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For the Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Autumn 2024 Issue 17 ISSN: 2632-0185
Editor
Welcome to College Voice. In this special edition we celebrate 425 years of innovation, looking back at some of the leading figures who have shaped our history, and featuring the inspiring voices of those making an impact today.
We trace our history through the extraordinary achievements of our past Fellows and Members. Beginning with the founding of the College by Maister Peter Lowe in 1599, to the present day with Professor Jeremy Bagg, who helped to establish Malawi’s first dental school (p.16). In that time, our College has set the stage for some of the most important advancements in medical history.
We reflect on the pioneering work of Scottish surgeon William Macewen (p.06) and the co-development of the world-renowned Glasgow Coma Scale by former College President, Sir Graham Teasdale (p.12).
We also share images of a new portrait of Jamini Sen, our first female Fellow. Originally from West Bengal, India, Sen was a champion for women in medicine and we are proud to celebrate her remarkable life and work (p.22).
As we celebrate our rich history, it is important that we also look to the future. This year’s Physicians’ Census revealed the mounting pressure which remains on our health service, exacerbated by the fight against widening health inequalities (p.14). In response, we hear from a doctor and a dentist in training on their vision for the future of the NHS and how we can bring about change (p.29).
As a College community, we will continue to innovate to improve the lives of our patients – and the next generation of healthcare professionals.
Mr Mike McKirdy President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
01 Welcoming new Honorary Fellows
At our first diploma ceremonies of 2024, we welcomed six inspiring Honorary Fellows to our College.
In March, we honoured award-winning journalist and author Melanie Reid MBE for services to journalism and disabled people.
In April, we recognised Professor Laura Viani, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The renowned surgeon set up Ireland’s national cochlear implant programme, which would later become the National Hearing Implant and Research Centre.
In May, Jeremy Bagg OBE, Emeritus Professor at the University of Glasgow, was recognised for his work helping to establish Malawi’s first dental school.
And in June, we celebrated the work of Professor Nachi Chockalingam, a renowned biomedical engineer and scientist.
Earlier in the year, at the Global Blue Skies Conference in California, we also awarded Honorary Fellowships to Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir David MacMillan, and Dr Susan Samueli for her work in advancing integrative medicine.
02 Professor David Ross appointed as Travel Medicine Dean
At the Faculty of Travel Medicine AGM in October, Professor David Ross was appointed as Dean, succeeding Dr Sam Allen. Professor Ross has served in various prominent roles for the Faculty, including Director of Education, Honorary Secretary and Vice-Dean.
Professor Ross said: “I am honoured to take over from Sam and his illustrious predecessors as Dean.
Professor Ross said:
“I am honoured to take over from Sam and his illustrious predecessors as Dean.”
“My priorities are to seek professional regulation of the specialty and to raise educational standards for all practitioners that deliver travel medicine services in both the public and private sectors.
“In addition, I will seek to ensure the Faculty strategic plan is coherent with the College plan, with a focus on raising our international membership.
“My leadership style, honed by 41 years’ service in the UK Defence Medical Services, is collegiate, and I would welcome any thoughts on what you as Faculty members want. I look forward to serving the Travel Medicine community for the next three years.”
You can share your thoughts and ideas by emailing david.ross@rcpsg.ac.uk
03 College earns Green Tourism award
Our efforts to reduce our climate footprint have been recognised with a Green Tourism award.
The bronze award was presented in May for our environmentally friendly approach to ‘People, Planet and Places’, including at our award-winning conferences, weddings and events venue, 1599 at the Royal College.
Professor Adrian Stanley of the College’s Sustainability Steering Group said: “Our fantastic colleagues are working tirelessly to ensure that sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. It is thanks to their efforts, and the support of our College community, that we now reflect key aspects of green tourism.
“Being recognised with this award gives our Fellows, Members and the public the assurance that we are committed to addressing climate change through continuous learning and improvement, providing appropriate education and support to colleagues, and adapting our activities as a College.”
04 Delivering change: Museum Transformers programme
In April, our College became one of 19 organisations to join Museum Galleries Scotland’s Museum Transformers programme. This two-year programme is designed to make collections more accessible to everyone and has been developed by a Museum Galleries Scotland expert advisory group, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It takes an anti-oppression approach, focusing on anti-racism and anti-ableism, maximising the momentum of our College’s previous diversity, equity and inclusion work.
Claire McDade, Heritage Lead for our College, said: “As a College, we are committed to working inclusively with all our communities and we are delighted to have been selected to take part in the Museum Transformers programme. This is an amazing opportunity to work across the College, and with our partners, to learn together and further embed an anti-oppressive approach to our work.”
