training in Stoke-on-Trent before moving to Edinburgh in 1992. Following the completion of a DM thesis in stroke, he spent a year in Western Australia as a senior neurology trainee before returning to Edinburgh as one of the last UK Senior Registrars.

Richard runs specialist clinics in first seizures and movement disorders. He has played a significant role in neurological education, training, and professional leadership throughout his career. He was elected to the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Council in 2009 and served as chair of the Training and Education Committee from 2010 to 2016. In 2019, he was appointed ABN Meetings Secretary and, in April 2021, was elected president elect of the ABN. He subsequently served as President from 2023 to 2025.

From 2017 to 2020, Richard chaired the National Advisory Committee for Neurological Conditions in Scotland and served as specialty advisor for neurology to the chief medical officer from 2017 to 2023. Reflecting his longstanding commitment to education and training, he contributed for many years to the standard-setting boards for the MRCP Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) in neurology, served as secretary of the neurology SCE Exam Board until 2022, and was a member of the MRCP Part 1 Exam Board from 2017 to 2019.

Richard organises and chairs the annual Edinburgh Neurology Course and leads weekly teaching sessions for local neurology trainees, including neurology book clubs.

Dr Biba Stanton

Consultant neurologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Biba Stanton is a consultant neurologist at King's College Hospital, where she is currently leading the implementation of the FND ExSEL pathway. She is particularly interested in intersections between structural inequalities and FND, and in complex somatic symptoms.

Biba is also a deputy associate medical director at King's College Hospital, has roles at NICE and NHS England.

Dr Ahmed Abbas

Consultant neurologist and neurophysiologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ahmed Abbas is a dually qualified consultant in the specialties of neurology and clinical neurophysiology. Ahmed works at St George’s Hospital where his practice covers the breadth of neuromuscular disorders, with a particular subspecialist interest in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral nerve diseases.

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 Eleanor Chandler

Clinical fellow in obstetric medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Eleanor Chandler is a ST5 in acute internal medicine and general internal medicine. Eleanor is currently on our of programme training and working as a clinical fellow in obstetric medicine at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Gareth Lock

Consultant obstetrician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Dr Gareth Lock MRCP MRCOG is a consultant obstetrician at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, where he holds the lead role for maternal medicine, and is the Wales executive member for MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society. Gareth specialises in high-risk pregnancy and medicines safety, working closely with neurology, anaesthetic and midwifery colleagues for patients living with epilepsy to plan care before, during and after birth.

Dr Paarul Prinja FRCP

Consultant obstetric physician, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Dr Paarul Prinja works at Birmingham Women’s Hospital and the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust as both an acute and obstetric physician. She is also the lead obstetric physician for the West Midlands Maternal Medicine Network based at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. Dr Prinja is treasurer for the MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society and is chair of the Society for Acute Medicine – obstetric medicine special interest group.

Paarul has also trained in intermediate critical care and is proficient in using ultrasound and has accreditation in focussed echocardiography. Simulation training and education of the multi-disciplinary team are her areas of interest, and she teaches locally on ‘ObSIM’ and nationally as course director for “Enhanced maternal care” run by Babylifeline training.

Paarul is one of the co-authors of the RCP acute care toolkit 15 “Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy”. Most recently she co-authored the UK consensus on pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: An update to ‘Association of British Neurologists’ guidance.

Dr Charlotte Frise FRCP

Consultant obstetric physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Charlotte Frise is a consultant obstetric physician at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and lead obstetric physician for the North West London Maternal Medicine Network.

Charlotte has written the popular textbook Obstetric Medicine (in the Oxford Specialist Handbooks of Obstetrics and Gynaecology series), and Oxford Case Histories in Obstetric Medicine, published by Oxford University Press. She is co-editor-in-chief of the international journal Obstetric Medicine: the Medicine of Pregnancy.

Charlotte is a senior college lecturer in clinical medicine at Keble College, University of Oxford and honorary senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London.

Mrs Luci Buxton

Lead midwife for maternal medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Luci Buxton is the lead midwife for the North Central London Maternal Medicine Network, leading regional service development and supporting the delivery of specialist maternity care for women with complex medical conditions.

Luci is passionate about improving outcomes through equitable, multidisciplinary and personalised care, with particular interests in maternal medicine, patient safety and education.

Luci is also one of the national midwifery leads for the NHS England Maternal Care Bundle programme.

