Dr Shouvik Haldar

Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Shouvik Haldar is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. With over 20 years of clinical experience, he specialises in complex cardiac electrophysiology and device therapy, and is recognised as a leader in the diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders. Shouvik is board-certified in cardiovascular medicine by the Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) and the General Medical Council (GMC), and holds a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in cardiovascular medicine. He completed an advanced fellowship in electrophysiology at the world-renowned University Health Network, University of Toronto, gaining expertise in complex ablation techniques and device-based therapies. He is a fellow of several leading international medical societies, including the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, London), the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), reflecting his international standing and contribution to cardiovascular medicine. Shouvik is a clinical researcher with a particular focus on atrial fibrillation (AF) and digital health innovation. He is the lead investigator of the REMOTE-AF study, exploring the use of photoplethysmography (PPG)-enabled wearable devices for passive AF detection. Building on this work, he is currently developing a device-agnostic, AI-based algorithm capable of predicting and detecting AF at scale using real-world wearable data. His aim is to tackle the global AF epidemic by enabling earlier diagnosis, improving health equity, and supporting sustainable healthcare delivery. In addition to his research, Shouvik is a committed educator and plays a national role in UK cardiology training through his work with the British Cardiovascular Society, running a portfolio of courses and the BCS Annual Conference alongside his role of programme director for Heart Rhythm Congress and the London Arrhythmia Summit.

Dr Neil Chapman

Consultant physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Neil Chapman is a consultant physician and hypertension specialist at Imperial College Healthcare Trust. He qualified from Cambridge University before training in general medicine, clinical pharmacology and hypertension in London and Sydney, Australia. He is the lead clinician for hypertension at Imperial College and the Peart-Rose Clinic at the Hammersmith Hospital – a tertiary referral centre for hypertension and cardiovascular risk factor management. He also runs hypertension clinics at several other sites in west London. He is a member of various groups aiming to improve hypertension management in London and works closely with local primary care via a weekly hypertension multidisciplinary research meeting.

Dr Honey Thomas

Consultant cardiologist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Honey Thomas is a consultant cardiologist based in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the north east of England. She completed cardiology training and a postgraduate MD qualification in the north east, developing a subspecialty interest in heart failure and advanced rhythm management/complex device implantation. She introduced and jointly leads the local service for implantation and follow up of complex cardiac devices. Honey contributes to cardiology research within Northumbria Healthcare and acts as principal investigator on several multicentre NIHR trials. She is secretary of the British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS) and a member of the examination board for the BHRS professional accreditation qualification. She has led the BHRS work to develop and share a national guidance document for perioperative management of cardiac implantable electronic devices and shock therapy deactivation for patients approaching the end of life. Honey has a major interest in atrial fibrillation and is passionate about improving the quality of care in this area, developing local and regional pathways to try and optimise the care of patients with AF. She currently chairs the cardiac rhythm management subgroup of the Northern England Clinical Network specialty group. She works with the Pace4life charity, aiming to allow patients in less developed economies to benefit from cardiac implantable devices.

Dr P Boon Lim

Consultant cardiologist and clinical lead, Imperial Syncope Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr P Boon Lim is a consultant cardiologist and clinical lead for the Imperial Syncope Unit. He completed a PhD in clinical electrophysiology at Imperial College London and his research focused on exploring the role of the autonomic nervous system in human atrial fibrillation. Since completing his PhD, Dr Lim has continued to be actively involved in research at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and is supervisor for several PhD students. As the clinical lead for the Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Centre, he is regularly invited to speak on syncope at national and international meetings, and is actively involved in setting up a multidisciplinary approach to treatment of patients with syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. He continues to explore novel aspects of ablation and is currently exploring the role of ablation of the autonomic nervous system as a treatment strategy to treat certain forms of atrial fibrillation and vasovagal syncope.

Dr Theresa Barnes

Consultant rheumatologist, Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust | clinical lead for outpatients, Royal College of Physicians

Professor Andreas Goebel

Director, Pain Research Institute | chair of pain medicine and honorary consultant in pain medicine, University of Liverpool and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Andreas Goebel completed training in anaesthesia, pain medicine and post-trauma immunology in Germany, USA, and UK (Oxford/UCLH) and was appointed as a consultant in pain medicine at the Liverpool Walton Centre in 2007. Since 2008 he has worked as senior lecturer (assistant professor), then reader in pain medicine at the University of Liverpool (and has been chair of pain medicine since 2023), with 50% clinical work in pain outpatient clinics, pain management programmes and pain theatres. His research has focused on understanding the role of the adaptive immune system in causing severe ‘unexplained’ chronic pain. He has first developed the concept of autoantibody-pain and the use of passive transfer models to explore this in patients, focusing with his studies on complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Andreas is investigating the effects of immune-modulating treatments in these types of pain and has led a team that has developed novel recruitment approaches for drug trials in pain medicine. He is chair of: - UK interdisciplinary CRPS Guidelines Group, under the umbrella of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) - RCP UK Guideline Group on fibromyalgia diagnosis - Research Committee of the British Pain Society - European Pain Federation’s Task Force on CRPS - Special Interest Group on CRPS within the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Andreas is director of the Liverpool Pain Research Institute, a cross-departmental institute within the University of Liverpool, which supports and networks researchers in pain medicine in Liverpool and north-west UK, supported by the Liverpool Pain Relief Foundation, a Pain Research Charity (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/pain-research-institute); he is keen to assist clinicians who wish to develop a research career in pain medicine.

Professor Chris Burton

Professor of primary medical care, University of Sheffield

Professor Chris Burton is professor of primary medical care at the University of Sheffield. His main research and clinical interest is in persistent physical symptoms, but his work extends to broader issues around the intersection of physical and mental health. His work focuses on the interpersonal aspects of care including involving the processes of diagnosis, explanation and reassurance. Chris recently led Multiple Symptoms Study 3, a large trial of an extended role GP consultation intervention for persistent physical symptoms. His research involves a range of approaches including evidence synthesis, analysis of routine healthcare data, qualitative analysis and the development and evaluation of interventions. Chris worked for many years as a GP in a rural former coal-mining community in the south-west of Scotland. He completed his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh and was a senior lecturer in primary care at the University of Aberdeen before moving to Sheffield in 2017.

Dr Katharine Cheston

Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University

Dr Katharine Cheston is Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. She recently completed an in-depth qualitative study, funded by Wellcome, which drew on humanities and social science methodologies to elucidate how stigma and shame affect women living with symptom-based disorders. Dr Cheston’s recent publications appear in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, the Journal of Medical Humanities and Literature and Medicine. Katharine’s current programme of work is supported by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

Dr Mohnish Suri

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Nora Shannon

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Nora Shannon is a consultant clinical geneticist in the Nottingham Clinical Genetics Service. She is the genetics lead for the Nottingham ICC Service covering Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Nora has an interest in service delivery and has particularly worked to improve access to genetic testing for families with a history of sudden adult death in the region by developing local pathways. She sits on the council of the Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. She also continues to see adults and children in the wider field of rare disease. Nora’s current research interests include factors affecting access to family screening for aortic aneurysms. She is part of the programme management group for the NIHR funded DECIDE-TAD study.

Dr Claire Searle

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Claire Searle is a consultant clinical geneticist and joint cancer genetics lead at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She specialises in the diagnosis and management of hereditary cancer syndromes, leading service development and integrating genomic testing into oncology mainstreaming pathways. Claire has a strong interest in education, training clinicians across disciplines in genomic medicine, and actively contributes to national working groups and the Genomic Medicine Service Alliances. She is also engaged in research, being principal investigator on several projects and contributing to multiple publications. Claire’s work bridges clinical care, research, education, and service transformation to advance personalised medicine.

