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Dr Jonathan Birns
Consultant in Stroke Medicine, Geriatrics and General Medicine, Guy's & St
Thomas' Hospitals
Dr Jonathan Birns was formally the Clinical
Lecturer in Stroke Medicine at King's College London. He has undertaken research, with the award of a PhD, and published
widely in the field of cerebrovascular disease.
He has been a Clinical Tutor on MRCP
PACES courses for 6 years and has taught on training programmes for health professionals from a variety of different disciplines.
He has also completed formal training in the provision of clinical teaching.
Dr. Gerald Coakley
Consultant Rheumatologist,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greenwich, London
Dr Coakley has been a consultant rheumatologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London since 2000,
and is dually accredited in general internal medicine.
His PhD was in molecular immunogenetics relating to rheumatoid
arthritis and Felty's syndrome, and more recently he have developed research interests inseptic arthritis.
He has been involved in medical education for many years, and has been Director of Medical Education at his Trust
since 2003, and Programme Director for South Thames Rheumatology Specialty Training Committee since 2006. With Rupa
Bessant, he published a paper on predictors of outcome in the PACES exam in 2006 (see above).
He
remains a firm believer in PACES as a valid and reliable means of assessing the key skills of a physician, and is enthusiastic
in coaching candidates through the exam.
Dr.
Allyson Egan Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital.
After graduating from University College Dublin with a BSc(Hons) degree in Chemistry, Dr
Egan graduated in Medicine from the University of London / St George’s Hospital. During her subsequent
training at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals she developed a keen interest in nephrology, critical care medicine
& lupus. She is a Specialist Registrar in Renal medicine on the London South Thames rotation. Currently
Dr Egan is a Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow undertaking a PhD at the Hammersmith Hospital. Her field
of interest is the genetic and immunological basis of lupus.
She has a strong commitment to clinical teaching
and has been preparing graduates for PACES since 2004.
Dr. Michael Fisher
Consultant
Cardiologist, Liverpool University Hospitals
Dr. Fisher qualified in 1988, having studied medicine at
St. Andrews in Scotland and at Manchester Universities. He moved to Cardiff in 1995 to undertake research on the role of nitric
oxide in the vascular response to injury, culminating in the award of a PhD in 2001. He was then appointed as a consultant
cardiologist with a interest in coronary intervention in 2002, where he has been since. Dr. Fisher was recently made a Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians and maintains an active interest in research in the field of vascular inflammatory response
and the relevance of this to acute and chronic coronary disease.
He is a committed MRCP Clinical Lecturer whose
teaching is rated very highly by his juniors.
Dr Nicholas Gall Consultant Cardiologist, King's
College Hospital
Dr Gall is a Consultant cardiologist with particular interests in the invasive treatment
of heart rhythm disorders and cardiac autonomics. He is based at King's College Hospital, part of King's Health Partners,
and is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer for King's College London.
His teaching experience
includes acting as a medical student firm head and a clinical tutor in the University. He regularly teaches all grades of
postgraduate physicians particularly on heart rhythm disorders and has also lectured nationally and internationally on similar
subjects. He has written and reviewed educational modules for doctors.org and BMJlearning.
Dr. Ian Giles
Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology, University College London
Dr Giles qualified from the Royal London Hospital
in 1992. His scientific career began at University College London (UCL) in 2000 where he carried out an Arthritis Research
Campaign (arc) Clinical Research (PhD) Fellowship examining the molecular properties that distinguish pathogenic from non-pathogenic
antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). He was awarded an arc Clinical Scientist Fellowship in 2004. Since 2007 he has held a HEFCE
clinical senior lectureship at UCL and continues to develop his scientific and clinical interests in the study of autoimmune
rheumatic diseases, particularly Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Antiphospholipid syndrome as well as the management
of these conditions during pregnancy.
He remains committed to medical
education and provides more than four hours of undergraduate as well as postgraduate teaching each week at UCL. He
has regularly taught candidates for the MRCP since 1995.