Dr Vicky Price FRCP

Consultant, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Vicky Anne Price is the current president of the Society for Acute Medicine. She works as a consultant at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and also teaches simulation and communication skills at the University of Liverpool. Vicky has an interest in end-of-life care and patient-centred medicine.

Dr Ailie Young

Consultant acute physician, NHS Fife

Dr Ailie Young is a consultant acute physician working in a busy district general hospital in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. She has a specialist skill in obstetric medicine and a keen interest in service improvement and quality improvement. 

Dr Andrew Workman

Consultant in acute and intensive care medicine, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Dr Andrew Workman is a consultant in acute medicine and intensive care medicine. Andrew’s clinical interests are medical education and ultrasonography. He is the SAMbassador for Wales and the promotion and recruitment lead for the Welsh Acute Physicians' Society. 

Dr Esther Park

Medical registrar, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Esther Park is an ST7 acute medicine registrar working in Ambulatory Assessment Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. She completed her obstetric medicine fellowship in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in 2024 and is currently acting as chief registrar driving quality improvement projects and playing a role in POCUS training.

Dr Catherine Bryant FRCP

Honorary consultant in geriatric and general medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Catherine Bryant is an honorary consultant in geriatric and general medicine at King’s College Hospital in London having retired from full-time clinical practice in 2026. Catherine has held a range of different educational roles throughout her career. She served as deputy head and then head of School of Medicine for London at Health Education England and then NHS England for 12 years. Catherine was appointed as an RCP Censor in 2026.

Dr Dan Furmedge FRCP

Consultant physician in geriatric and internal medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trustt

Dr Dan Furmedge has been a consultant physician in geriatric and internal medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London since 2017, having completed undergraduate training at King’s College London and a Masters in Medical Education at University College London. 

He is the current service lead for internal medicine, training programme director for internal medicine training in South London and honorary senior clinical lecturer at King’s College London. 

Dan is experienced in undergraduate and postgraduate assessment. He is an MRCP PACES host, chair and international examiner and sits on the Scenario Editorial Committee and Clinical Examining Board. He is an examiner for the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine. His education interests lie in assessment, postgraduate medical training, appraisal, peer learning and inclusion. He has been RCP college tutor and trust medical lead for vulnerable adults.

Dan considers himself to be a champion of generalism, working across community, ambulatory and inpatient settings in both acute, general and geriatric medicine. He is a firm believer in generalism as a core skill needed in the NHS. He is active in postgraduate medical education and is a proud advocate for postgraduate doctors and for improving training in the UK, including enhancing non-standard training pathways. 

Dr Clifford Lisk FRCP

Consultant physician in acute medicine and geriatric medicine, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Clifford Lisk is a consultant physician in acute medicine and geriatric medicine at Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust in North London. He works in acute medicine 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.

Dr Patrick Yong FRCP

Consultant immunologist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Natalya Ellis

Specialty registrar in allergy, clinical and laboratory immunology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Natalya Ellis is a specialty registrar in allergy, clinical and laboratory immunology at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She was secretariat of the Clinical Education, Training and Workforce Working Group during the development of the National Allergy Strategy (2025-2026). She is currently the trainee representative for Improving Quality in Allergy Services (IQAS) accreditation programme for adult allergy services in the UK.

Professor Adam Fox

Consultant paediatric allergist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Adam Fox reads medicine at Cambridge University and is professor of paediatric allergy at King's College London and consultant paediatric allergist at Evelina London Children's Hospital. At Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, he served nine years as clinical lead for allergy, three years as clinical director for specialist ambulatory services, and five years as deputy medical director (Commercial). He was founding director of the KCL Allergy Academy, a postgraduate programme and BMJ Awards finalist in 2018.

From 2018 to 2021, Adam was president of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology – the first paediatrician elected to the role. Since 2022 he has chaired the National Allergy Strategy Group, jointly chairs the Department of Health and Social Care's Expert Advisory Group for Allergy, and leads the 2025–35 National Allergy Strategy.

With Professors Gideon Lack and George Du Toit, he established The Allergy Centre of Excellence at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2021, before opening their own premises in London's prestigious Harley Street Medical District in 2025, offering cutting-edge allergy diagnostics and treatments.

Adam was named Allergy UK's 'Paediatric Allergist of the Year' (2007), received Cambridge University's Raymond Horton Smith Prize for his doctoral thesis on peanut allergy (2012), and featured in The Times' 'Britain's 100 Best Children's Doctors'. He received the William Frankland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Allergy (2015), Department of Health National Clinical Excellence Awards (2016, 2020), and in 2024 became only the second recipient of the BSACI Fellows Award for outstanding contribution to clinical allergy. In 2025, he was awarded an OBE for services to paediatric allergy in the King's Birthday Honours and included in the Tatler Doctors List (2013 and 2026) of the UK's best private medical consultants.