Dr Abhijit Dixit

Consultant clinical geneticist, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

Abhijit Dixit is a consultant clinical geneticist in Nottingham University Hospitals and honorary clinical associate professor in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. His special interests include renal genetics, dysmorphology, neurogenetics and endocrine genetic disorders. Abhijit has over 50 publications and a H-index of 22 on Google Scholar.

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan

Professor of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism, University of Warwick

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan is a specialist in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Warwick and George Eliot Hospital. He is a non-executive director at Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Trust, current editor-in-chief of Clinical Medicine and former diabetes lead for NIHR West Midlands CRN. Trained in India, he moved to the UK in 1995. His research focuses on programming of obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic disorders and ethnic variations, emphasising precision medicine and women's health (nutrition, gestational diabetes mellitus). He led global early pregnancy cohorts: PRiDE (UK, n=4746), STRiDE (India, n=3070; Kenya, n=4134), MAGIC (Malaysia, n=5200), TaRGET (Thailand, n=4260), funded by MRC UK. He has authored over 150 publications and received awards including the 2015 NHS Innovation Award for personalised diabetes management for South Asians. He played a key role in adopting new diabetes therapies and UK GDM screening guidelines during COVID-19. He co-led the BABYSTEPS trial (post-GDM physical activity) and mentored 21 PhD/MD students. He also founded the University of Warwick's international doctoral training programme.

Dr Anna Herrey

Consultant cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Anna Herrey is a clinical cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre with an interest in cardiac disease in pregnancy and cardiac imaging. She is also an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University London and the University of Cape Town. Anna set up and leads the Maternal Cardiology Service at Newham General Hospital (previously the Royal Free Hospital) and jointly runs a preconception counselling clinic at Barts. She serves as education lead on the council of the UK Maternal Cardiac Society, ensuring adequate representation of maternal cardiology in the cardiology curriculum and delivery of high-quality teaching, and is an assessor for MBRRACE (the confidential enquiry into maternal deaths in the UK). Anna maintains a keen interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education. She regularly lectures on maternal cardiology and continues to actively participate in international collaborations to make obstetric cardiology care more accessible in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr Nithya Sukuma

Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Nithya Sukumar is an associate clinical professor in Warwick Medical School and a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology and general medicine in George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. Her clinical interest is in transition diabetes and endocrinology, insulin pump treatment in type 1 diabetes, and reproductive as well as antenatal endocrinology. She strives to provide evidence-based, patient-centred care to all her patients, and juggles her time between her clinical practice and teaching and research work in the University of Warwick. Nithya has a particular interest in the area of maternal nutrition and metabolism during pregnancy, and its contribution to long-term clinical outcomes for a woman and her offspring. Her research portfolio as a sub-investigator includes longitudinal pregnancy and birth cohorts in the UK, India and Kenya and related RCT’s. She has published over 20 articles in this field and presented at national and international conferences. Nithya takes an active role in teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Warwick Medical School with current and past PhD and masters students doing dissertations relevant to diabetes in pregnancy. She is the lead for the nutrition and malnutrition module in the Health and Medical Sciences course where she brings together her clinical and academic interest in nutrition and human metabolism and aspires to provide unique perspectives into the health science, public health, biomedical and clinical aspects of this area of study.

Dr Yasmin Jamil

Consultant obstetric physician, UCLH

Dr Yasmin Jamil is a consultant obstetric physician and co-lead of North Central London Maternal Medicine Network. She also continues to practice in her base specialty of acute medicine in North Central London. Yasmin is passionate about equity for all pregnant women and improving care pathways, and played a key role in set up of a network including outreach clinics and MDTs to reach the most vulnerable women. She also holds national roles as member of the UK Obstetric Surveillance Society (UKOSS) Steering Group Committee, consultant representative on the Joint Committee for Royal College of Physicians and Macdonald Obstetric Medicine Society, and a member of Society for Acute Medicine Obstetric Medicine Advisory Group.

Professor Matt Phillips

Consultant in GU medicine, North Cumbria | president, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Professor Matt Phillips is the current president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV. He trained in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) in the North West region and Dublin. Matt obtained his master’s degree from Keele University in the field of gender, sexuality and human rights law and has continued through his career to contribute to thinking around ethics in relation to HIV. He is an honorary professor at the University of Central Lancashire.

Dr Suneeta Soni

Consultant physician, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation trust

Dr Suneeta Soni is a consultant in sexual health and HIV in Brighton and an honorary associate professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She is co-chair of the Bacterial Special Interest Group for BASHH and has authored several BASHH guidelines including mycoplasma genitalium, gonorrhoea and scabies. Her current interests are antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship in clinical settings and in her NHS role Suneeta works collaboratively with private online STI care providers to assist guideline implementation and ensure high quality care for everyone. She represents her specialty nationally and internationally through invited lectures and policy work. She also leads the undergraduate HIV/GUM module and Medical Electives Programme at BSMS.

Dr Chris Ward

Consultant physician genitourinary medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Chris Ward is a consultant in genitourinary medicine at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. He studied medicine at Manchester University and then trained in sexual health and HIV in the north-west. He has an MSc in public health and a PGCert in postgraduate medical education. Chris has a special interest in Chemsex and PrEP and leads for both for Manchester. He also has an interest in the development of services for young people, chairing safeguarding MDTs, and has contributed nationally to child sexual exploitation developments, particularly in boys. He is a diploma of HIV examiner, is part of the BHIVA external relations subcommittee, and is the current BASHH conference and communication secretary.

Dr Cara Saxon

Consultant physician in genitourinary medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dr Cara Saxon is a consultant in genitourinary and HIV medicine at Sandyford Sexual Health Services and The Brownlee Centre in Glasgow. Cara trained in the north west of England and worked as a consultant and clinical lead at the NHS services in Withington and Trafford, Manchester for 9 years, before relocating to Glasgow in early 2023. Cara is currently clinical lead for genitourinary medicine and clinical risk at Sandyford. Cara has a specialist interest in recurrent vulvovaginitis and is lead author of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) UK guidelines on the management of vulvovaginal candidiasis. Cara is the current BASHH general secretary, a member of the BASHH Clinical Effectiveness Group and editor of the BASHH patient information leaflets.

Dr Daniele Bryden

Dean of the faculty intensive care medicine | consultant in intensive care medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Dhruv Parekh

Consultant respiratory and intensive care medicine and associate professor, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | University of Birmingham

Dr Dhruv Parekh is a consultant in intensive care and respiratory medicine in Birmingham. He trained in London, Australia and the West Midlands with triple accreditation in ICM, respiratory and general internal medicine. He works academically at the University of Birmingham as an associate professor, leading a programme of research in respiratory and critical care, is medical director of research and innovation at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust and a Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine board member, sits on the Training and Quality Committee and FICM academic lead.

Dr Taqua Dahab

ST9 ICM/AIM/GIM, Whiston Hospital

Dr Taqua Dahab is ST9 in acute, general and intensive care medicine in Liverpool. She is the deputy lead for the intensivists in training and international medical graduates (IMGs), and a rep for the FICM Board. She is also the IMGs lead for the north-west of England deanery, as well as the organ donation fellow for NHS Blood and Transplant. Taqua has a degree in medical education with a special interest in differential attainments among the international medical workforce. Her special interests also feature point of care ultrasound (POCUS) including echocardiography. She has a growing interest on enhanced care areas and their interface with Intensive Care Units.

