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The rest of his time he plans to spend working on the restoration and maintenance of his small collection of classic cars. Dr Robert Mills (The London): Now works at the University of Edinburgh as a Consultant Otolaryngologist/Reader. He was previously the President of the Section of Otology at the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Malcolm VandenBurg (Barts/Former staff, The London, 1974-80): After a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, and a late flurry of private practice in Harley Street, now spends his life pontificating (in Hampstead) on the effects of prescription medicines and illegal drugs on behaviour and criminal intent or other legal matters, such as negligence. “I have appeared in criminal, civil and family courts on many occasions and have even worked for the IPCC, the RCP, and the armed forces. My career was written up in the BMJ as being controversial!” Planning a retirement in London, Mallorca and Cape Town. He would love to see any old (should that be “very old”) friends passing through NW3.
1974 Dr Damian Trafford (The London): Secretary of the Association of Local Authority Medical Advisors from 2003-08. He was also awarded a Fellowship from FOM in 2009. Now a Medical Director for Health Management UK Ltd in Altrincham.
1975 Brigadier Timothy Finnegan (Barts): Left the army and moved to Inverness in mid-2011 to work part-time in occupational medicine. Dr Nicholas Kitson (Barts): After 18 years as Consultant Psychiatrist to St George’s Deaf Mental Health Service (Clinical Director), moved to Cornwall and retired after seven years. Now doing locum work. Mrs Margaret Reynolds (née Goldstraw) (q BDS, The London): Retired. Now assisting her Baptist husband with his church work in Swansea.
1976 Dr Martyn Proctor (Barts): Retired from full-time general practice after 30 years in 18 Lemon Street, Truro. Now doing part-time occupational health in the private sector and loving it!
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Dr Susan Smith (née Evans) (Barts): After having her three children, she worked in General Practice for eight years, followed by over 20 years working in the Occupational Health Service based in Camden and Islington NHS as an Associate Specialist. She is now retired and living the ‘good life’ in the country near Saffron Walden, spending time with family, doing ceramic sculpture and a bit of voluntary work for the Citizens Advice Bureau as an Advisor. “I have a lovely home with chickens in the orchard and love being granny.”
1977 Professor Michael Li (Barts): Chief of Service in Surgery and Director of the Minimal Access Surgery Training Centre at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong. He was awarded The Hunterian Professorship for 2009-10 by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for his work on laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery.
1978 Dr Roma Fernandez (née Kanitkar) (The London): Practice in Finchley Central, London in a two doctor practice – her practice partner, Dr JA Cavendish, qualified from Barts three years before her. Also a GP Tutor for students from UCH, London.
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Dr Stuart Rudge (Barts): Married with three children.
1982 Dr Michele Badenoch (Barts): Working in corporate medicine in a busy City of London General Practice. Four children also keep her busy! Dr Piyush Patel (Barts): CEO of AllerPharma, a pharmaceutical company for which he was named ‘E & Y Entrepreneur of the Year’ for Canada in 2008. He also founded a large CRO (Allied Research International – Cetero Research) with over 800 employees that operates in three continents and which he sold to a private equity fund in 2007. The CRO is a world leader, specialising in clinical trials in allergy and asthma using patented Environmental Exposure Chamber technology.
1983 Dr Tim Campion (The London): GP in Kidderminster since 1988. Would love to hear from anyone he knew from The London, especially his year. Dr Mark Duthie (The London): Been a consultant in Leicester. He is looking to meet up with people from his year who studied at The London.
Dr Michael Cohen (The London): GP in Bristol. Enjoys working in the Community Endoscopy Unit in Westbury on Trym. Still loves the Spurs (Bristol City are rubbish), Ralph McTell and, above all, his family.
1984 Dr Michael Davies (Barts): Married to Caroline and has two children, Tom and Caitlin. He practices as a GP in Berkshire and also enjoys playing the trumpet and golf.
1980 Dr Richard Waldron (Barts): Appointed Clinical Director for Dorset Community Health Services (provider arm of Dorset PCT) in November 2009.
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1981 Dr Huw Eilian Davies (The London): Practiced for 24 years as a GP in Cross Hands, Llanelli. He now has two granddaughters. Mrs Penelope McWilliams (née Moss) (q BDS, The London): Married a Paisley buddy, before moving to south-west Scotland, where she still lives, working as Director of Primary Care Dental Services. “Dumfries is now not so much of a dental backwater as it once was. It now has an outreach centre for dental undergraduates from Glasgow University and is a dual site for dental therapist students as part of the UHI
School or Oral Health Science. This is all sited in an environmentally award-winning Dental Centre.”
Dr Natalie Albala (Barts): Currently a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine practicing in North Carolina, USA. After completing her residency in Internal Medicine at Yale and the University of Connecticut. After this, she practiced in Connecticut for 16 years before she was appointed Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Medical School where she taught both residents and students. She met her American husband in Colchester where she was a HO and he was a medical student. They now have three children: Benjamin, Owain and Eleora.
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