Alexander Robinson

Student, The American School in London

Alexander Robinson is a student at the American School in London and a peanut allergy sufferer who has been successfully desensitised through oral immunotherapy (OIT). Having experienced first-hand both the daily reality of living with a food allergy and the difference that access to innovative treatment can make, he is now a patient advocate, focusing on other young people with allergies.

At Med+ 26, Alexander will share his personal story to illustrate why a national allergy strategy matters for patients and families across the UK. He has volunteered with Allergy UK for several years and is currently undertaking an independent research project exploring allergy care, treatment innovation and access to services. He has also spoken at the Royal Society of Medicine, completed a research internship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and raised funds for allergy care in the UK and abroad.

Professor Sinisa Savic

Professor of clinical immunology, University of Leeds

Professor Sinisa Savic is professor of clinical immunology at the University of Leeds and honorary consultant in clinical immunology and allergy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Internationally recognised for his expertise in autoinflammatory diseases, Sinisa leads specialist clinical services and a research programme focused on understanding disease mechanisms and improving outcomes for patients with complex immunological conditions. His work connects insights from patient care with laboratory discovery, with particular interests in VEXAS syndrome, inborn errors of immunity and the genetic basis of immune dysregulation.

He is deputy director of the Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and chair of the British Society for Immunology’s Clinical Immunology Professional Network (BSI-CIPN).

Dr Ravishankar Sargur

Consultant immunologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ravishankar Sargur has been a consultant immunologist and allergist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2009. He is director of the Sheffield Protein Reference Unit and clinical director of UK NEQAS Immunology, Immunochemistry and Allergy, the national external quality assessment programmes.

His interests include immunology diagnostics, laboratory demand optimisation, primary immunodeficiency, urticaria and angioedema, and food, drug and venom allergy; he established the aspirin nasal challenge and desensitisation service at the Northern General Hospital.

Ravishankar previously chaired the Specialty Advisory Committee for Immunology at the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board and was training programme director for immunology in Yorkshire and the Humber. He is an associate editor of Annals of Clinical Biochemistry and has a long-standing interest in allergy and immunology education.

Dr Muhammad Khurram Nisar FRCP

Consultant rheumatologist and physician, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Muhammad Nisar is a consultant rheumatologist, physician, and director of research and development at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Muhammad is also an elected clinical entrepreneur, deputy chair of BSR Heberden’s committee and chair of SARD-ILD BSR guidelines group.

He is the lead clinician for the award-winning early arthritis service, metabolic bone health delivery, research on advanced therapies, and the inflammatory arthritis-associated lung diseases MDT service. His other main clinical interests include early inflammatory arthritis, including the use of ultrasound, and crystal arthritis.

Muhammad has been involved in more than 90 clinical trials utilising advanced therapies for autoimmune and skeletal conditions. Over the past five years, he has received more than half a million pounds in research grants. He has authored over 200 abstracts, presented at international conferences, and published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

He has also received several awards from prestigious bodies, including the NHS, RCP and BSR.

Dr Judith Bubbear FRCP

Consultant in metabolic bone disease, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Judith Bubbear is a consultant in metabolic bone disease at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, in Stanmore. She was previous a consultant at Barts Health and ran the Chingford Osteoporosis service from 2010-2017. Her MD research was in the use of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis following spinal cord injury. She is passionate about improving care and services for patients with osteoporosis and in educating both healthcare professionals and patients. Judith’s research interests are mainly in rare bone diseases including x-linked hypophosphataemia, osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia, Paget’s disease and fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

Professor James Galloway FRCP

Professor of rheumatology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Professor James Galloway is professor of rheumatology and epidemiology at King's College London, where he holds the Arthritis UK Endowed Chair, and is an honorary consultant rheumatologist at King's College Hospital.

James is associate dean at the GKT School of Medical Education and head of the Medical School. His research applies epidemiological methods to inflammatory disease, with a longstanding interest in the infection risk associated with immunosuppressive therapy. He is lead methodologist for the National Early Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases Audit, deputy editor of Rheumatology, and chief medical advisor to the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. He also served as deputy chair of the British Society for Rheumatology's 2025 guideline on conventional synthetic DMARDs.