Dr Andrew Sharman

Consultant in intensive care medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Andrew Sharman is a consultant in intensive care medicine, working at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which admits over 3,500 level 2 and 3 patients as a regional specialist centre as well as a regional trauma centre. Andrew qualified from the Royal Free Hospital and undertook his medicine training in Leicester before moving to Nottingham to undertake intensive care training with anaesthesia, being one of the first dual speciality trainees. He completed his diploma of intensive care medicine, writing his dissertation on anticoagulation in renal replacement therapy. Andrew’s clinical interest are renal medicine, trauma and rehabilitation post-intensive care, where he sees patients weekly in clinic. He is the lead regional adviser for the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (soon to be College) and his passion remains education and training. Despite Andrew’s national roles and examiner duties for the Faculty and the Royal College of Physicians, he remains embedded in clinical practice where he strives to inspire the next generation of residents to love clinical medicine.

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Dr Hitasha Rupani

Consultant respiratory physician, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Hitasha Rupani a consultant respiratory physician at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads the Southampton Severe Asthma Service. She holds a PhD from the University of Southampton, and her research focuses on uncovering the mechanisms driving the development and progression of severe asthma and asthma exacerbations. In addition to her clinical and academic roles, she serves on the council of the British Thoracic Society, is an associate editor for ERJ Open Research, and is the e-learning resources director for the European Respiratory Society.

Dr Kay Roy

Respiratory consultant physician, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kay Roy leads the asthma service at University College London Hospitals where she is also the trust clinical lead for tobacco dependency / smoking cessation and sarcoidosis. As an integrated care physician, she works closely with primary care in the development of community services for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and treatment guidelines. She is an author of the 2024 NICE guidelines for asthma and other national leadership roles include chair of the British Thoracic Society Specialist Advisory Group for Acute and Complex Respiratory Infections. Regionally, in north central London, she is an active member of the respiratory network where she is a lead for asthma and chair of the Inhalers Sustainability Forum. Since being awarded a PhD on characterisation of patients with COPD with training in clinical trials, Kay has been the principal investigator on several multicentre trials and sits on three national research strategy groups: asthma, COPD and acute lung infections. As honorary associate professor at University College London, she has served on the postgraduate master’s (respiratory medicine) faculty as a supervisor on several theses awarded at distinction level, and acted as an examiner for higher degree postgraduate studies.

Professor Kristien Boelaert

Professor of endocrinology, University of Birmingham

Professor Kristien Boelaert is a professor of endocrinology at the University of Birmingham and a consultant endocrinologist at University Hospitals Birmingham. She is an active researcher in the field of thyroid diseases. She has published more than 200 papers and has received more than £10 million in research grant funding. Kristien was the clinical lead for the NICE guidelines on thyroid disease and leads the National Consensus Statements on management of thyroid cancer. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Green-top and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guideline panels on thyroid disease in pregnancy. Kristien is senior editor for the Journal of the Endocrine Society and Endocrine Connections. She serves on the editorial boards of several endocrine journals including The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. She is president of the British Thyroid Association, president elect and clinical committee chair for the Society for Endocrinology (SfE), co-chair of the ATA 2025 Programme Organising Committee and a member of the SfE council and the European Thyroid Association executive committee.

Professor Mark Gurnell

Professor of clinical endocrinology, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Mark Gurnell holds several senior appointments in Cambridge – he is professor of clinical endocrinology at the University of Cambridge, clinical lead for endocrine services at Addenbrooke's Hospital, head of section at the Department of Medicine and clinical subdean at the School of Clinical Medicine. His clinical and research interests are focused on pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disorders. He has specific expertise in atypical thyroid function tests. He serves on several national and international committees, including: Council, UK Society for Endocrinology; Education Committee, European Society of Endocrinology; Professional Education and Career Development Committees, Pituitary Society. He currently holds several senior appointments in medical education, including: Chair, Executive Board, UK Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance; Chair, Exam Board, UK Medical Licensing Assessment Applied Knowledge Test; Co-Chair, European Board Examination in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Professor Rachel Crowley

Consultant endocrinologist, St Vincent's University Hospital | University College Dublin

Rachel Crowley is a consultant endocrinologist at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin and clinical professor at University College Dublin. She runs the rare bone disease service in SVUH which is a national Orphanet clinic and lead adult site in Ireland for the European Reference Network in Rare Bone Disease (ERN BOND). She is co-lead of the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network and the lead for the Rare Disease Research Catalyst Consortium, both funded by the Health Research Board and hosted by University College Dublin. Her research includes rare bone and endocrine disorders including clinical trials and research methodology. She has contributed to multiple international projects and guidelines and is involved in training healthcare professionals in clinical and research fields.

Professor Marie Freel

Consultant endocrinologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Dr Marie Freel is a consultant endocrinologist and physician and honorary associate clinical professor at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. Her major clinical and research interests are in adrenal disorders and endocrine hypertension, and she chairs the Scottish national adrenal MDT. Marie is a member of the Programme Committee for the Society for Endocrinology BES meeting, co-editor in chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports Journal and president of the Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation. She is also an associate postgraduate dean for medicine.

Dr Mumtaz Patel

President, Royal College of Physicians

Dr 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 rraining 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

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.

Professor Chris Whitty

Chief medical officer, Department of Health and Social Care

Professor Chris Whitty is the chief medical officer (CMO) for England, the UK government’s chief medical adviser, and head of the public health profession. He is a practising NHS consultant physician at University College London Hospitals and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and undertook clinical training at St George’s as well as in Africa, Asia and elsewhere in the UK. Prior to his role as CMO, he was chief scientific adviser (CSA) at the Department of Health and Social Care, head (CEO) of the National Institute for Health and Care Research, CSA at the Department for International Development, and interim government chief scientific adviser. He was professor of public and international health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, undertaking research in Africa and Asia, where he continues as an honorary professor.

Professor Sir Stephen Holgate

Clinical professor of immunopharmacology and honorary consultant physician, University Hospital Southampton

Professor Sir Stephen Holgate researches the mechanisms and treatment of asthma, with over 1,000 research publications and a citation h index of 188. He is a past president of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, British Thoracic Society, British Association for Lung Research, and the Collegium International Allergologicum. His work has been recognised by international awards such as the King Faisal and J. Allyn Taylor international prizes in medicine, as well as a number of scientific achievement awards and honorary degrees and fellowships. Stephen is currently UK research and innovation clean air champion and special adviser to the Royal College of Physicians on air quality. He led the influential RCP air pollution report in 2016, titled Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution, and its update in 2025. He was appointed CBE in 2011 for contributions to clinical science and knighted in 2020 for medical research.

Dr Suzanne Bartington

Clinical associate professor in environmental health, University of Birmingham

Dr Suzanne Bartington leads interdisciplinary research and policy impact focused activities at the intersect of air quality, climate change and health. Suzanne has developed specific interests in developing clean air and climate solutions which deliver co-benefits for public health and equity. In her role as UK Clean Air Champion she works closely with policymakers, commercial and not-for-profit partners to translate research outputs arising from the £42.5 million UK Research and Innovation Clean Air Programme into knowledge and tools available for policy and practice.

Dr Ruth Law

Consultant in geriatric medicine, Whittington Health NHS Trust

Dr Ruth Law is a consultant physician in integrated geriatric medicine and general internal medicine at Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, where she is associate medical director for quality and clinical effectiveness. She is currently honorary secretary and vice president for policy of the British Geriatrics Society. She is a censor at RCP London and is actively involved in educational activity at the RCP including hosting PACEs and sitting on the board for the Specialty Certificate Examination in Geriatric Medicine.

Professor Simon Conroy

Consultant geriatrician, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Simon Conroy is a consultant geriatrician at Barts Health NHS Trust. His ambition is to improve outcomes for older people living with frailty by embedding evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.