Find out more about the Museum Transformers Programme: rcp.sg/change
05 College unveils new exhibition on Sir William Macewen
The story of the Fellow behind the world’s firstever successful brain tumour removal is told at a new exhibition at the College.
William Macewen: At the Cutting Edge showcases treasures from the College’s archive, including rarely seen journals, letters and photographs, and instruments Macewen used to carry out his ground-breaking procedures. It also details his other lesser-known procedures which played a pivotal role in medical advancement.
Heritage Lead, Claire McDade, said: “As we approach our 425th anniversary, it’s fitting that we celebrate the great innovators, past and present, and their impact on patients around the world.
“Revealed 100 years after his death, our new exhibition serves to reflect Macewen’s lasting legacy as the ‘father of neurosurgery’, and his role in solidifying Scotland as a hub of medical innovation.”
In December, the College will welcome incoming President Hany Eteiba to his new role. Kat Hannah visited him at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital to discuss his work, his life and thoughts for the future.
It’s 1pm when I meet Professor Hany Eteiba at the Cardiology unit, and he greets me with his trademark smile. He’s been at the hospital since 7am and has made time to give me a brief tour of the department where he works as an interventional cardiologist and Associate Medical Director of the Heart, Lung and Diagnostics division.
A&E doctors and paramedics across the country send patients’ clinical data and ECGs directly to medical and nursing staff who are on-call around the clock. This means the team can begin assessing each individual case even before the patient arrives. The hospital has the fastest ‘door to balloon’ time in the UK for treating patients having a heart attack – that is, the time from patient arrival to opening their blocked artery.
Interventional cardiology is a specialty – and a community – Professor Eteiba loves. “The most important thing for me is connecting with people,” he says.
“With hospital patients, their families, colleagues and the College community.
“Being able to make a difference in someone’s life – to give someone another chance at life – is incredibly rewarding. It wouldn’t be possible without loyal and skilled colleagues and the wider team.”
The pace of innovation in cardiology has been rapid. “When I was a medical student, a heart attack meant spending several weeks in bed. The only available treatments were painkillers, oxygen and anticoagulants, and the mortality rate was very high.
“Now we can bring people in and, within minutes, open up their blocked arteries. We can save heart muscle, improve heart function and enhance the chance of survival – and importantly, improve quality of life.”
A passionate advocate for education and CPD, Professor Eteiba has been the director of our Interactive Cardiology Conference for more than 10 years, which this year focused on AI and personalised medicine.
“As clinicians, it’s vital that we share experiences and knowledge so that together, we can give the best possible patient care and continue to raise the bar. As a multidisciplinary College, we are uniquely placed to do that.”
His connection to the College dates back to 1985, when then-President Professor Ross Lorimer invited him in for a tour.
“As a cardiology trainee, I knew it was a real credit to be part of this College, and to see it for the first time was an amazing experience – the start of my understanding of the profound value of College life.”
In 1997, he joined the newly established international committee and maintains a global outlook today. “As a College, we are proud to attract members from all over the world. Our international network delivers huge cultural and social benefits to the UK, as well as mutual learning. Ill health has no geographical boundaries, and so an international perspective on healthcare is vital, as underlined by the international effort to develop the Covid vaccine during the pandemic.”
Both at home and internationally, Professor Eteiba is concerned about the health and wellbeing of the healthcare professions.
“There is a lot of burnout and enormous pressure on colleagues across disciplines. For the NHS, this has been exacerbated by Covid and the recovery process, as well as longstanding workforce challenges and rota gaps.
“As a College community, it’s vital that we look after each other and this will be a key priority for me in the coming years.
“It’s essential that we continue to offer the services that our Members and Fellows want and need. I want to listen, and to hear, and the voice of our doctors in training is particularly important in this.”
As we reach the end of our cardiology department tour, I ask Professor Eteiba about his hobbies, and he chuckles.
“My wife, Veronique, would tell you it’s very difficult to get me to switch off from my work schedule! But a good biography, a nice movie, watching an international football match with my son Pierre-Samy, a forest walk or a meal with friends are good ways for me to relax.”
He also enjoys travelling – to Egypt, France, or “any sunny place with a beach”. “To me, the sea represents freedom, escape, time for reflection, energy and memories”, he says.
“As a child living in very busy Cairo, a summer holiday by the Med was something I waited for all year round.”
Professor Eteiba took up post as PresidentElect in December 2023 and will succeed current President Mike McKirdy at the Annual General Meeting on Friday 6 December 2024
Written by Kat Hannah
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) – a tool that has become an integral part of the care of brain injured patients around the world – marked its 50th year with a conference held at the College this summer.