Dr Ariane Herrick FRCP

Professor of rheumatology, The University of Manchester

Professor Ariane Herrick is professor of rheumatology at the University of Manchester and consultant rheumatologist at NHS Grampian, with honorary appointments at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Aberdeen. Ariane's main clinical and research interests are Raynaud's phenomenon, systemic sclerosis-spectrum disorders, and assessment of the microvasculature (including nailfold capillaroscopy). She is a past president of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium (SCTC), co-chair of the EULAR study group 'Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases', and vice-president of Scleroderma and Raynaud's UK (SRUK).

Dr Bhavna Pandya FRCP

Consultant nephrologist and physician, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Bhavna Pandya has been a consultant nephrologist and physician in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2005 and is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She began as regional chronic kidney disease lead in 2006, following the UK government's initiative regarding chronic kidney disease, and was trust lead for long term conditions.

Bhavna is a founding trustee of three charities, including Liverpool Kidney Patients’ Charity. She chaired the Equal Opportunity in Nephrology Committee of Renal Association 2016–19 and was an elected medical and dental staff governor for two terms, as well as being elected as deputy lead governor. Currently, Bhavna leads the Ethnic Minority Staff Network for the trust. She is a trustee of UK Kidney Association and has remained as an education and teaching lead in the department.

Dr Peter Hill

Professor Jim Burton FRCP

Professor of renal medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Professor James Burton leads a bench-to-bedside programme of research that includes early assessment and reduction of cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease as well as leading clinical trials to reduce symptom burden and improve the quality of life for people with kidney failure on dialysis. These have shaped national and international guidelines on the management of kidney disease. In 2024, James was recognised for his leadership in research with an National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) senior investigator award; as well as being chief investigator for several NIHR funded studies, he has chaired a number of trial governance committees and is the deputy chair of the NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (EME) funding panel. He is currently the clinical vice-president of the UK Kidney Association.

Professor Debasish Banerjee

Head of department of medicine and consultant nephrologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Debasish Banerjee is an NHS consultant in the Renal and Transplantation Unit of St George's Hospital and head of Department of Medicine at City St George's, University of London.

Debasish is renowned globally for his expertise in cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. At St George's Hospital, Debasish pioneered the establishment of specialised kidney failure-heart failure and cardio-kidney-metabolic clinics.

Debasish serves on the International Society of Nephrology Education and Cardiorenal Committees, and the ESC Heart Failure Association Renal Complications Group. He serves on the guideline committees of the BHF, KDIGO and UKKA.

His research, funded by the NIHR, BHF, KRUK and others, focuses on the pathophysiology and management of cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease, including randomised controlled trials. As a member of Kidney Research UK's cardio-renal study group and a reviewer for the MRC, NIHR, BHF and Kidney Research UK, Debasish has significantly influenced research in this field within the UK. A lifelong dedicated educator, Debasish has been recognised with numerous teaching awards.

Dr Andrew Duncombe FRCP

Editor in chief, Future Healthcare Journal

Dr Andrew Duncombe has been an NHS consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer in haematology, specialising in blood cancers in Southampton, for 30 years. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate training in Oxford and London. As lead consultant in clinical haematology at University Hospital Southampton, he led the successful bid for Southampton to be the Wessex regional centre for blood and bone marrow transplantation.  

Andrew’s clinical experience spans 12 different hospitals, including in Australasia. He is a keen educator and has taught physicians, GPs, allied health professionals and patients. Andrew has been an investigator in more than 40 clinical trials and has championed their value in improving patient choices and outcomes. He has co-authored national guidelines with National Cancer Research Institute subgroups and the UK COVID Therapeutics Advisory Group. 

Andrew’s continuing research interests include the epidemiology of blood cancers and clinical response prediction in severe COVID. He is excited by the diverse range of new diagnostic and therapeutic options that will transform future healthcare and passionate about expanding access to health improvements for all.  

Recently, Andrew left his main clinical practice to concentrate on this academic work, including the post of editor in chief of the Future Healthcare Journal. 

Dr Anshoo Sahota

Dr Rebecca McCarthy

Academic clinical fellow in dermatology ST4, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Rebecca McCarthy is an ST4 dermatology resident and academic clinical fellow at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London. She graduated with honours from the University of Southampton in 2020, receiving the Dean's Award, before undertaking the Academic Foundation Programme.

Rebecca then took a year out of clinical training between 2022 and 2023 to pursue clinical trial research in London, where she found her love for dermatology while working on a trial for a rare genetic skin disease. She went on to obtain MRCP(UK) in 2024 and complete Internal Medicine Training in London.