Dr Sean Ninan

Consultant geriatrician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Sean Ninan is a consultant geriatrician with a specialist interest in community geriatrics. He is the clinical lead for dementia and delirium at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is also course director for Leeds Frailty Education (www.leedsfrailtyeducation.co.uk). Sean contributes to and teaches about quality improvement. He tweets @sean9n and @leedsfrailtyed and has educational videos on frailty on TikTok and YouTube @LeedsFrailtyEd. He writes a blog on geriatric and medical topics sean9n.wordpress.com

Dr Sinead Henderson

Consultant, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Sinead Henderson is a palliative medicine consultant in Surrey. She completed her training in 2013 and has spent the last 4 years specialising in the care of older adults in the last year of life. Sinead is the clinical lead for the Department for Elderly Medicine as well as ReSPECT and EOLC lead at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust.

Dr Susan Tadros

Consultant immunologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Susan Tadros trained at Imperial College London and undertook specialist training in clinical immunology in London. She is a consultant immunologist at Royal Free Hospital and has a clinical interest in the care of young adults with immunodeficiency and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adults with primary immunodeficiencies.

Dr Sacha Moore

WCAT specialty registrar in nephrology and general internal medicine, Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales

Dr Sacha Moore is a specialty registrar in nephrology and internal medicine on the Welsh Clinical Academic Training Scheme in Cardiff, South Wales. His clinical interests include the management of cardiorenal disease, multimorbidity and acute kidney injury (AKI), and he was the lead author of the All Wales AKI Guideline. His research focuses on chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) and vascular calcification as a driver of cardiorenal disease. He sits on the UK Kidney Research Consortium’s CKD-MBD clinical study group and will begin a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD Fellowship – the GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals – in August 2025; investigating osteogenic transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells in CKD. Sacha also chairs NEPHwork, the UK Kidney Association-supported resident doctor-led research collaborative, and serves as an Resident Doctor Committee representative on the RCP Research and Academic Medicine Committee. He is passionate about supporting academic resident doctors and enhancing academic training across the UK.

Dr Sorena Kiani

Consultant immunologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sorena Kiani studied medicine at University College London as part of the MBPhD Programme, undertaking his PhD studies in immunology. He specialised in clinical immunology at King’s College Hospital and worked as a consultant immunologist at Royal Surrey and Barts Health before moving to Royal Free Hospital.

Dr Andrew Whyte

Consultant allergist and immunologist, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Dr Andrew Whyte trained in Australia before moving to the UK in 2014. He is a consultant allergist and immunologist in Plymouth where his interests are particularly in anaphylaxis, venom allergy, and clonal mast cell disorders.

Dr Paul Jarman

Chair, Department of Neurology and Neuro-rehabilitation, Cleveland Clinic London

Dr Paul Jarman is chair of the Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at Cleveland Clinic London. In this role he leads a large team of world-class neurologists, neurorehabilitation specialists and neurophysiologists. He is also a senior consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square and University College Hospital London. Paul completed medical training at Oxford University and UCL, where he graduated with honours. He also completed a period of training at UCLA medical centre in the USA. His research background includes a PhD at the Institute of Neurology UCL, on the subject of molecular genetics of neurological disorders. This work included mapping new disease genes and identification of novel mutations in genes for movement disorders. He is a clinical neurologist with interests in all aspects of neurology and brain disorders, including specialist interests in movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, as well as in headache and migraine, Botox treatment and acute neurology. Paul is committed to medical education and training the next generation of neurologists and has been the training programme director for the London postgraduate neurology training programme for many years. He also chairs the Pan-London Neurology Specialist Training Committee. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Paul chaired the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Neurology Committee, helping with the safety assessment of the COVID-19 vaccine. He has published several scientific papers on various neurological topics and is author of several textbook chapters.

Professor Paul Boon

Professor of neurology, Ghent University

Professor Paul Boon has been a senior full professor at Ghent University since 2007. Between 2000 and 2020, he was the part-time research and development director and currently is the strategic advisor to the board of directors of Kempenhaeghe, a tertiary care centre for epilepsy, sleep and neurocognitive disorders in Heeze, The Netherlands. Since 2004, Professor Boon is the chairman of the department of neurology at Ghent University Hospital. In 2009, he was appointed chairman of the head, neck and nervous system division at Ghent University Hospital overseeing the clinical departments of neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery and dentistry. This governance portfolio was extended in 2017 with the departments of orthopaedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, rheumatology and pain clinic. In 2011, he was appointed as the director of the Institute for Neuroscience at Ghent University. Additionally, Professor Boon runs the Centre for Neurophysiological Monitoring (CNM) at Ghent University Hospital, a 16-bed intensive monitoring unit for sleep and epilepsy performing 3500 polysomnographic examinations per year for patients with insomnia, hypersomnia and parasomnia. Professor Boon also heads 4Brain, an experimental and translational research laboratory that features different animal models for focal and generalized epilepsy and deals mainly with mechanisms-of-action-related research of pharmacological, neuromodulation and cell-therapy and neurogenesis-based therapies.

Dr Christopher Carswell

Consultant neurologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Chris Carswell is a consultant neurologist and senior lecturer at Imperial College London, supported by an MRC clinical academic fellowship. Chris has a specialist interest in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), having established a dedicated multidisciplinary NPH clinic at Charing Cross Hospital. He chairs the Association of British Neurologists Special Interest Group in NPH and led a Cochrane Review evaluating the evidence for shunt surgery. He has recently been appointed to the board of the Hydrocephalus Society. His current research focuses on identifying which patients benefit from CSF-shunting and understanding reasons for outcome variability using novel digital assessment tools, alongside multi-modal neurodegenerative biomarker assessments. He is the current secretary and founding trustee of the South of England Neurosciences Association.

Professor Darren Green

Consultant Nephrologist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Adie Viljoen

Consultant metabolic physician at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and honorary consultant at Cambridge Universities NHS Trust

Dr Viljoen has worked as a consultant in the NHS for more than 18 years and runs CV risk clinics in several counties. He is program director for Metabolic Medicine training in the East of England and Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Hertfordshire. He conducts numerous clinical phase 2, 3 and 4 trials in lipids, diabetes and obesity and has been the UK Chief Investigator and key signatory for several of these studies. He conducts weekly cardiovascular risk and preventative cardiology outpatient clinics. Dr Viljoen has authored more than 150 papers in peer reviewed medical journals including The Lancet, Diabetes Care, and Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology. He is the author of several chapters in medical textbooks. He has also co-authored a book on Cardiovascular Risk He has served as a topic expert for various reviews by NICE such as the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Quality Standards (QS41) and Technology Appraisals for PCSK9 inhibitors. He received several awards for clinical excellence from the UK National Health Service.

Jules Payne

Chief executive, Heart UK

Jules joined HEART UK in 2010 and has led the transformation of the charity to what it is today. Jules has a passion for supporting patients, families and those affected by high cholesterol and has been instrumental in establishing HEART UK as the leading charity with expertise in cholesterol and lipid conditions.

Dr David Brooks

Macmillan consultant in palliative medicine, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Dr David Brooks has been a Macmillan consultant in palliative medicine at Chesterfield Royal Hospital for 25 years. He is chair of the Joint Specialty Committee for Palliative Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and a past president of the Association for Palliative Medicine. He is also a member of the Palliative Medicine Specialty Certificate Examination Standard Setting Group.

Dr Erin Kadodwala

Palliative medicine speciality trainee, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Dr Erin Kadodwala is a speciality trainee in palliative medicine in the East Midlands. She previously worked in London and South Yorkshire.