Dr Refik Gökmen
Kidney
Research UK Clinical Training Fellow, MRC Transplantation Centre, King's College London
Refik Gökmen qualified in 2001, having studied at Cambridge and
University College London. He started as a Specialist Registrar on the North Thames rotation in Renal Medicine in 2005, and
since 2007 he has been working towards a PhD as a Kidney Research UK Clinical Training fellow at Guy's Hospital. His research
centres around defining the transcriptional means of control of effector and regulatory T cell function in renal transplantation.
He has a keen interest in clinical teaching, and has been teaching for the MRCP since 2005. In 2007 he was awarded
a Top Teacher Award by UCL.
Dr. Chris Harvey
Consultant Radiologist, Hammersmith Hospital
Dr. Harvey qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School
and is a consultant at Hammersmith Hospital.
He is a highly experienced MRCP Clinical teacher, having lectured
regularly on MRCP Clinical courses for 15 years.
Dr John Ioannou Senior
Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at University College London Hospital.
Dr Ioannou qualified at the Royal London Hospital in 1994 and undertook
his specialist registrar training within the North Thames Deanery, during which time he also attained a PhD. His clinical
and research specialist interests lie in the field of autoimmunity, notably lupus and the antiphospholipid syndrome and also
in the emerging field of adolescent / young adult rheumatology.
He has wealth of experience as a regular lecturer
on clinical MRCP courses, having commenced lecturing shortly after attaining his MRCP in 1997.
Dr Tevfik Ismail
Specialist
Registrar in Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Northwest Thames rotation
Dr Ismail graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary’s with numerous honours,
academic prizes and distinctions, and proxime accessit to the University of London Medal. Following
SHO training at the Royal Brompton Hospital, he became a Specialist Registrar in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine
on the Northwest Thames rotation. He has
a keen interest in medical education and has successfully tutored hundreds of medical students and SHOs for undergraduate
exams and the MRCP PACES. He has also devised and run the Undergraduate final year cardiology teaching programme at Northwick
Park Hospital as well as teaching on numerous courses for PACES and revision courses for Undergraduate finals. In addition
to contributing to the in-house lecture and seminar programmes in the hospitals he has worked in, he has devoted a great deal
of time to organising and delivering bedside PACES teaching. His experience, competence and boundless enthusiasm for teaching
are conveyed on our courses and have been acknowledged by repeated positive feedback from candidates.
Dr. Alamgir Kabir Cardiologist,
University College London Hospitals.
Dr. Kabir has specialised
in interventional cardiology and is currently undertaking a post CCT fellowship in adult congenital heart disease at the London
Heart Hospital. His interest is in structural intervention. He is dually accredited in cardiology and general internal medicine.
He was awarded a PhD in cardiology for his work on ischaemic preconditioning.
He enjoys and has a strong commitment to clinical teaching. He has been teaching for MRCP since 1999.
Dr. Arvind Kaul
Consultant in
Rheumatology and Acute Medicine, The Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Kaul qualified from Bart’s and The Royal London Hospital
Medical School in 1997 having previously completed his Ph.D. at The London Hospital Medical College.
He completed
his SpR training in Rheumatology in the South Thames region, working at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ and St. George’s
Hospitals.
He was appointed as a Consultant in Rheumatology and Acute Medicine at The Royal Free Hospital in 2007.
His special clinical interests are Connective Tissue Diseases and Psoriatic Arthritis. His research interest is cardiovascular
risk and vascular biology in rheumatic diseases.
Dr Guy Leschziner Specialist Registrar in Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Having qualified from
Oxford and St Mary’s in 1998, Dr Leschziner completed a medical rotation at Guy’s and St Thomas’. Following
a year as a medical registrar, he completed a PhD in epilepsy genetics and pharmacogenetics at Imperial College and the Wellcome
Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge. He is now a specialist registrar in neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and
Neurosurgery, with neuro-ophthalmology experience at both St Thomas’ and Moorfields hospitals.
He is heavily involved in teaching both undergraduates and graduates, with extensive
experience in bed-side, lecture-, seminar-based teaching and as an examiner, at Imperial and Guy’s, King’s, St
Thomas’ medical schools. He has been teaching on MRCP courses for a number of years.
Dr. Myles Lewis Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology, Hammersmith Hospital.
After graduating with first-degree
honours in pre-clinical medicine at Cambridge University, Dr Lewis trained at Oxford University. Since that time he has trained
at several central London teaching hospitals, particularly at St Thomas' where his interest in Lupus and Rheumatology
was initiated. He is currently completing a PhD at the Hammersmith Hospital.
