Dr Shouvik Haldar FRCP

Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Shouvik Haldar is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London. His clinical practice focuses on complex arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and device-based therapies. He trained at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Medical School and completed advanced electrophysiology fellowships at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals and at Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto. Shouvik has an established portfolio of clinical and translational research in atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia phenotyping and digital health, with a particular focus on post-ablation outcomes, persistent AF mechanisms and wearable-based monitoring strategies. Nationally, he is vice president for education at the British Cardiovascular Society, where he has led major developments in the society’s education strategy and national training programmes. He is also programme director for the UK Heart Rhythm Congress and has played a central role in shaping contemporary cardiovascular education and workforce development.

Dr Rebecca Jayasinghe

Consultant in geriatric medicine, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Rebecca Jayasinghe is a consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. She graduated from King’s College London in 2011 and undertook her specialty training across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. She has a special interest in cardiovascular medicine in older people and has experience of delivering a cardiogeriatrics liaison service for cardiology patients with frailty, complex multiple health conditions and palliative care needs. As a committee member of the British Geriatrics Society Cardiovascular Special Interest Group, she regularly advocates for older people in the development of national policies by bodies including the Royal College of Physicians and NICE. She enjoys teaching, having developed a number of simulation programmes and produced online educational material. She also co-delivers an annual cardiogeriatrics conference.

Dr Ian Loke

Consultant cardiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Ian Loke is a consultant cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and has more than 15 years’ clinical experience in cardiology. He is the local trust lead for the heart failure service and has been so for over a decade. Ian has a keen interest in evolving the provision of patient care, highlighted by his establishment of the heart failure unit in Glenfield Hospital, with both a dedicated inpatient ward and a 72-hour access heart failure clinic. This has led to major improvements in patient care since its inception. He is actively involved in clinical trials involving both novel drugs as well as implantable cardiac devices. His commitment to advancing care is further evidenced by his continued involvement in educational initiatives across primary and secondary care. He is a regular speaker at regional and national meetings. In addition to his active participation in clinical research and education, Ian has co-authored a number of articles with a focus on the screening and diagnosis of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure, culminating in a thesis awarded with distinction. The value of his research has seen him present his findings at key medical congresses, including the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Professor Catherine Labinjoh

National clinical advisor realistic medicine, NHS Forth Valley

Professor Catherine Labinjoh is a general cardiologist in NHS Forth Valley. She combines clinical work with her role as the national clinical advisor for realistic medicine in the Scottish government. She is a trustee of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and chair of Care Opinion, a health and social services feedback platform for patients. Catherine is passionate about person-centred, value-based health and care, providing sustainable care and services, delivering outcomes which matter to patients and families.

Professor Dan Lasserson

Professor of acute ambulatory care, University of Warwick and University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Professor Daniel Lasserson is professor of acute ambulatory care at Warwick Medical School, and honorary consultant in integrated acute medicine in the Department of Acute Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, working across the acute medical unit and the hospital at home service. He was the first president of the UK Hospital at Home Society and undertakes research on Hospital at Home care models, focusing on point of care diagnostics, including ultrasound (POCUS). Dan is one of the NHS England national clinical leads for hospital at home/virtual wards and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Home Medicine.

Dr Mihir Kelshiker

Academic clinical lecturer, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London

Becky Hyland

Heart failure nurse consultant, HCRG Care Group

Becky Hyland is a heart failure nurse consultant based in a community heart failure service in Wiltshire. Her role involves providing expert care to patients with suspected and known heart failure closer to home. She has particular interests in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction cardiac amyloidosis and palliative care in heart failure, in addition to advocating for the crucial role specialist nurses have in heart failure management. Becky is chair of the British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) nurse forum, and a councillor on the BSH Board, as well as being a member of the cardiovascular special interest group of the British Geriatric Society.

Dr Arani Nitkunan FRCP

Consultant neurologist, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

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. She 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, she 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.

Dr Nicola Giffin FRCP

Consultant neurologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Nicola Griffin has been a consultant neurologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath since 2003 and is currently clinical lead of an expanding inpatient and outpatient district general hospital department. She gained expertise in her specialist interest in primary headache disorders as a clinical research fellow for Professor Peter Goadsby in the Headache Group at Queen Square . She has been a committee member for the British Association for the Study of Headache and previous chair of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Headache and Pain Advisory Group. She was also meetings secretary for the ABN 2022–2025.

Dr Heather Angus-Leppan FRCP

Consultant neurologist and honorary associate professor, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Heather Angus Leppan is a consultant neurologist, epilepsy lead and director of epilepsy research at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. She is an honorary associate professor at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Her clinical practice includes general and acute neurology, with interests in epilepsy and headache. Heather is involved in clinical research and leadership, with a focus on improving diagnostic accuracy, patient safety and quality of care. She has contributed to national guidelines and multidisciplinary care pathways and is engaged in medical education across undergraduate and postgraduate settings. She is past president of the Clinical Neurosciences Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and president-elect of the Medical Society of London. She also contributes to professional, advocacy and patient focused organisations in the UK and internationally.

Dr Anthony Pereira FRCP

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

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan FRCP

Professor of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan (Sara) is a professor and honorary consultant physician specialising in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, and George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton. He serves as a non-executive director on the Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Trust Board and recently concluded his role as diabetes lead for the NIHR West Midlands Research Delivery Network. Sara is the editor-in-chief of the Royal College of Physicians' journal, Clinical Medicine and joint editor-in-chief for Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity. Sara was the NHS Innovation Award winner for personalised diabetes management for South Asians in 2015. He is a driving force in shaping new guidelines (Thyroid hormone replacement, 2011; GDM screening during Covid-19 pandemic 2021) and rapid adoption of new therapies and technologies at local, regional, national and international levels. He established early pregnancy cohorts worldwide (UK, India, Kenya, Malaysia and Thailand) to address gaps in evidence in the field of programming of obesity and cardiometabolic disorders. Sara has authored over 170 peer-reviewed publications and earned several national and international accolades.

Professor Krish Nirantharakumar

Professor of public health and health data science, King's College London

Professor Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar is a professor of public health and health data science at King’s College London. His research focuses on improving prevention and management of diabetes and multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) using large-scale health data and digital technologies. Krish has pioneered automated real-world evidence platforms, including DExtER and digital trial infrastructures, enabling rapid population-level research using electronic health records. His work spans prediction modelling, digital clinical decision support and pragmatic trials to deliver personalised care. Through national and international collaborations, Krish aims to translate data-driven insights into scalable interventions that improve cardiometabolic health and reduce health inequalities.

Dr Lyn Ferguson

Consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer chemical pathology and metabolic medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and University of Glasgow

Dr Lyn Ferguson is a consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer in chemical pathology and metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Lyn’s research focuses on how best to manage obesity and related health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, dyslipidaemia, diabetes and inflammatory arthritis.

Dr Harini Sathanapally

Doctoral fellow and GP, University of Leicester

Dr Harini Sathanapally is a GP and Wellcome funded doctoral fellow at the University of Leicester. Her research interests include improving the care of people living with multiple long term conditions, breathlessness presentations and ethnic inequalities in healthcare.