Dr Sharon Chadwick

Consultant in palliative medicine, Hospice of St Francis Berkhamsted

Dr Sharon Chadwick is consultant in palliative medicine, medical director and deputy CEO at the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted. Prior to her medical career, she trained and worked as a hospital pharmacist. She went on to study medicine at the University of Birmingham, graduating with distinctions across the board. Following her success in passing the membership examinations for the RCP, she went on to attain her core surgical training in chest medicine and an MD in cystic fibrosis research. She has a particular interest in the palliative care of patients with end-stage respiratory disease and end-stage heart failure. She has developed services locally, working with specialist heart failure and specialist respiratory nurses to improve palliative care for these patients. She works across all settings locally; as palliative medicine lead at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital Trust, in the Hospice of St Francis and in the community, and as medical director and deputy CEO at the Hospice.

Dr Ollie Minton

Macmillan clinical lead in palliative medicine, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ollie Minton is the clinical lead in palliative medicine based in Brighton. His role is to provide clinical leadership to the team which advises other members of the hospital on end-of-life care, including their families and friends, as well as ensure the wider cancer services from diagnosis onwards. The team is research active, using PROMS and VR among other things and continually looking at quality and service improvement and education of staff and undergraduate students of all healthcare disciplines. They see patients with and without cancer in a 50/50 split, but see patients based on need, not diagnosis or prognosis – the overarching theme is patients who are treatable but not curable, but they want to see people sooner than later when they can have the most impact.

Dr Sebastian Van der Linden

Specialty registrar in palliative medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Seb Van der Linden is a specialty registrar in palliative medicine and general medicine in Sheffield. In 2024 he was awarded the Abe Guz Fellowship from the Association for Palliative Medicine and undertook work on the collation of resources on breathlessness management, along with research into equity of access to breathlessness support services across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Today’s presentation will focus on the pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of breathlessness in the palliative setting.

Professor Cheng-Hock Toh

Professor of medical haematology, University of Liverpool

Professor Cheng-Hock Toh is chair of the National Blood Transfusion Committee. He has extensive experience across clinical, academic, educational, entrepreneurial and professional leadership domains in haematology and medicine. He was elected academic vice president of the Royal College of Physicians (2018–2021) and president of the British Society for Haematology (2018–2020). He has also been chair of the NIHR Clinical Research Network in Haematology, chair of the European Hematology Association (EHA) Curriculum Committee and chair of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Scientific and Standardization Sub-Committee in disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Professor Mieke van Hemelrijck

Professor in cancer epidemiology, King's College London

Professor Mieke Van Hemelrijck leads the Transforming cancer OUtcomes through Research (TOUR) Team in the School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences at King's College London (KCL).

Mieke studied for an MSc in biomedical sciences (2001–2005) and an MSc in statistical analysis (2005–2006) at Ghent University, Belgium. While doing so, she became engaged in epidemiology research in the field of urology. She continued her epidemiological training by spending 2 years at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (2006–2008), where she obtained an MSc in population and international health, staying focused on urological research. From 2008–2010, she worked with Professor Lars Holmberg at King’s College London and obtained a PhD in cancer epidemiology. In 2012, she was appointed as a lecturer in cancer epidemiology at KCL. She leads the TOUR Team and became a professor in late 2020. You can read more about her work on the KCL website.
 

Professor Rudolf A. de Boer

Chair and professor of cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre

Dr William Dunn

Haematology registrar, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr William (Billy) Dunn is a haematology registrar at Addenbrooke's hospital and a PhD student co-supervised by Professor George Vassiliou (clinician-scientist) and Dr Irina Mohorianu (Turing Fellow in Computer Science (Machine Learning and Bioinformatics)). He completed his BSc, medical degree and MSc (Bioinformatics) at the University of Glasgow. After foundation training in the west of Scotland, he took up an academic clinical fellowship post in Cambridge in 2019. At present, he holds a Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Fellowship and utilises bioinformatics and machine learning techniques to detect and characterise clonal haematopoiesis and myeloid pre-leukaemia.

Dr Mike Rossiter

Consultant in sport, exercise and MSK medicine, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Mike Rossiter is a consultant in sport and exercise medicine (SEM), clinical director of the Candover Clinic in Basingstoke and recent chair of the SEM Committee for the Royal College of Physicians. He has recently retired as NHS clinical lead for SEM and musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine. Mike has worked with a variety of professional sports for over 25 years, including as chief medical officer (CMO) for GB hockey, CMO for GB synchronised swimming, and as a club doctor in both football and rugby. He has attended four Olympic Games (one as deputy CMO for Team GB), six Commonwealth Games (three as CMO for Team England), and European and World Cups. He has appointed again as CMO for Team England at the Commonwealth games and also as CMO for Team GB at the Winter Olympics, both in 2026. Mike is currently clinical lead for premiership rugby and the premiership match day doctors, tutor on the Rugby Football Union’s pre-hospital immediate care in sport course since 2005, and independent match reviewer for concussive events in rugby. He is also a member of the UK Anti-Doping Medical Committee. He is actively involved in research across several sporting areas.

Dr Felicity Hughes

Sport and exercise medicine ST4 registrar, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Felicity Hughes is an ST4 academic clinical fellow in sport and exercise medicine based in Oxford.

Dr Anna-Louise Mackinnon

Consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Anna-Louise Mackinnon is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, chief medical officer for the British Equestrian Federation and medical adviser to the Injured Jockeys Fund. 
Anna-Louise qualified from Nottingham University in 1997 and initially trained and worked as a GP while completing the University of Bath diploma in sport and exercise medicine. In 2009 she was appointed as the first full-time medical adviser to the Professional Jockeys Association and Injured Jockeys Fund. During this time, she also worked in the Oxsport, Sport and Exercise Medicine clinic at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. In 2015 she started work at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in the musculoskeletal clinic and in 2016 completed specialty training in sport and exercise medicine. In 2020 she was given a substantive role as a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Between 2015 and 2018 she was employed by the University of Oxford as a senior clinical research fellow working on a research project looking at the short- and long-term health consequences of professional horse racing funded by the Racing Foundation and Versus Arthritis. In 2020 she returned to working in horse racing as the medical adviser to the Injured Jockeys Fund and in 2020 took over the role of chief medical officer for the British Equestrian Federation. Anna-Louise is a fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine and chair of the Musculoskeletal Committee.

Dr Kim Gregory

Consultant physician in sport and exercise medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Kim is the clinical service lead of the sports and exercise medicine service at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. This includes a national dance medicine clinic and Kim is a clinical partner with the National Institute of Dance Science and Medicine. Her medical education role is now special advisory committee chair. She also works in elite sport currently with the UK Sports Institute in Loughborough and is CMO for GB wheelchair basketball. She has been to 4 Paralympic Games with ParalympicsGB. Kim's particular clinical interests are parasport, dance medicine, adolescent SEM, RED-S and bone stress injuries.

Dr David Salman

Sport and exercise medicine registrar, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr David Salman is a specialty trainee in sport and exercise medicine at the London Deanery, and formerly an Imperial College London post-doctoral, post-CCT clinical research fellow (IPPRF). He combines his research in physical activity with clinical work in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine. He was previously a Wellcome Trust clinical research fellow at Imperial College London, where he completed a PhD in mechanobiology; and an NIHR academic clinical fellow at Imperial College School of Primary Care. His research interests are in physical activity epidemiology, the biomechanics of frailty and falls, and balance disorders in concussion. He is the topic lead for undergraduate teaching on physical activity at Imperial College London, has held national roles in sport and exercise medicine teaching provision, and developed resources used nationally by the Physical Activity Clinical Champions Programme.

Karin Smyth MP

Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care), Department for Health and Social Care

Dr Imogen Grant

FY1, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Imogen Grant studied medicine at the University of Cambridge. While there, she learnt to row and went on to race at two Olympic Games, most recently at the 2024 Paris Olympics where she became Olympic Champion in the lightweight women's double sculls. 2 days after the Closing Ceremony, Imogen began work at Wexham Park Hospital as an FY1. She has an MPhil in obstetrics and gynaecology, and also has an interest in sports physiology.

