Doctor secures regional nomination for prestigious prize A doctor here at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has been successful in securing the regional nomination for a prize from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
Sophie Adler (pictured), a first year (FY1) academic foundation programme doctor with an interest in paediatrics, is currently on a rotation post in respiratory medicine, based at The Princess Alexandra Hospital. She has been nominated for the prize by the Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Foundation School of Health Education England. She secured the nomination in recognition of her research in paediatrics, in particular, paediatric neurology. Sophie’s main area of research is using automated analysis and artificial intelligence to improve the evaluation of children with epilepsy before surgery. She set up and co-leads the Multi-centre Epilepsy Lesion Detection (MELD) Project involving 20 epilepsy surgery centres worldwide and more than 550 patients. At PAHT, Sophie has worked as a junior doctor in vascular surgery and respiratory medicine.
gives attendees an opportunity I am really looking forward to to network, listen to keynote the conference and to applying lectures, attend practical sessions the learning in my practice. and enhance their understanding of paediatrics. Dr Andy Morris, chief medical officer, added: The prize is open to Foundation Year 1 (FY1) and Foundation Congratulations to Sophie on Year 2 (FY2) doctors in the UK. securing the opportunity to attend At the end of each year, the Royal this prestigious conference. College of Paediatricians invites educational establishments to This is a fantastic achievement nominate and select their most and is testament to Sophie’s outstanding foundation doctor. dedication to continuing to
Sophie will be joining doctors develop her experience of from across the country who are Sophie said: paediatrics. attending the annual RCPCH I am delighted to have been conference and exhibition in April. nominated – it is a real privilege to The prize entitles doctors to a free have the opportunity to attend. place at the conference, which
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