Dr Bhavna Pandya FRCP

Consultant nephrologist and physician, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Bhavna Pandya has been a consultant nephrologist and physician in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2005 and is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She began as regional chronic kidney disease lead in 2006, following the UK government's initiative regarding chronic kidney disease, and was trust lead for long term conditions. Bhavna is a founding trustee of three charities, including Liverpool Kidney Patients’ Charity. She chaired the Equal Opportunity in Nephrology Committee of Renal Association 2016–19 and was an elected medical and dental staff governor for two terms, as well as being elected as deputy lead governor. Currently, Bhavna leads the Ethnic Minority Staff Network for the trust. She is a trustee of UK Kidney Association and has remained as an education and teaching lead in the department.

Dr Sacha Moore

WCAT specialty registrar in nephrology, University Hospital of Wales

Professor Smeeta Sinha FRCP

Consultant nephrologist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Smeeta Sinha is a consultant nephrologist and honorary professor at the University of Manchester and a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is a Northern Care Alliance research and innovation deputy director and her research interests include CKD epidemiology, rare renal disease, vascular calcification disorders and multi-morbidity. In addition to Smeeta’s research roles, she is the NHS England national clinical director for renal medicine.

Dr Rupert Major

Associate professor, University of Leicester

Dr Kristin Veighey FRCP

NIHR academic clinical fellow in general practice, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Kristin Veighey trained in Belfast and graduated in 2004, prior to moving to Southampton to be a junior house officer. After a 4-year period as a junior doctor in Wessex, she started renal (kidney) speciality training in London and completed a PhD. During her research time, Kirstin supported a multi-national clinical trial (REPAIR) and developed a passion for clinical research to improve patient care. She worked as an NHS consultant nephrologist for 5 years, before making the decision to retrain as a clinical academic GP. Kirstin is currently leading on National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded research to understand how we can better identify and manage people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. She is the UK Kidney Association Integrated CKD clinical co-lead, sits on the UK Kidney Association CKD Special Interest Group (SIG), leads the Society for Academic Primary Care SIG, and is the clinical lead for a Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care System industry funded service improvement project, SPOT-CKD. Kirstin led the development of a framework for extended roles for GPs in kidney health with the Royal College of General Practitioners. Additionally, she works as co-director of the Southampton Academy of Research, and leads the Research Leaders Programme.

Mr Owain Brooks

Lead renal pharmacist, Swansea Bay University Health Board

Owain Brooks is lead pharmacist for kidney services across south-west Wales and provides strategic leadership for the region’s renal medicines service, ensuring high standards of care. He champions patient-centred and innovative approaches to healthcare and, as an independent prescriber delivers specialist, tailored treatment for people living with kidney disease. Owain maintains a broad portfolio spanning service improvement, research and pharmacy-led innovation. In recent years, he has overseen the development of multimedia education resources designed to help people living with kidney disease to better understand their condition and treatment options. Owain is a fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Business Administration to deepen his understanding of organisational structures and complex adaptive systems, such as the NHS, to improve patient care.

Professor Claire Shovlin FRCP

Professor David Weinkove

Professor, Durham University

David Weinkove is a professor at the Department of Biosciences at Durham University. He is also chair of the British Society for Research on Ageing and co-founder of the company Magnitude Biosciences. David has studied ageing for over 25 years and his research is primarily on how bacteria can accelerate ageing. He works with the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny nematode worm. He found that the inhibiting bacterial folate synthesis in the E. coli that worms feed on makes the worms live and stay healthier for longer. David is collaborating with clinicians to explore whether something similar happens in human and how it is affected by folic acid supplementation. He promotes the use of the basic biology of ageing to help prevent disease and maintain human health.

Professor Rose Ann Kenny

Dr Rick Seah FRCP

Consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Rick Seah is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust in North London. He is an honorary associate professor at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London (UCL). 

 He obtained his medical degree from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, King’s College London and completed a master's degree with distinction in sport and exercise medicine (SEM) at UCL.

 Rick is clinical lead for the departments of rheumatology, metabolic bone disease and SEM at RNOH and a consultant appraiser. He is deputy chair of the RNOH medical staff committee. He is current chair of the RCP SEM Committee and an RCP Medical Specialties Board member. He is a Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM[UK]) council member and previous chair of the FSEM(UK) communications committee. Rick is interested in medical education and lectures or examines for UCL, University of Bath and FSEM(UK).

Dr Carys Webster

Specialty registrar in sport and exercise medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Jean Wong

Consultant in sports and exercise medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Vincent Ninh

Dr Raj Amarnani

Consultant in sport and exercise medicine, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Raj Amarnani is a consultant in sport and exercise medicine at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine. He is the current president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Section and is also a medical adviser and trustee for the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. He is an honorary clinical lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and a member of two European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology taskforces, currently developing international guidelines on physical activity and fatigue in rheumatic diseases. He is the chair of the physical activity specialist interest group at the British Society for Rheumatology and winner of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine’s association prize.