Dr Omar Mustafa

Consultant physician in diabetes and general internal medicine, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Mustafa is a consultant physician in diabetes and general internal medicine at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. He has been the RCP’s global vice president and interim registrar since April 2024. A fellow of the RCP since 2018, Omar completed his undergraduate medical training in Iraq and postgraduate training in the UK. He is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at King’s College London and associate director of medical education at King’s College Hospital. He has a strong interest in medical education, completing a master's in health professions education at Maastricht University / Suez Canal University. He is the programme director for the endocrinology and diabetes higher specialty training programme in south London and a member of the JRCPTB endocrinology and diabetes specialty advisory committee.

Dr Chris Packham

Special adviser on health inequalities, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Chris Packham is special adviser on population health for the RCP. He is an associate medical director at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, a practising inner city GP, and former director of public health in Nottingham. Chris has been a member of the RCP’s Health Inequalities Advisory Group since 2021.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

Professor of epidemiology, University College London | director, UCL Institute of Health Equity | past president, World Medical Association

Sir Michael Marmot is professor of epidemiology at University College London, director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and past president of the World Medical Association. Michael has been a professor of epidemiology at UCL since 1985. He first joined as head of department, where he spent 26 years overseeing the growth of the department from 7 to 170 people. Fundamental to this growth was a vision of needed research on social determinants of health and health inequalities. He set up and led a number of longitudinal cohort studies on the social gradient in health in the UCL department of Epidemiology and Public Health: the Whitehall II Studies of British Civil Servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality; the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA); and several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. Michael chaired the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), set up by the World Health Organization in 2005, and produced the report entitled Closing the Gap in a Generation in August 2008. At the request of the British government, he conducted the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England, which published its report Fair Society, Healthy Lives (also known as the Marmot Review) in February 2010. Based on the evidence, the Marmot Review had six domains of recommendations: give every child the best start in life; education and life-long learning; employment and working conditions; minimum income necessary for a healthy life; healthy and sustainable environments and communities in which to live and work; taking a social determinants approach to prevention and healthy lifestyle.

Sally Warren

Director general for the 10 Year Health Plan, Department of Health and Social Care

Sally Warren joined DHSC as director general for the 10 Year Health Plan in July 2024. Previous to this, she was director of Policy at The King’s Fund, a health think tank. Before joining The King’s Fund, Sally had 20 years’ experience in the Civil Service, including previous roles: - leading the engagement and policy development process to inform the 10-year plan for health - the new health and social care system strategy unit

Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam

Professor of gastroenterology, University of Warwick, and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam was previous academic vice president of the Royal College of Physicians. He developed a national research strategy for physicians working closely with the NIHR. He set up and chaired the RCP national advisory group on health and environmental sustainability. Currently he chairs a local drugs and therapeutics committee and is director of the Institute of Precision Diagnostics and Translational Medicine.

Professor Anton Emmanuel

Consultant neuro-gastroenterologist, University College London

Anton Emmanuel obtained his medical degree from London University. He is a professor in neuro-gastroenterology at University College London and consultant gastroenterologist at UCLH and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square). Prior to this he was senior lecturer at Imperial College and honorary consultant gastroenterologist at St Mark’s Hospital. His clinical and research work covers the spectrum of gut neurophysiology in neurological and non-organic disorders. He has supervised 24 PhD fellows and is medical director of publishing at the Royal College of Physicians.

Dr Natalia Zarate-Lopez

Consultant gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Natalia Zarate-Lopez completed her Gastroenterology certificate of completion of training (CCT) in Spain where she started her training in the field of neurogastroenterology under the supervision of founder of the field, Professor Malagelada. She then moved to Canada, after been awarded a post-CCT fellowship by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology at McMaster University, to complete her PhD. Back in the UK she continued her training at the The Royal London Hospital and University College London Hospitals (UCLH). She is currently the Gastrointestinal Physiology Unit lead at UCLH, consultant in neurogastroenterology, lead of the UCLH Adolescent Neurogastroenterology Transition Service and UCL associate professor. Her work in developing multidisciplinary team neurogastroenterology adolescent service influenced a recent review and recommendations for transition of this cohort of patients, and was published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility in 2024. She is passionate about promoting training to guarantee evidenced based management of patients and the development of new technologies to assess gut sensorimotor function. Natalia has lectured and published extensively, contributing to the recent European guidelines in both functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis and, more recently, in functional bloating.

Professor H Jervoise Andreyev

Consultant gastroenterologist, Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group

Professor H Jervoise Andreyev’s first degree was in Arabic studies, before qualifying in medicine in 1987 and completing a PhD in molecular biology in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed senior lecturer at Imperial College London and in 2006 appointed at the Royal Marsden Hospital as the first gastroenterologist ever asked to focus on treating GI side effects of cancer treatments. In 2016, Jervoise was honoured to be the Nimmo visiting professor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia, before moving to Lincoln County Hospital. In 2019, he was appointed honorary professor at the University of Nottingham. While working as a full time NHS clinician, Jervoise has enrolled 1,500 patients into randomised trials and several thousand patients into interventional cohort studies. He has published approximately 175 papers and has a h-index of 49. Jervoise’s research has focused primarily on the GI toxicity of cancer treatments, however, his team’s findings have also been shown to be also relevant to non-cancer related GI disorders.

Dr Sarah Logan

Consultant in infectious diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sarah Logan is a consultant in infectious diseases and general medicine, as well as clinical lead for the HTD at UCLH and medical workforce director at the RCP. She runs the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service at UCLH and spends a lot of time thinking about how to improve the care of patients with infections across the UK.

Dr Angela McBride

Specialist registrar in infectious diseases and medical microbiology, Imported Fever Service

Angela is a specialist registrar in infectious diseases and microbiology, currently working at the Imported Fever Service. She is also a postdoctoral research fellow in dengue clinical trials at the University of Oxford, where she is involved in trials of antiviral and host-directed therapies for dengue virus infection.

Dr Stephen Poole

Infectious diseases and microbiology ST7, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tom Samuels

Imported fever service registrar, rare imported pathogens laboratory, UKHSA

Dr Tom Samuels is a specialist registrar in infectious diseases and general internal medicine, and an NIHR academic clinical fellow in infectious diseases at University College London. His research interests incorporate data science and epidemiological approaches to answer research questions concerning infection diagnostics.

Dr Isra Halim

Locum consultant in infection (microbiology), Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Isra Halim is a consultant clinical microbiologist with extensive experience in both the UK and India. Currently working as a locum consultant at Manchester Royal Infirmary, she specialises in the diagnosis and management of infections in critically ill patients – particularly in intensive care, transplant units and other high-risk care settings. Isra’s expertise lies in critical care microbiology, where she works closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient treatment, improve outcomes and manage complex infections. In her current role in the UK, Isra leads microbiology ward rounds, supervises junior doctors, and provides expert guidance on managing severe infections including hospital-acquired infections and those in immunocompromised patients. She collaborates with specialists across various disciplines to refine patient care plans, ensuring accurate diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Her work has included managing a range of complex infections in critically ill patients, underscoring her strong expertise in critical care microbiology and her ability to direct effective treatment strategies. Isra’s clinical background extends beyond the UK. Before her current position, she worked in India, where she gained extensive experience in clinical microbiology and infection management. She was involved in managing a wide range of infectious diseases in critically ill patients, with a particular focus on infection control strategies and laboratory-based diagnostics. Her work included providing essential support to clinical teams in diagnosing and managing infections, which helped her hone both her diagnostic and clinical skills. In addition to her clinical experience, Isra has a strong research profile. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics within microbiology and infectious diseases, including invasive fungal infections and hospital-acquired infections. She has shared her findings at several prestigious international conferences, such as ECCMID and FIS, contributing to global discussions on the improvement of diagnostics and treatment strategies for infectious diseases. Isra is also dedicated to education and professional development. She regularly supervises microbiology/infectious diseases residents, mentoring them to develop their clinical and diagnostic skills. She actively participates in continuous professional development, attending educational programmes and conferences to remain at the forefront of advancements in the field of infectious diseases and microbiology. Isra is currently working towards the portfolio pathway in medical microbiology for specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC). This pathway will enable her to secure a permanent consultant position in the UK and further consolidate her expertise within the British healthcare system. She remains committed to advancing the management of infectious diseases, improving patient care, and contributing to research that enhances diagnostic practices and treatment outcomes. Through her clinical work, research and dedication to education, Isra continues to make a significant impact in the field of clinical microbiology. Her contributions to critical care microbiology and infection management reflect her passion for improving patient outcomes and advancing the science of infectious disease diagnosis and treatment.