Former College President Professor Sir Graham Teasdale and his co-author, the late Professor Bryan Jennett, first presented the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in a landmark paper published in The Lancet in 1974. It has revolutionised patient care by providing a consistent and reliable method of measuring – and describing – impaired consciousness over time, without the use of specialised equipment.
The GCS has been translated into 45 languages and features in 100 global clinical guidelines. The conference, organised by Mr Chris Barrett, explored its impact.
Sir Graham said: “I am delighted to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Glasgow Coma Scale, a scale Bryan Jennett and I devised so anyone, anywhere, could use it to communicate effectively and consistently about patients in clinical settings and in research studies and articles.
“A key factor of the Glasgow Coma Scale’s success is the involvement of nursing staff, who provided input and made it clear it was an important part of their work – and that’s one of the key things that has sustained it these past fifty years.
“It has been pleasing to see the Glasgow Coma Scale adopted throughout the world, because we designed it to be something that would do just that, and it was reassuring that we got it pretty well right. Personally, its success
comes with satisfaction and pleasure that it has worked, and that people bought into our ideas and helped develop them.”
Mike McKirdy, College President, said: “In addition to the academic rigour and genius of the authors’ early work, it was their determination to collaborate and cooperate with their peers in Europe and North America which led to the widespread and rapid adoption of the scale.
“The GCS has been a gift from Glasgow to the world, revolutionising the care of the unconscious patient, and our College can be rightly proud that Sir Graham Teasdale went on to serve as President from 2003 until 2006.”
Visit the GCS website at www.glasgowcomascale.org
Written by Hannah Parker
“...overwhelming workloads, widespread vacancies and plummeting job satisfaction are becoming ‘the new normal’ in the NHS.”
This year, the three Royal Colleges of Physicians’ annual survey of consultants in the UK confirmed that overwhelming workloads, widespread vacancies and plummeting job satisfaction are becoming ‘the new normal’ in the NHS.
However, the 2023 census of consultant physicians also revealed that doctors are increasingly battling against the impact of social harms on health, which is growing the demand for NHS services.
Illness caused by socio-economic factors including living in mouldy and damp homes, lack of access to healthy food, smoking and obesity are now significantly contributing to the workload of physicians in the UK. Almost a quarter (24%) of those surveyed said more than half or almost all of their workload is due to illnesses or conditions related to social determinants of health.
At the same time, nearly two in five (39%) UK consultant physicians say they have an excessive workload almost all or most of the time, while almost one in a five (18%) ‘almost never’ feel in control of their workload. Overall, 55% of those surveyed have experienced an increase
of consultants surveyed ‘almost never’ feel in control of their workload of consultants surveyed have an excessive workload almost all or most of the time 18% 39%
in treating patients with illness caused or worsened by the wider determinants of health.
During our President’s Conference in 2023, Sir Michael Marmot illustrated that public health in the UK has significantly declined in the period since austerity was first introduced in 2010.
While in recent years political focus has been dominated by the sharp increase in the number of people on waiting lists, exacerbated by the pandemic backlog, our census shows there is more at play.
As College President, Mike McKirdy, said: “Prevention is better than cure, and we must see a concerted effort from across government and wider society to address the underlying socio-economic factors which perpetuate this cycle of illness and increased demand on the NHS.”
RCP Medical Workforce Unit on behalf of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK (2024): ‘Focus on Physicians: The UK 2023 census of consultant physician’, RCP Medical Workforce Unit, London.
Innovation. To us, it’s not just a buzzword. For the last 425 years our Fellows and Members have lived and breathed innovation, first as a Faculty and then as a Royal College.
As we look back at our College history and think about our future, Bobby Rae reflects on just a few of the incredible people who have contributed to our success.
Peter Lowe (c.1550–1610)
Founder of the College
It would be hard to talk about innovators and not mention our founder, Maister Peter Lowe. As well as petitioning James VI to found the College in 1599, he was a renowned surgeon.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, there were no formally recognised medical schools in Scotland, so Maister Lowe travelled to Paris in search of professional development. Here he not only served as surgeon to Spanish regiments but was Surgeon in Ordinary to the French King Henry IV.
Prior to his return to Glasgow around 1598, he published his book, ‘The Whole Course of Chirurgerie’ (1597) which is believed to be the first complete guide to surgery written in English. This highly influential work, an innovation at the time, helped to change how contemporary surgery was taught.
Maister Lowe died on 15 August 1610 and is buried in the graveyard at Glasgow Cathedral.
William Smellie (1697–1763)
Member (1733)
Famously known as the ‘man-midwife’, Smellie is hailed as one of the 18th century’s leading experts on obstetrics.