She has a special interest in the genetics of skin disease and has nine first-author publications, having presented her research widely at national and international conferences. As an editorial trainee at the British Journal of Dermatology, she contributes to the review and development of dermatological research publications. 

Dr Sarah Walsh

Consultant dermatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sarah Walsh is a consultant dermatologist at King's College Hospital, London. Her clinical and research interests include acute medical dermatology, severe cutaneous adverse reactions to medicines, sarcoidosis and biological therapies for psoriasis.

She previously served as a section editor of the British Journal of Dermatology from 2011 to 2018 and is currently an associate editor of the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (JEADV). She is also an associate editor of Rook's Textbook of Dermatology and has authored several book chapters on severe cutaneous adverse reactions.

Sarah is the UK representative on the Board of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and is a member of its Advocacy Working Group, which promotes skin health across Europe. She also chairs the EADV Visual Literacy Training Course and organises and chairs the dermatology section of Doctors Updates, a multidisciplinary medical meeting held annually in Val d'Isère.

Dr Tanya Basu FRCP

Consultant dermatologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tanya Basu is a dermatologist at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, jointly appointed by dermatology and haemato-oncology. Tanya leads several multidisciplinary clinics for patients with dermatological disorders related to underlying haematological disease. She started her career as a basic scientist, completing a BA Hons Degree in natural Sciences at Cambridge University, followed by a PhD Degree in molecular oncology and RAS oncogenes at Cancer Research UK. She went on to medical school at Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary’s, completing her dermatology training at Chelsea and Westminster and King’s College Hospital, London. Tanya is a former chair of the British Association of Skin Care for the Immunocompromised Individual (BSSCII) and former president of the dermatology section at the Royal Society of Medicine.

Dr Amr Salam

Consultant dermatologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Amr Salam is a consultant dermatologist and honorary senior lecturer at the St John's Institute of Dermatology at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and King's College London. He has a specialist interest in tertiary eczema, and is part of the tertiary eczema service at the Institute, with an interest in novel systemic, biologic and small molecule therapies for eczema.

Amr is a lead for postgraduate education at the St John’s Institute, and director of the world’s first distance learning qualification in specialist dermatology for clinicians – the St John’s Diploma. He has completed his Masters in Clinical Education and is the course director for two national and international courses. Amr is the lead consultant for Southwark community dermatology services, and is part of the hot (acute) dermatology clinic.
 

Dr Amit Arora FRCP

Consultant geriatrician, University Hospitals of North Midlands

Dr Amit Arora is the president elect of the British Geriatrics Society. He is a full-time clinician but has over 100 publications including invited book chapters, editorials, reviews and college reports. He is the founding director of the National Frailty Academy which provides free frailty training to all grades of health and social care staff.

Amit is internationally known for his work on deconditioning, defining it as a clinical entity and is the creator of the ‘National Deconditioning Awareness and Prevention Campaign: Get up Get Dressed Get Moving’ and Mission to #ReconditionTheNation; the concept of which has been adopted by many hospitals in UK and abroad.

He has won many awards including the ‘Excellence in Patient Care – Outstanding contribution to the profession category’; award of the Royal College of Physicians.

Dr Michael Fertleman FRCP

Professor of geriatric practice, Imperial College London

Professor Michael Fertleman works in bioengineering at Imperial College London and leads the Cutrale Perioperative and Ageing group. They focus on using bioengineering tools to reduce risks of surgery and improve the lives of older people. He currently supervises eight doctoral students. In addition Michael is a consultant geriatrician with a specialist interest in the medical management of older surgical patients. With his team he supervises the medical care of elderly trauma and surgical patients at St Mary's Hospital London.

Dr Tom Bartlett

Geriatrician and vice president, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and British Geriatrics Society

Dr Tom Bartlett is a consultant geriatrician working in Dorset. He works across the inpatient pathway from admissions to general wards. Increasingly he works outside of the hospital leading the Dorset Hospital at home service and working closely with primary care.

Tom is the vice president for clinical quality at the British Geriatrics Society, leading their work in improving healthcare for older people by championing local, system and national initiatives through quality improvement, guidelines and changing national policy to better reflect the needs of older people.

Dr Indira Natarajan FRCP

Clinical director neurosciences and consultant stroke physician, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Dr Indira Natarajan has been a stroke consultant for the last 15 years and is the clinical director for neurosciences and a consultant stroke physician based at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, as well as the clinical director for the West Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network.