Dr Helen Umpleby

Microbiology and infectious diseases SpR, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Helen Umpleby is a microbiology and infectious diseases SpR in Wessex.

Dr Padmasayee Papineni

Consultant in infectious diseases and acute medicine, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Padmasayee Papineni is a consultant in infectious diseases at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. From 2014–17 she was project leader for the TRUNCATE-TB clinical trial. Sayee is a clinical adviser and Steering Group member on the British Thoracic Society MDR-TB Advisory Service. She has a diploma in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru and a diploma in HIV Medicine. Sayee is deputy convenor for the Apothecaries DTM&H and is teaching faculty for the Nagasaki DTM&H in Japan. She won the Lancet’s Wakley Prize 2022 for her essay on directly observed therapy for TB and was awarded a Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Poet and Author Fellowship 2024.

Dr Katherine Woods

Consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Kate Woods has worked as a consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since autumn 2021. Prior to this she was based in London and was a consultant at Homerton University Hospital, East London, between 2017 and 2021. Outside the UK she has worked in Uganda and Laos, undertaking research into diagnostics for leptospirosis and melioidosis in the latter. She has been co-lead of the Kitale–Leeds Antimicrobial Stewardship Partnership (KLASP), part of the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) programme funded by UK aid Fleming Fund, since its inception in early 2023.

Dr Tommy Rampling

Consultant in infectious diseases and virology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | UK Health Security Agency

Dr Tommy Rampling is a consultant in infectious diseases and clinical virology and holds joint positions at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases at University College London Hospitals, and the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL), at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) where he is part of the team delivering the national Imported Fever Service. He has an interest in emerging infectious diseases and severe viral infections. Through his work at RIPL, Tommy contributes to the national response to severe infectious threats such as Lassa fever, Marburg disease and Mpox.

Dr Christina Petridou

Consultant in microbiology and infectious diseases, UK Health Security Agency

Dr Christina Petridou is a consultant in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, working part of the week in a clinical role in the NHS and part of the week at the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL), at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) where she is part of the team delivering the national Imported Fever Service. She is interested in tick-borne diseases and is clinical lead for Lyme disease at RIPL.

Dr Claire Gordon

Dr Anita Arasaretnam

Consultant haematologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Anita Arasaretnam is a consultant haematologist (appointed in 2015) at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, based primarily in Brighton. While remaining a general haematologist, her specialist areas of interest include myeloproliferative neoplasms, transfusion and education. Anna believes liaison haematology and forming links with other specialities and understanding what we need from each other is key to improving patient care and outcomes.

Dr Sharath Panamoottil

Specialist trainee registrar in haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

After graduating from Government Medical College, Kannur in 2012, Dr Sharath Panamoottil completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine at the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences in 2016. With aspirations to specialise in haematology, he relocated to the UK in 2020 to pursue higher training in this field. He began his registrar training at Oxford in 2022 and is currently in his ST6 year, advancing toward expertise in his chosen specialty. While he appreciates all aspects of haematology, he has developed particular interests in laboratory haematology and lymphoma. Throughout his career journey across continents, he has maintained a consistent passion for medical education—a commitment that began early in his career as a physiology lecturer for first-year medical students.

Dr Shivir Moosai

Consultant haematologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Shivir Moosai is a consultant haematologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust with a special interest in lymphoid malignancies. He is actively involved in clinical trials and treatment optimisation, focusing on improving patient outcomes through research, real-world data analysis, and service development. Shivir is passionate about medical education, and serves as an educational lead, training haematology registrars and resident doctors. He also contributed to the British Society for Haematology (BSH) through its Lymphoma Special Interest Group (SIG) and Communications Committee. Beyond the UK, he aims to contribute to strengthening haematology services in resource-limited settings. His interests include healthcare system improvement, audit and quality initiatives, integrating clinical excellence with education and innovation.

Dr Michael Desborough

Consultant haematologist and associate professor of haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Michael Desborough is a consultant haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and honorary consultant haematologist with NHS Blood and Transplant. He subspecialises in immunohaematology, transfusion medicine and obstetric haematology. Michael is the lead for the Oxford Specialised Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) and Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Centres, as well as an associate professor at the University of Oxford where his research focuses on platelets, fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT), and intracerebral haemorrhage.

Dr Sarah Wheeldon

Haematology SpR, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sarah Wheeldon is an ST7 haematology specialty registrar in Exeter, having commenced her specialty training in the Peninsula Deanery in 2019. Sarah went to medical school at the University of Oxford, followed by foundation training in Thames Valley, core medical training in Peninsula. and a post as a trust grade in ICU in Exeter. She has an undergraduate degree in physiological sciences and a postgraduate certificate in clinical education (PGCert). In 2023/24 Sarah held a 1-year post with NHSBT as a transfusion education fellow, responsible for populating the RCPath pathology portal. Her main interests include transfusion, clotting, liaison haematology and medical education.

Dr Shari Spencer

Haematology SpR, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Shari Spencer is a haematology registrar at King's College Hospital in London. Her desire to work with people with haematological disorders began while working in family medicine in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago and seeing a number of patients with haematological disorders who required a higher standard of care. Her purpose in medicine is simply to make life better for people with haemoglobinopathies. Her sub-specialty areas of interest are red cell disorders and transfusion medicine.

Dr Sunit Raja

Consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Senior clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine, Brunel University

Dr Raja graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine with a further degree in healthcare management. He undertook his early clinical training in the North-West Thames Deanery and subsequently completed specialty training in the Oxford deanery. He was appointed Chief Registrar at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2018. After completion of training, he was appointed as a consultant in respiratory and general internal medicine at Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2021.

Dr Alexander McFarquhar

Acute medicine registrar, Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Alexander McFarquhar is an acute medicine registrar in the East of England. He is currently the chief registrar at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and has a specialist interest in leadership, management and ultrasound. A large proportion of Alexander’s chief registrar work builds on his quality improvement background, improving projects at a local and regional level. He is passionate about healthcare delivery and successful innovations that continuously improve and scale good practice, creating a clear positive impact for patients, particularly in secondary care.

Dr Nick Murch

Consultant physician in acute medicine and medical education, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Nick Murch is an acute physician with an interest in medical education, simulation and human factors, as well as point of care ultrasound. He is the current president of the Society for Acute Medicine and has helped to write the curriculum for higher specialty training in acute internal medicine. Nick sits on the editorial board of the journal Acute Medicine.