After leaving the Royal Navy, where he trained as a surgeon’s mate, he set up his own practice and pharmacy in London in 1739. A few years later, he began presenting obstetrics lectures before returning to Glasgow to receive his degree in medicine.
Smellie was one of the first to base midwifery in science and invented several tools to assist with the delivery of children – including a pair of iron forceps. His book ‘A Treatise of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery’ (first published in 1752) was hailed as a milestone in how it described the mechanism of parturition. This was followed by his 1754 book that contained 39 engravings by Dutch artist Jan van Rymsdyk. His belief was that this book would help young practitioners understand obstetrics without lots of unnecessary details.
Perhaps, however, one of his greatest innovations was the Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit manoeuvre, a procedure that helped deliver babies in breech cases.
Smellie retired from practice and moved to Lanark in 1759.
With the growing development of medicine in the 19th century, John MacIntyre is credited with creating the world’s first radiology department in Glasgow.
MacIntyre initially pursued training as an electrician and worked as an apprentice before attending the University of Glasgow in 1878. Here, he studied under world-famous physicist, Lord Kelvin, before switching fields and completing a medical degree in 1882.
It’s believed that this combination of physics and medicine helped him reach the forefront of radiology as a form of medical diagnosis.
X-rays were first discovered in 1895 by German physicist, Professor Wilhelm Röntgen. He passed the information to Lord Kelvin who shared it with MacIntyre.
Within months of the discovery, MacIntyre had received permission from hospital managers to establish an x-ray laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he was employed.
MacIntyre was a pioneer in using x-rays. He’s credited with taking the first shots of a kidney stone in situ, a halfpenny stuck in a child’s throat, and the first cineradiogram of a frog’s leg moving.
Helen Frances Wingate (1895–1985) Fellow (1937)
Hailed as the first female urological surgeon in Scotland, Wingate was a pioneer of women’s health.
After graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1920, she took up a role in the city’s Royal Infirmary before returning to the University to work in the pathology department. It was here she worked under Professor John Teacher (1869–1930) and Thomas Bryce (1862–1946), the pair who had discovered the Teacher-Bryce Ovum No1 in 1908.
In 1924, she discovered the Teacher-Bryce Ovum No2 during a routine post-mortem exam.
After some time in Vienna, Austria, completing her postgraduate training in urology, Wingate returned to Glasgow and was appointed consultant general and urology surgeon at Redlands Hospital for Women. She continued in this role even after her marriage – something considered rare at the time.
In 1945, she was one of only two women to found the British Association of Urological Surgeons. In this role, Wingate was able to shape how urology is practiced in hospitals today.
Professor Jeremy Bagg OBE (1957–) Fellow (1996), Honorary Fellow (2024)
Professor Bagg has had a distinguished career in dentistry – and played a pivotal role in the establishment of Malawi’s first dental school.
Originally from Kent, he gained his dental degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1979, before going on to complete a PhD there in 1982. Having spent most of his career in education, he recently retired as Head of the University of Glasgow’s Dental School and Deputy Head of its School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing.
Renowned for his work in global health, Professor Bagg played a lead role in establishing Malawi’s first dental surgery degree and National Oral Health policy with the Ministry of Health. A central thread of this policy relates to the prevention of oral disease, reducing the requirement for costly curative dental treatment down the line. The MalDent project is helping to address the severe shortage of dentists in the country with the first home-trained dentists due to graduate in early 2025.
He was honoured in 2018 with an OBE for services to dental education and made an Honorary Fellow of the College in May 2024.
These are just a few of the innovators that have contributed to our College’s incredible history.
Together, let’s celebrate our College’s 425th anniversary and look ahead to many more years to come.
Tell us your stories of innovation by emailing media@rcpsg.ac.uk
As we celebrate the work and impact of Jamini Sen with a new portrait in College Hall, Elaine O’Connor looks back on the life of our first female Fellow.
“I have a lot of responsibilities towards my sisters in my country,” Jamini Sen wrote in her journal. Her desire to keep advancing her skills to support those women eventually led to her admission as our first female Fellow.
Born in Basanda, West Bengal, India in 1871, Jamini was part of a large, welleducated family. Her father – although supportive of women’s education –didn’t want her to study medicine. But Jamini was determined.
In 1890, she was one of the first women to attend Calcutta Medical College. When she passed her Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery in 1897, opportunities for women doctors were still limited.
Medical practice
This led Jamini to Nepal in 1899, where she became medical advisor and friend to the Rajmata (the King’s mother) and took on supervision of the local hospital. Returning to Kolkata in 1909, she felt her skills needed a refresh to provide women’s essential healthcare.
“The scarcity of female doctors is a major problem in our country,” she wrote in her journal. “Good female physicians are needed for gynecological matters.