He has been instrumental in reorganising stroke care across the West Midlands and has led from the forefront in supporting the resurrection of failing stroke services.

Indira has been involved in pathway development for all aspects of stroke care, from prevention to palliation, and was instrumental in setting up the first 24/7 thrombectomy service in the UK, based at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

His special interest is in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and championing the cause of stroke care.

Dr Iain Wilkinson

Professor Anna Olsson-Brown

Consultant medical oncologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Anna Olsson-Brown is a professor of clinical cancer trials and a consultant in medical oncology. She specialises in the systemic treatment of skin cancers; immunotherapeutic toxicities, early phase/translational clinical trials and NSS/CUP/acute oncology. She is an academic consultant at University College Cork/Cork University Hospital and has roles in the UK as an honorary academic at the University of Liverpool, a consultant in onco/immunotoxicity and has held clinical leadership roles within the cancer alliance network.

Anna has a background in clinical pharmacology and an interest in acute oncology and supportive care for cancer patients particularly with regards to toxicity of cancer therapies. She was an MRC research fellow completing her PhD investigating the mechanisms of immunotherapy toxicity and has subsequently published extensively in the area.

She has established and led numerous acute and supportive oncology services including; pan-tumour, pan-regional immunotherapy/oncotoxicity service supporting inpatients and outpatients with immunotherapy toxicities and providing a clinical-research interface supporting a number of translational trials at both the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool and Sussex Cancer Centre, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Anna sits on number of advisory panels including the cardio-oncology MDT at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and neuro-oncology toxicity and HLH MDTs at University College London Hospital. She has established both an enhanced supportive care service and an oncofraility service at UHSx.

She spent 4 years as a clinical director in healthcare prior to taking up her academic position. She is the current chair of the UK Society of Medical Oncology (formerly the Association of Cancer Physicians ACP). She is a founding member and current CEO of Immuno-Oncology Clinical Network (IOCN).

In addition, Anna is the toxicity workstream co-lead within the UK Acute Oncology Society and a trustee and board member of UKASCC. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She sits on the UK SACT board and RCP Oncology Committees in her representative roles. She is a medical ambassador for Melanoma Focus.

Dr Hilary Williams FRCP

Clinical vice president, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Hilary Williams is clinical vice president of the Royal College of Physicians and a consultant medical oncologist. She combines frontline clinical experience with a passion for improving patient care to reduce variation across the UK and tackle health inequalities. Hilary's other leadership roles include RCP vice president for Wales, acute oncology lead for the Wales Cancer Network and board member of UK acute oncology services. She regularly speaks at national conferences and contributes to the media on issues of workforce, cancer, equality and healthcare improvement.

Dr Safwaan Adam

Dr Sam Clark

Dr Heather Shaw

Dr Ben Chadwick FRCP

Deputy registrar, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Ben Chadwick is the deputy registrar of the Royal College of Physicians and has been a fellow of the RCP for 10 years. He has the overall responsibility for the Fellowship application process and is an experienced grader of applications. He is committed to encouraging Fellowship applications from currently underrepresented groups such as female applicants and doctors from an SAS background. 

In addition to his Royal College roles he is a consultant in acute medicine in Southampton and also acts as the programme lead for the BM4 Graduate Entry Medicine programme at the University of Southampton. 

Dr Stefan Sepamalai

Foundation year 2 doctor, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Stefan Sepamalai is an FY2 doctor and an MBBS graduate of Imperial College London with a particular interest in cardiology. He has experience in clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education, and received the best overall presentation prize at RCP Medicine 2026 as part of the conference abstract competition.

Dr Sarah Bowers

ST7 palliative medicine, NHS Forth Valley

Dr Sarah Bowers is a palliative medicine and internal medicine resident doctor based in central Scotland. She completed her PhD at the University of St Andrews which explored how people with multimorbidity use and experience healthcare at the end of life through a mixture of research methodologies and is the 2025-2026 Turner-Warwick lecturer for clinical research. Sarah is passionate about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to access healthcare in a way that brings meaning to them, through person-centred, values-based approaches.

Professor Debbie Shawcross

Dr Dorinda Chandrabose

Dr Jun Yu Chen

Professor Nick Hopkinson

Dr Charly Annesley FRCP

Consultant learning disability physician and geriatrician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Charly Annesley is a consultant geriatrician and learning disability specialist. In 2019, she helped create the first NHS post of its kind, drawing inspiration from an established role in the Netherlands.