He has extensive teaching experience on PACES courses at Guy's, Hammersmith and Lewisham hospitals, as well
as lecturing undergraduates in both clinical rheumatology and scientific fields. Having been Examining registrar for the PACES
examination at Lewisham, he has first hand experience of how an actual PACES exam is set up, examined and marked.
Dr. Julian Nash
Consultant Rheumatologist,
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Dr. Nash qualified from the University
Hospital of Wales College of Medicine in 1990. He obtained a PhD in the immunology of SLE from Imperial
College of Medicine and Technology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital. He trained
in North Thames deanery and was dually accredited in Rheumatology and General medicine in 2002. He was
a consultant at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore for 3 years before moving to his current post as a Consultant
Rheumatologist at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in 2006.
As well as lecturing for PassPACES
Julian has previously taught extensively on other MRCP courses, at both part I and part II level, for companies including
123Doc, Onexamination.com and Pastest, as well as on courses locally in Wales. He previously ran the CliniPass MRCP clinical
course in London with two colleagues. Dr Nash has also edited a book for the basic sciences in MRCP part I.
Dr Bill Oldfield
Consultant
in Respiratory Medicine, St. Mary’s and Royal Brompton Hospitals
Dr Bill Oldfield had a
miss-spent youth training initially in Pharmacology and subsequently in Human and Applied Physiology at King’s College
whilst climbing whenever possible. He then trained in Medicine at St. George’s Hospital, London and
was later appointed to the North-West Thames Rotation in Respiratory Medicine. During this time he completed
a PhD at the National Heart and Lung Institute and trained in General Respiratory Medicine with sub-specialty interests in
initially Allergy and subsequently Critical Care. He was appointed as Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
in 2003 to St. Mary’s Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital and currently works at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
as Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Lead Clinician for High Dependency Medicine. He continues to teach; he is responsible for Foundation Years teaching in Respiratory Failure and
Critical Care and also undertakes regular small group PACES Teaching. He personally failed Membership numerous
times and, due to this experience, has, so far, prevented any of his tutees suffering the same fate with a near 100% pass
rate from his candidates.
Dr Marlies Ostermann
Consultant in Critical Care and Nephrology at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London.
Dr Ostermann is very interested in teaching and holds a postgraduate degree in Medical
Education.
In her role as Royal College Tutor she teaches on a regular basis and also organises
the Core Medical Training program at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital.
Dr. Andrew PinkAcademic Registrar in Dermatology, St. John's Institute of Dermatology in
London.
Dr. Pink trained at
Nottingham Medical School and graduated with a BMedSci(Hons) and BMBS. He continued his training at the Royal Surrey County
Hospital, Guy's Hospital and St. Thomas' Hospital.
He is currently an Academic Registrar in Dermatology at the prestigious St. John's Institute
of Dermatology in London.
Dr. Pink intends to pursue an academic
career in Dermatology and maintain his interest in research and teaching.
Dr. Katharine PinkSpecialist Registrar in Neurology,
Atkinson Morley (St George's Hospital), London
After traversing
the Irish Sea to study at Nottingham Medical School Dr. Pink developed an early interest in Neurology and elected to spend
six months doing research in Neuro-anaesthesia. She presented this work at three national conferences, published in peer reviewed
journals and was awarded a National Prize. She has completed a competitive, varied medical rotation, which provided her with
a thorough grounding in general medicine, and equipped her with the knowledge and experience necessary to teach for the MRCP
examinations. The highlights included Intensive Care at St Thomas' Hospital and Neurology/Stroke Medicine, which further
fuelled her desire to pursue a career in Neurology.
She is an enthusiastic educationalist and is actively involved
in lecturing/examining at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School. She is an Associate Royal College of Physicians
Tutor.
Dr. Nick Powell
Clinical Research Training Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Guy's Hospital, London.
Dr. Powell’s key interests include clinical and academic Gastroenterology,
with a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease and eosinophilic inflammation of the GI tract.
He has presented
more than 25 research abstracts at international meetings, and written 17 peer reviewed articles, research letters, book chapters
and reviews.