“Since my student life, operative surgery and gynecology have progressed a lot, so if I really wish to help my native sisters, I should learn the modern methods.”
This brought Jamini to Europe: first to Dublin, and then to our College. Meanwhile, in Glasgow... At what was then the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, an ongoing tussle was taking place over admitting female Fellows. At an 1892 meeting, the minutes record the matter as ‘inexpedient’, as no women had yet requested Fellowship.
In 1896, Elizabeth Adelaide Baker’s request was denied. Dr Jessie MacGregor, in 1905, was also denied. Dr Anne Louise McIlroy (the first woman to receive a medical degree from the University of Glasgow) made her request in 1910. After another debate, the regulations were amended so that admission to Fellowship “shall be open to women, equally with men.”
Two years later, Jamini Sen passed the Fellowship exam and became the first female Fellow qua Surgeon of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Unfortunately, opportunities weren’t equal – Jamini wasn’t allowed to hold office, and her privileges were restricted compared to the men around her.
After time in Berlin, Germany, Jamini moved back to India, working in several places. At each of her appointments, she noted an increase in the number of female patients attending, and the demand for services. In Agra, she noted in her journals that women came in looking for the “sariwali dactarin” –the female doctor in a saree. “I have served them, and gained their trust,” she wrote.
In Kolkata, a former classmate who had become chair of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation asked her to head up the Baldeodas Maternity House. There, she created a popular service, training nurses and midwives herself and creating a handbook.
In 1929, Jamini’s health suffered, and she moved to the coastal city of Puri to recuperate – but was soon asked to take charge of a female hospital there. Unfortunately, her health did not improve, and she was brought back to Kolkata, where she died on 22 January 1932.
About the artist
Grace Payne-Kumar created our new portrait of Jamini Sen, which is now displayed in College Hall. Grace was born
in Hong Kong to a British Asian family. Her grandmother’s family are from Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She studied art at the University of Edinburgh. Grace’s style is inspired by Old Masters, and she sees representation as an important focus for her work in portraiture.
Our Admitting Women blog series, published in 2021, gives an in-depth look at the changes which brought the first women into our College. rcp.sg/firstwomen
References
Ray, S. 2014, ‘Women Doctors’ Masterful Maneouverings: Colonial Bengal, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries’, Social Scientist, vol 42, no 3 / 4, pp. 59–76.
Ray, S. 2021, ‘The Elusive Science: Medicine and Women in Late Colonial Bengal’, postScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, vol VI, no i, pp. 14–28.
Sanyal, I. 2024, ‘Dr. (Miss) Jamini Sen (1871–1932): A pioneer woman doctor of colonial India and the first female Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow’, Sci. And Cult, vol 90, pp. 3–13.
RCPSG, GB 250 1/1/1/13, Faculty Minutes, ‘Admission of Women to the Fellowship’ (3 Oct 1910) p. 261
Written by Andrew Fraser, Chair of Obesity Action Scotland
“Obesity is an issue in every ward, in every acute hospital, in almost every primary care setting and clinic.”
Societal context
Obesity, on a scale of harm, is on a par with smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. Recent UK estimates place the cost of obesity to the NHS at £11bn in 2021, rising to £19bn as overweight numbers increase.
Obesity is an issue in every ward, in every acute hospital, in almost every primary care setting and clinic. Obesity leads to a greater risk from other co-existing diseases, a greater risk for medical and surgical intervention, longer stays to treat complications, musculoskeletal risks, and adjustments to equipment and facilities in healthcare settings. As we approach 2040, projections in England for the most rapid rises in morbidity are anxiety and depression, chronic pain related to musculoskeletal problems, and type 2 diabetes. All are closely linked to obesity as a cause or a consequence.
The extent of harm associated with obesity in the UK and international contexts is well documented –affecting physical health, mental wellbeing and social wellbeing; many experience stigmatisation. There are new pharmacological interventions to treat obesity where it exists – but it is only effective as long as people take it.
We don’t need to mass-medicate for a healthy weight if we get the conditions right to prevent it.
Obesity is socially patterned –fundamentally influenced by factors including poverty, wealth and access to healthy food. Therefore, we must incorporate a systemic and common factors approach. We cannot blame the individual when so much in terms of food and calorie consumption, and opportunities for physical activity, are determined by where people live, work and go to school. A person with obesity will often struggle to lose weight because the environment they live in offers more barriers to healthy eating than opportunities. We must move urgently to implement what we know, to effectively prevent the condition, and resolve the epidemic.
What can we do?
First, face the challenge; take obesity and healthy weight as seriously as the most worrying epidemics in the non-communicable disease world.