Dr Adam de Belder FRCP

Medical director of invited reviews, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Adam de Belder is the current medical director (MD) of invited reviews at the RCP.

A clinical chair in cardiology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, he has pursued a career as a cardiac and valve interventionist and was part of a team that set up adult cardiological services based in Brighton in 1999. His experience in developing advanced cardiac audit programmes led to his appointments as chair of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and vice president of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) for clinical quality and standards. He was appointed deputy MD of RCP invited reviews in 2019 and MD in 2021.

Dr Peter Belfield FRCP

Dr Peter Belfield FRCP

Dr Adam de Belder FRCP

Medical director of invited reviews, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Adam de Belder is the current medical director (MD) of invited reviews at the RCP.

A clinical chair in cardiology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, he has pursued a career as a cardiac and valve interventionist and was part of a team that set up adult cardiological services based in Brighton in 1999. His experience in developing advanced cardiac audit programmes led to his appointments as chair of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and vice president of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) for clinical quality and standards. He was appointed deputy MD of RCP invited reviews in 2019 and MD in 2021.

Dr Emma-Kate Reed FRCP

Dr Elizabeth Price FRCP

Consultant rheumatologist, Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Elizabeth Price is a consultant rheumatologist at Great Western Hospital in Swindon. In addition to general rheumatology, she has a specialist interest in Sjogren disease. Elizabeth was the lead author and driving force behind the British Society for Rheumatology guidelines for the management of Sjogren disease, published in 2025. She is a past president of the British Society of Rheumatology (2018–20) and current national clinical lead for the HQIP mandated New early inflammatory autoimmune audit running across England and Wales.

Dr Hilary Williams FRCP

Clinical vice president, Royal College of Physicians

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

Dr Zuzanna Sawicka FRCP

Clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Zuzanna Sawicka is an acute and community consultant in elderly medicine at Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust. She is the clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards at the Royal College of Physicians. Zuzanna is passionate about the patient and staff voice, especially in keeping patient’s safe. She is committed to improving clinical standards, developing staff to achieve their full potential, and ensuring that patient’s get the right care at the right time in the right place and, where possible, that the care is delivered close to the place the person calls home. Through the years, Zuzanna has worked on many patient safety issues, from championing PJ paralysis to improving hospital pathways and now more recently led, and has advocated for, improved care in the community setting by implementing a Hospital at Home Programme locally, truly believing in that fact that little things matter. In today’s world, where in health and social care we face challenges, recurrent bed pressures and financial constraints, Zuzanna firmly believes the ability to strive for excellence is vitally important and that, most of all, we must not do harm and ensure patients receive the care they need and deserve.

Dr Richard Thomson FRCP

Professor Matthew Sadlier

Dr Theresa Barnes FRCP

Consultant rheumatologist, Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust

Dr Emma Vaux FRCP

Global vice president, Royal College of Physicians

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

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

Dr Amrita D'Souza

Clinical fellow in medical microbiology and virology, Public Health Wales

Dr Amrita D'Souza is founder and former conference director of ‘Hot topics in global health’ hosted by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital postgraduate team. After IMT2, she completed a Masters in Tropical Health and Infectious Disease Research with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Amrita’s 6-month field-based research project was based in Lima, Peru, with the Innovation for Health and Development (IFHAD) team led by the late Prof Carlton Evans (Imperial College London). IFHAD is a charity that works with 32 impoverished communities surrounding Lima, including in shantytowns. Following this, she completed a clinical observership at Yenepoya Medical College (Karnataka, India) in infectious diseases/microbiology, the directorate of extension and outreach activities, and medical education and simulation. Interested in addressing healthcare inequalities within the NHS, Amrita co-founded and is project lead for the medical communication chart (MCC) project at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The MCCs have been co-developed with patients at each stage and are aimed at reducing language barriers on daily medical ward rounds that affect healthcare access, patient safety and patient experience. These MCCs are free to access and available 24/7 for use nationally at https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/professionals/medical-communication-charts. Amrita is currently working as a clinical fellow in infectious diseases and medical microbiology at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and hopes to start ST3 combined infection training in September 2026.

Professor Philippa Matthews FRCP

Dr Hilal Al Saffar FRCP

International adviser for Iraq, Royal College of Physicians

Dr Hilal Al Saffar is a consultant cardiologist and was the director of medical education at the University of Baghdad. He completed his education in Baghdad and graduated from College of Medicine, University of Baghdad in 1981. He became a fellow of the RCP in 2012.

He is experienced in clinical cardiology and the training and education of both under-postgraduate students and postgraduate trainees and oversaw the Iraqi UK training programme, which includes 400 Iraqi specialists training in the UK for two months across many disciplines (2007–2010).

He has great experience in medical education and curriculum reform, leading the modernisation of Baghdad College of Medicine curriculum, from subject-based to system integration, in collaboration with Nottingham and Sheffield Universities. He was appointed as head of the Medical Education Council (MECIQ)/Arab board, member of national council for accreditation medical colleges/Iraq (NCAMC). Currently, he is the head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society’s Scientific Committee.