He has been a MRCP PACES Clinical lecturer for 3 years.
Dr. Jonathan Rohrer Clinical
Research Fellow in Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Dr. Rohrer studied at Cambridge, Oxford and University College London before
his junior doctor training in London. He was the Chairman of the Young Fellows Committee of the Royal Society of Medicine
and has been involved in organizing many educational meetings for junior doctors including running and teaching on a "How
to teach" course.
He has been teaching MRCP for a number of years
and has lectured on many courses throughout London for Part 1, Part 2 and PACES.
Dr. Fergus Rugg-Gunn
Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
Dr. Rugg-Gunn trained
at Guys and St Thomas's Hospital Medical schools. He undertook his Neurology training in Oxford and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,
Queen Square. He was awarded a PhD for his research in Advanced MRI techniques in epilepsy, carried out at the Institute of
Neurology, Queen Square, in 2002. He became a Consultant Neurologist at Queen Square in 2006.
He has been actively involved in MRCP Clinical teaching for 7 years.
Dr
Kate Shiell Specialist Registrar in Nephrology, South Thames rotation
Dr Shiell graduated from Sheffield Medical
School in 1994 and has worked in most medical specialities, including a six month stint as a GP Registrar before finally discovering
her passion for Renal Medicine. She is currently in her final year on the South Thames rotation in Nephrology and her interests
include in both CKD management and dialysis.
She particularly enjoys clinical
teaching and has been encouraging students in their preparation for the MRCP since the year 2000.
Dr
Penelope SmithConsultant in Acute Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Smith graduated from University of
Queensland, Australia, in 1992 since which time she has worked and travelled widely. She completed MRCP in London in 1996,
followed by FRACP examinations in Australia in 2000. She has completed an MSc in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, and
laboratory research interests include innate immunity of viral infections. After
completing her SpR rotation in North Thames in G(I)M and Infectious Diseases, she was appointed to a Consultant post at the
Royal Free Hospital in 1997. In her current post she plays an active role in the development of departmental teaching programmes
and is committed to ensuring that junior doctor training programmes incorporate high quality teaching within the acute hospital
setting.
She has been teaching on Part 1, Part 2
and PACES courses across London for 8 years.
Dr. Ajay SuriSpecialist Registrar in Cardiology, North-East Thames rotation
Dr. Suri graduated from King’s College Hospital in 2001 and is currently
a Cardiology Specialist Registrar in The North-East Thames Training Program. He is currently undertaking his training at The
London Heart Hospital. He has a strong commitment to clinical teaching.
He has undertaken a Masters in Medical Education and has also been responsible for organising MRCP
PACES teaching at UCL Hospital.
Dr.
Daniel Tan
Specialist Registrar in Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore / Royal Marsden Hospital,
Sutton.
Dr. Tan qualified from Barts and the Royal London Hospital and obtained First Class Honours for his intercalated B.Sc. in
Tumour Biology from UCL. He commenced his medical training at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and subsequently Singapore
General Hospital, and is presently in the midst of oncology specialty training at the National Cancer Centre Singapore and The
Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK. His area of interest is in translational early phase oncology clinical trials.
He is an active MRCP tutor both in
Singapore and London.
Dr. Peter Taylor
Royal College Education Supervisor,
Royal United Hospital, Bath
Dr Taylor graduated from the Universities
of St.Andrews and Manchester. He worked in Edinburgh before commencing training in Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Severn
Deanery. His main medical interests are Graves Disease, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Cancer and managing hyperglycaemia in sepsis.
He has carried out research into the prognostic role of Thyroid receptor
antibody response to treatment in Graves Disease and is currently undertaking a PhD in combined T3 T4 therapy in hypothyroidism
and effect on depression.
Dr. Jenny Vaughan
Consultant Neurologist, Imperial College Healthcare and Ealing Hospital NHS Trusts
Dr. Vaughan is a Consultant Neurologist with a particular interest in Movement disorders and Neuro-genetics.
She has an extensive teaching commitment and experience of
over 10 years MRCP Clinical Teaching. As well as lecturing for PassPACES she is a Course Director for the Ealing Neuro-ophthalmology
course.
She enjoys teaching and personally gains satisfaction from seeing doctors perform
well and pass their examinations.
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