Second, emphasise the need for a healthy weight environment by highlighting links to other non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal problems and mental health. Creating a healthy weight environment requires obesity to be a key consideration
in action to tackle inequalities and climate sustainability as well as investment in health, clinical safety and realistic medicine –implementing effective measures based on evidence of what works.
Third, think of ways that core, societal institutions such as the NHS and health-care suppliers, schools, and local and national government, can support a sustainable culture of healthy weight without stigmatisation. Support government action that would create a healthy weight society, and then continually evaluate this process to identify what more needs to be done.
We know enough to act. There is good evidence that these approaches work. We know there are opponents – particularly commercial interests and their backers – that will seek to slow and frustrate progress. But a conference to confront
the challenge, identify prevention and treatment opportunities, like the President’s Conference on 14 November, is an important springboard.
Obesity Action Scotland is hosted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
References
The Scottish Health Survey 2022 –volume 1: main report, (December 2023) Scottish Government
The rising cost of obesity in the UK, (November 2023) Frontier Economics
How can the next government take prevention from rhetoric to reality? (June 2024) The Health Foundation
The Health Foundation – Health in 2040 WHO – Obesity and overweight fact sheet
As we reflect on 425 years of our College, we also look to the future. Hannah Parker speaks to two medical professionals in training to understand how they see healthcare developing.
Emily Turner, Respiratory Registrar at University Hospital, Crosshouse and Co-Chair (Physician) of the Trainees’ Committee
As doctors in training across the country will know, many of the challenges in the NHS today come down to morale. It is no secret that the UK is losing doctors, but I have seen workloads significantly increase since I was an FY1 and doctors at every level are experiencing burnout. For students coming through medical school – soon to be in higher numbers – it’s about how we attract them to the NHS and keep them, when most of them are hearing of unmanageable working conditions.
The NHS we all would like to see in the future is one that prioritises the wellbeing of doctors, supports excellent training for all and allows for a better work-life balance. Through the Trainees’
“…doctors at every level are experiencing burnout.”
Emily Turner
Committee, we have researched the benefits of less-than-full-time training and found that the reduced hours have made a huge difference in retention. I’m also involved in developing resources and educational events on the impact of training on fertility and family planning. It’s important that we protect doctors’ rights and desires to have a family while continuing to pursue their career.
Every doctor wants to give all that they can for their patients, but that is becoming more difficult than ever before. I urge us all to show support to one another. Sometimes, it’s about having a reassuring voice who recognises that this job is hard and you’re doing the best you can.
Kindness goes a long way.
Owens Iguodala,
Dental Core Trainee
at Glasgow
Dental Hospital and Chair of the Dental Trainees’ Committee
Dental training programmes offer dentists valuable clinical experience across various specialties and locations. However, the rotational nature and short duration of most DCT posts, combined with the scarcity of specialty training posts, can create significant stress and personal sacrifices. Trainees often juggle the pressures of the job, portfolio completion, frequent applications for new positions and the regular need to relocate. This can lead to burnout, as they may find themselves neglecting personal interests, spending less time with family and friends, and feeling disconnected from their peers.
Our Dental Trainees’ Committee aims to address these issues by fostering a strong sense of community among dental trainees across the UK starting from students and all the way to specialty registrars.
We believe that by creating a network where trainees can share experiences, voice concerns and collaborate on innovative solutions, we can significantly improve training conditions.
“By creating a network… we can significantly improve training conditions.”
Owens Iguodala
Beyond the clinical aspects of dentistry, we are committed to exploring topics that often fall outside the traditional undergraduate curriculum but have a profound impact on the practice of dentistry. We want to empower trainees to think critically about issues such as equity, diversity, inclusion, sustainability and realistic medicine. By providing opportunities for trainees to engage with these broader themes, we hope to equip them with the skills and knowledge necessary to become well-rounded and socially responsible dental professionals.
Our Hong Kong Regional Advisor, Donald Greig, hosted a College Members’ networking event in April. With around 800 Members, Hong Kong represents about 5% of our total College membership.
All five faculties were represented at the meeting. The guest of honour, President Mike McKirdy, gave a welcome address thanking our Members for their roles in maintaining the principles and values of our College.
Our Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Dr Sam Allen, who was in Hong Kong examining for the MRCP(UK) PACES exam, was also delighted to attend. Across the same week, the Faculty of Travel Medicine and the Hong Kong Society for Immunisations and Travel Medicine (HKSITM) hosted a joint Hong Kong Travel Medicine Conference. Finally, Cheryl Shaw gave a presentation on the travel considerations of an occupational health advisor in her role as Chief Nurse for a major international company.
This December, President-Elect Professor Hany Eteiba will perform one of his first official acts as President at our annual Founder’s Day service.