Charly has a special interest in improving acute medical care for adults with a learning disability. She is course lead for the postgraduate certificate Meeting the Medical Needs of Adults with a Learning Disability, which she helped launch in 2023 in partnership with experts by experience, the RCP, Edge Hill University and an expert faculty. The course has been recognised by the World Health Organization Europe as an example of best practice.

Charly has worked on creating a number of national guidelines, including NHS England Guidance to support implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in acute trusts for adults with a learning disability (2025) and the British Thoracic Society Clinical statement on the prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability (2023). She is a passionate advocate for improving acute medical care standards for people with a learning disability. She also works with the Emerging Women Leaders Programme, providing talks and mentorship, to inspire the next generation of female leaders in medicine. 

Claudia Cowap-Whiskin

Senior educationalist, Royal College of Physicians

Claudia Cowap-Whiskin is senior educationalist working at the RCP having moved from mainstream secondary education in 2024 following 11 years of teaching and school leadership. She completed a degree in Secondary Science education with qualified teacher status in 2012. As a previous senior leader, head of science and SENCo she has significant experience in education and leadership as well as staff management and supporting and training new teachers. She has worked to build high-quality curriculums for both students and for the purposes of staff development, has experience in engagement with governance; developing and implementing strategy; managing change; quality assuring provisions; and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness across teams. She has Level 7 qualifications in special educational needs coordination and has completed the Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements. In addition, she has completed the National professional qualification in senior leadership as part of her previous role. More recently she has completed a level 7 certificate in strategic leadership with a focus on equality, diversity and inclusion. Claudia is a passionate advocate for equality in the workplace and is currently the vice chair of the women's network for the RCP. 

Dr Zoe Williams

Dr Alexandra Pain

Specialty trainee doctor in geriatric medicine, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Alexandra Pain is an ST5 registrar in geriatric and general medicine at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. She graduated from University College London in 2016 and joined the RCP’s Resident Doctors Committee in 2024. She is passionate about representing the voice of resident doctors and helping to shape and improve medical training programmes, with the aim of building a robust, well-supported and happier workforce.

Dr Laura Bannon

Respiratory ST5, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Laura Bannon is an RCP Resident Doctors' Committee representative for Kent, Surrey and Sussex, where she works as a respiratory registrar. As part of her work for the RDC she contributed to writing the RCP view on the Future of Medical Training review, reflecting her passion for medical education. She sits on the GIM and Educating Board subcommittees, representing colleagues and ensuring the resident doctor voice is heard on important training issues. Other interests include sustainable healthcare and resident doctor well-being.

Dr Kay Roy FRCP

Respiratory consultant physician, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kay Roy chairs the British Thoracic Society Acute and Complex Respiratory Infection Specialist Advisory Group and is a consultant physician at University College London where she also leads the asthma, sarcoidosis and tobacco dependency services.

As an integrated care physician, she collaborates closely with primary care teams to shape community-based services for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as contribute to the development of clinical management guidelines.

She is a contributing author to the 2024 NICE guidelines on asthma and the 2026 NICE HealthTech programme: Digital technologies to support self-management of asthma.

Dr Huw Ellis

Consultant in respiratory medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Huw Ellis is a consultant physician specialising in respiratory medicine, with a focus on complex lung infections.

Huw completed his clinical training in London and Oxford before undertaking a PhD at Imperial College London, where his research centred on non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection.

Huw is an active member of the British Thoracic Society and serves on the Acute and Complex Pulmonary Infections Advisory Group, contributing to national guidance and advancing clinical practice in this field.

He continues to publish widely on topics including bronchiectasis, NTM and Aspergillus-related lung disease. He works across the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust at Wythenshawe Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, collaborating with the tuberculosis team and the National Aspergillosis Centre.

Dr Tom Bewick

Consultant respiratory physician, University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tom Bewick is a consultant in respiratory medicine at the Royal Derby Hospital. He has a clinical and research interest in acute lung infection, in particular developing and testing novel interventions to enhance recovery from community-acquired pneumonia and long COVID.

Andrew was a committee member for the NICE pneumonia guideline update in 2025, and has previously held positions in the NHSE pneumonia working group and BTS Acute and Complex Pulmonary Infections Specialist Advisory Group.

Dr Dan Wootton FRCP

Senior clinical lecturer, University of Liverpool

Dr Dan Wootton is an honorary consultant respiratory physician at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool and senior clinical lecturer at the University of Liverpool. His clinical and research work focuses on respiratory tract infections. Dan is an advisor to the EPIC4 Guideline Development Group, to the Modern Service Framework for Sepsis group and was a committee member on the recently updated NICE pneumonia guidelines.