Dr Anika Wijewardane

Consultant acute and stroke physician, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Anika Wijewardane is a consultant in acute and stroke medicine and deputy chief of service for acute and general medicine at Frimley Park Hospital. She has led on major transformation of medical SDEC and AMU, achieving measurable improvements in patient flow, reduced admissions, and improved staff morale. As a former national takeAIM fellow and Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) trainee representative, Anika co-authored the current national curriculum for acute medicine and has promoted the specialty through education, engagement and recruitment initiatives. She continues to collaborate with SAM, more recently co-authoring national guidance to support acute medicine service development. Anika applies lean principles to design acute care models that are efficient, sustainable and empowering – grounded in the belief that well-designed services improve not only system performance, but also the everyday experience of staff and patients alike.

Dr Zack Ferguson

Acute medicine registrar, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Zack Ferguson is an acute medicine registrar and honorary lecturer in medical education based in Surrey. He has a special interest in improving postgraduate training with a specific focus on situated workplace learning. In addition to teaching on the postgraduate certificate in medical education at the RCP, he has published research exploring how internal medicine training doctors transition into the role of the medical registrar. Zack is also a passionate advocate for the use of point-of-care ultrasound at the front door, having gained accreditation in both FAMUS and FUSIC-Heart. He is currently undertaking a takeAIM fellowship through the Society for Acute Medicine, promoting the specialty to resident doctors and medical students.

Dr Vicky Price

AMU consultant physician, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Vicky Price is an acute medicine physician for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the current president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine. She has an interest in same day emergency care and end-of-life care.

Dr Katherine Fayers

Diabetes consultant, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Katherine Fayers is a diabetes consultant at Hampshire and Isle of White Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Patient empowerment has been at the heart of Kate’s strategy for developing an intermediate community diabetes service which has relocated type 1 and type 2 diabetes care into the community since 2010. Her interest in leadership development and quality improvement has supported the development of a number of transformation projects across many aspects of diabetes care, improving community integration and reducing inequalities across West Hampshire. Kate’s current roles include Wessex training programme director for diabetes and endocrinology, less than full-time trust champion and ABCD meeting secretary.

Dr Parizad Avari

Consultant diabetologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Parizad Avari is a consultant diabetologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and post-doctoral research fellow at Imperial College London. She completed her PhD evaluating a smartphone based, real-time, personalised decision support system for people with type 1 diabetes at Imperial College London in 2021. Her specialist interest lies within the field of diabetes, with a focus on the use of innovative technologies for diabetes prevention and management in individuals at highest risk, including young adults, people in hospital, or those with renal impairment. Her research is funded by the Global Health Research Unit to support the development and implementation of digital interventions in the prevention of type 2 diabetes in South Asia. She currently co-leads the diabetes theme for improving care for people on dialysis and pre-renal transplantation across north-west London, funded by NHS England. She is a committee member of the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care group and Diabetes UK Research Steering Group (for acute care).

Dr Hermione Price

Consultant diabetologist, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Hermione Price is a consultant diabetologist at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and University Hospitals Dorset in Bournemouth. Hermoine is a visiting professor at the Health Sciences University and an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Southampton, where she has a research interest in the interface between diabetes and mental ill health. She has published widely on this topic and has received several research awards including the 2021 National institute of Health Research and Royal College of Physicians NHS researcher of the year award. She was awarded her DPhil by the University of Oxford in 2010 and her doctoral research concerned cardiovascular disease risk in adults living with type 2 diabetes. Hermoine is passionate about delivering specialist diabetes care in a community setting. She is especially interested in improving care for those people often thought of as ‘hardly reached’, including people in care homes or living with a serious mental disorder or a learning disability. She has led the writing group for both the first and second editions of the Joint British Diabetes Societies guideline: ‘The management of diabetes in adults and children with psychiatric disorders in inpatient settings’.

Dr Marilia Amaro Calcia

Consultant liaison psychiatrist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Marilia Amaro Calcia is a consultant liaison psychiatrist at the Diabetes Psychiatry and Psychology Service at King's College Hospital, London. She has worked with people with diabetes since 2018 and has contributed to clinical guidance for the management of diabetes in people with mental disorders.

Dr Waqas Akhtar

Consultant in cardiology and intensive care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Waqas Akhtar has completed postgraduate certification in cardiology, intensive care and general internal medicine with a particular interest in cardiogenic shock, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He has held a number of national roles including chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Resident Doctors Committee 24/25, Board of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine as lead national intensivists in training representative 23–25, trainee representative in organ donation at NHS Blood and Transplant London, honorary treasurer critical care section council at Royal Society of Medicine, and co-president at British Transplant Physician Trainees. Waqas studied Medicine at the University of Oxford and has trained at Royal Brompton and Harefield, Guy's and St Thomas' and Barts Health.

Dr Hatty Douthwaite

Renal/ GIM SpR, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Hatty Douthwaite is an ST7 registrar in renal and general medicine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London, following a year as chief registrar at King’s College Hospital and a PhD in transplant immunology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She took unconventional route into graduate medicine via a BA Biological Sciences degree at Oxford University and a financial services internship. This journey has provided a unique perspective on career transitions. Hatty is actively involved in several roles, including renal and GIM trainee representative for South London, as well as for the NHS Blood and Transplant Kidney Advisory Group. She also serves as the lead kidney representative and treasurer-elect for British Transplant Physician Trainees (BTPT). Hatty joined the RDC in 2022 and is committed to ensuring that the voice of trainees is well-represented and to working to improve and shape medical training. She is also passionate about improving staff morale, job satisfaction, and maintaining a robust, happy workforce.

Dr Kapil Agarwal

Internal medicine trainee Year 3, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kapil Agarwal is an internal medicine trainee, shortly due to complete IM stage 1 training. He completed his MBBS in 2020 from Imperial College London, including an intercalated BSc in medical sciences with endocrinology. Kapil has also completed postgraduate training (to date) in Severn Deanery. He is currently an RCP associate college tutor and provides PACES teaching locally in Bath. Previous roles include foundation doctor representative and resident doctor on the Medical Workforce Planning Group. Kapil enjoys teaching as well as leadership and management roles.

Dr Arash Fattahi

IMT1, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Arash Fattahi is an IMT1 currently working in Northampton Hospital. Prior to studying postgraduate medicine, he studied biomedical sciences and worked in biotech for a year. He has a keen interest in education and leadership and has had numerous leadership roles throughout both his degrees and working life. He is currently an RCP associate college tutor and is working towards an MSc in medical education.

Dr Anthony Martinelli

Clinical lecturer, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Anthony Martinelli is a clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine, based in Cambridge. He has been co-chair of the RCP Resident Doctor Committee since September 2024. Anthony has research and clinical interests in iron biology, COPD and infection.

Bobin Lee

Medical student, University of Buckingham | SFDN representative, Royal College of Physicians

Bobin Lee is a 4th-year postgraduate entry medical student at the University of Buckingham. Prior to medical school, she completed a bachelor’s degree of psychology and masters of nursing in Sydney, Australia, where she worked as a registered nurse in A&E and anaesthetics. Through her background, Bobin experienced clinical education and training in varying health systems and professions. This led her to strongly believe that supporting trainee experience is a key driving force for creating a healthier, more resilient and sustainable workforce. Bobin is passionate about improving student mental health and wellbeing, having assisted in the formal introduction of a peer support programme at her medical school. She continues to advocate for her colleagues as a member of the RCP Student and Foundation Doctor Network.

Austin Wilks

Fitness instructor and partnership and content manager, InstructorLive

Austin Wilks is a choreographer, fitness Instructor, and partnership & content manager of InstructorLive — a digital wellbeing platform offering on-demand fitness and wellbeing support to individuals and organisations. With a background in West End performance and over 20 years of experience in movement and coaching, Austin now works with public and private sector teams to make fitness more accessible, energising, and sustainable for everyone.

Professor Greg Whyte

Professor of applied sport and exercise science, Liverpool John Moore’s University NHS Foundation Trust