Each year, the College commemorates its founder, Maister Peter Lowe, with a service in Glasgow Cathedral followed by laying a wreath on his grave in the cathedral graveyard.
The service takes place on Sunday 8 December at 10.45. Although this is an annual tradition, this year is special as it marks 425 years since our founding.
To help us celebrate this special day, the Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, a member of the College Lay Advisory Group and current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will join us in paying tribute to Maister Lowe. Rev Mark Johnstone will conduct the service with Hany also leading his first formal procession of the Council.
All College Fellows, Members and friends are welcome to attend the service.
02 College Annual General Meeting takes place on 6 December
We are pleased to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 6 December 2024. The AGM will include our annual report, where we’ll present the College’s activities during the financial year 2023/24. There will also be an opportunity to see Mike McKirdy complete his term as College President and for Professor Hany Eteiba to take up the role as President. The results of the College Council elections will be announced including the Trustee positions of Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Librarian.
To find out more, including how to attend the AGM, please visit rcp.sg/agm
Colin Hughes, a final year medical student, has successfully completed an eight-week medical elective in South Africa.
Colin was based at the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, spending his first four weeks in the hospital’s trauma receiving unit. He then moved into the operating theatre, assisting medics in trauma surgery cases.
During his time in the receiving unit, Colin dealt with a variety of injuries from shootings and stabbings to road traffic accidents. When he moved to the surgery team, Colin helped with procedures like sternotomies, thoracotomies, exploratory laparotomies and amputations.
Reflecting on his time in South Africa, Colin said: “I feel privileged that I got the opportunity to experience this specialty in one of the best centres in the world.
“This experience has drastically improved my ability to assess and manage trauma patients.”
Colin’s time in South Africa was partially funded by the College’s Medical Elective Scholarship.
For more info, visit rcp.sg/awardsandscholarships
We offer a wide range of education and training opportunities, for all career stages. Courses and conferences take place online , in person in Glasgow , or both.
Key
All 6 CPD
President’s Conference: Confronting Obesity – Challenges, Prevention and Treatment
14 November 2024
Expert speakers will share the latest on obesity, including its causes, health outcomes, prevention and treatment. This will provide healthcare professionals with insights to ensure the best outcomes for their patients.
All 12 CPD
Training the Clinical Trainer
19 November 2024, 14 January 2025, 12 March 2025
Enhance your knowledge of, and skills in, educational practice within a clinical setting. Designed for senior trainees across all specialities to meet CCT requirements and GMC trainer criteria.
S 9 CPD
Surgical Skills for the Emergency Department Resuscitation Room
20–21 November 2024
This practical training course emphasises life-saving surgical techniques using cadavers and specialised clinical models to enhance participants’ practical experience.
DS 5 CPD
Annual Dental Conference: Embracing Realistic Dentistry
21 November 2024
Based on the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland’s Realistic Medicine and Vision for 2030, this conference will highlight the importance of these principles and how to apply them through masterclasses and workshops.
S 12 CPD
Basic Surgical Skills
21–22 November 2024, 23–24 January 2025, 27–28 March 2025
Learn safe operating techniques and increase your understanding of precautions for safe theatre practice. Strongly recommended for trainees anticipating a career in surgery.
All 4 CPD
Performance Support for Doctors in Training
26 and 29 November 2024
Over two sessions, this course equips senior clinicians with the skills to identify concerns early, diagnose issues and implement effective interventions to support doctors having trouble or demonstrating challenging behaviours.
S 12 CPD
Advanced Surgery Cadaver Skills in GI Surgery (ASiCS) Course
26–27 November 2024, 26–27 March 2025
A two-day course that provides practical training in upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery for surgical trainees. Benefit from lectures on operative techniques, followed by hands-on cadaveric experience in small groups.
S 12 CPD
Care of the Critically III Surgical Patient (CCriSP)
26–27 November 2024, 9–10 December 2024, 20–21 February 2025
Interactive course which includes mandatory pre-course digital learning and covers the practical skills and knowledge needed to look after surgical patients, including those who are deteriorating or at risk of doing so.
S 12 CPD
Glasgow Surgical Forum
28–29 November 2024
Gain the know-how and the decisionmaking skills necessary for the successful management of common and not-socommon surgical conditions that would present to the general surgeon covering the emergency take.
All
Royal College Advanced Certificate in Clinical Education
3 December 2024, 5 March 2025
Discover our comprehensive microteaching course tailored to postgraduates (CT1/ST1 equivalent) and consultants adept in advanced-level teaching delivery.
All 6 CPD
Introduction to Peer Support
4 December 2024
This course focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of clinicians, emphasising the importance of delivering safe healthcare. Learn from peers about support conversations, skills and practices.