Dan has a major research interest in non-ventilator associated hospital acquired pneumonia and led the HAP-FAST trial – a pilot, sequential multiple assignment randomised trial (SMART) of novel diagnostic pathways for NV-HAP.

Dr Ramani Moonesinghe FRCP

Deputy national medical director, NHS England

Professor Ramani Moonesinghe OBE Ramani was appointed as deputy national medical director at NHS England earlier this year. Previously, she was the national clinical director for critical and perioperative care at NHS England since 2020 and was interim director of patient safety in 2025. During the Covid pandemic, Ramani provided clinical leadership for the national critical care response in the English NHS. She is clinical co-chair of the Sepsis Modern Service Framework (MSF) published in 2026, and provides medical leadership for the overall MSF programme.

Ramani has spent her entire postgraduate career working in the NHS, training predominantly in London and working as a consultant in anaesthetics, perioperative and critical care medicine at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). She remains Professor of perioperative medicine at UCL, where she leads a broad portfolio of research developing and evaluating interventions to improve quality of healthcare and reduce health inequalities.

Dr Coral Hollywood

Consultant hepatologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Coral Hollywood qualified in medicine out of the Wessex Deanery and took up a dedicated hepatology post in the district general hospitals of Cheltenham and Gloucester in 2011 to develop the service.

Since then, she has been an active member of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) committee structure and has been involved in many policies and guidelines helping to shape services nationally, as well as for her local population. She has previously been vice president for hepatology for the BSG and chair of the Liver Committee, and continues to be involved in current projects.

Professor David Sanders FRCP

Professor of gastroenterology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor David S Sanders works in Sheffield, UK. He is internationally recognised for his work in coeliac disease and small bowel endoscopy (>500 pubmed papers, H-score > 100). Some of David's awards include: European Rising Star Award (2010), Cuthbertson Medal (2011) and Silver Medal in 2017 (UK Nutrition Society), Swedish Gastroenterology Society Bengt Ihre Medal (2017) and the British Society for Gastroenterology (BSG) Hopkins prize for Endoscopy (2019). He is also the president elect for the British Society of Gastroenterology. David works in the academic department of gastroenterology which is the UK National Centre for Refractory Coeliac Disease and World Endoscopy Organisation GI Centre of Excellence.

Dr Simeng Lin

Post-CCT gastroenterologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Simeng Lin is a post-certificate of completion of training gastroenterologist with a sub-specialty interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Following a two-year IBD fellowship with the Exeter IBD Clinical Research Group, she was awarded a Wellcome-GW4 doctoral fellowship and completed her PhD from the University of Exeter in 2023. Her doctoral research focused on using genomic approaches to understand the effect of biologic therapies to immunogenicity in patients with IBD.

She currently serves as the trainee representative in the British Society of Gastroenterology IBD Clinical Research Group, contributing to the development and shaping of the national IBD research agenda.

Dr Sophie James

Consultant gastroenterologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sophie James completed specialist gastroenterology training in the Severn Deanery. Sophie was an academic clinical fellow for three years where she undertook nutrition research.

She has been in a consultant post at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2022 where she has a specialist interest in luminal gastroenterology, including IBD, capsule endoscopy and nutrition.

Dr Alasdair Sinclair

Inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials fellow, Queen Mary's University of London

Dr Alasdair Sinclair is a gastroenterology registrar on the North Central London training programme. He is currently taking a year out of programme as a clinical research fellow with the Inflammatory Bowel Disease clinical trials unit at Queen Mary University of London, based at the Royal London Hospital. He graduated from UCL in 2015 and worked in Melbourne and Nairobi, gaining experience in both high- and low-resource settings. He then returned to London to complete internal medicine training at UCLH, where he has also spent most of his specialty training, including time with its world-leading neuro-gastroenterology team.

His clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease, endoscopy, nutrition support and intestinal failure. In his current role he contributes to the delivery of IBD clinical trials, and he plans to build on this by pursuing a higher research degree in the field.

Dr Muhammad Awais

Endoscopy fellow, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Muhammad Awais is a gastroenterology and general internal medicine physician with a specialist interest in advanced luminal endoscopy. Having recently completed his gastroenterology training in the Wessex Deanery, he is currently undertaking an advanced endoscopy fellowship at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, developing expertise in complex polypectomy and therapeutic endoscopy.