S Basic Fracture Fixation
5 December 2024
Join experienced orthopaedic surgeons and gain hands-on experience using fresh/ frozen cadaveric materials to enhance your knowledge and practice in approaches to factures. Suited to ST3 core trainees.
Ph S 8 CPD
Learning Critical Appraisals and Research Methodology for Clinicians
7–14 December 2024
An interactive course to enhance your strategic learning in reading and critiquing surgical and medical journal papers. Benefit from a step-by-step guide to analysing the methodology, statistics and findings of papers.
Ph 5 CPD
Palliative Care Conference
13 December 2024
A one-day conference that will feature keynote lectures, up-to-date presentations, case-based talks, panel discussions and poster presentations from national and international experts in palliative care.
S Essential Surgical Skills
16 December 2024, 28 February 2025
This one-day course introduces core surgical skills and emphasises safe operating techniques and theatre precautions. Topics include suturing, knot tying, instrument handling and ligature.
S 6 CPD
Basic Laparoscopic Skills
18 December 2024, 10 March 2025
Gain practical experience with equipment and instruments used in laparoscopic surgery. Aimed at CT1 resident doctors with an interest in general and paediatric surgery, urology and gynaecology.
DS 6 CPD
Scottish Orthodontic Conference
24 January 2025
Join expert speakers for an update on contemporary orthodontic topics including aligners, lower incisor extractions, child protection update, periodontics and wellbeing.
Ph IMPACT
28–29 January 2025, 25–26 February 2025, 12–13 March 2025
Join us for IMPACT (III Medical Patients’ Acute Care and Treatment), a two-day course immersing participants in acute medical care principles, essential skills, and fostering positive attitudes towards patient treatment and care.
PM 6 CPD
12th Podiatric Sports Medicine Conference
31 January 2025
The focus of this year’s conference is women in sport and the profession. Join key speakers from sporting backgrounds, sharing their first-hand insights, including clinical updates, interactive ultrasound scans and knee workshops.
S 12 CPD
Head and Neck Dissection Course
30–31 January 2025
Two-day hands-on dissection course using fresh/frozen cadaveric materials aimed at ST level trainees in otolaryngology. Learn surgical anatomy and steps in important head and neck procedures.
S Principles of Casting for Orthopaedic Trainees
31 January 2025
Practical one-day course to develop your skills in upper and lower body casting. Benefit from in-person handson training with experienced clinicians and plaster technicians.
DS 10 CPD
Dental Cone Beam 2A
4–5 February 2025
Two-day course that focuses on teaching safe interpretation of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, and when to refer for radiological or surgical opinions.
Ph S 6 CPD
Developing the Clinical Trainer:
Teaching Skills for Early Stage Trainees
5 February 2025
Progress your teaching, learning and feedback skills in a clinical setting. Learn how to create a detailed plan for a relevant teaching session and receive written feedback on your portfolio.
Ph
Focus on Neurology for PACES Candidates
5 February 2025
A half-day course to prepare for the neurology station and potential neurology cases in the MRCP(UK) PACES exam. It includes short lectures and practical stations under exam conditions.
S Basic Surgical Cadaver Skills (BaSICS)
20–21 February 2025
For candidates who have previously undertaken a Basic Surgical Skills course, BaSICS provides hands-on experience using fresh/frozen cadaveric material. It covers a range of procedures for CT1/ST2 levels.
Ph S 6 CPD
Prostate Cancer Training and Update Day
28 February 2025
Gain essential updates on prostate cancer from national and international experts. Review advances in diagnostics, surgery, focal therapy, robotics, oncological management and immunotherapy.
DS 6 CPD
Dental Cone Beam 2B
4 March 2025
Following on from the Dental Cone Beam 2A certification course, this course offers an interactive, participant-centred approach to learning and will enable attendees to maintain safe operation and interpretation of CBCTs.
Ph
Interactive Cardiology Conference
7 March 2025
Discover the latest innovations and updates in cardiology from expert speakers. Topics will include modern therapies and up-to-date treatments, imaging and heart failure, structural heart disease and difficult clinical challenges.
Procedural Skills for Medical Trainees
18 March 2025
Develop your practical skills and gain knowledge in common IMT procedures.
Experience skills stations, sessions on HDU presentations and workshops on arterial lines.
Oncology Conference
28 March 2025
Join experts in the field for the latest updates on advances in oncology. The conference will feature keynote lectures, up-to-date presentations, case-based talks and panel discussions.
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Each year we deliver over 50 exam diets in the UK and around the world, to around 550 candidates online and 1,500 in person.
The Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons examination is run jointly with the other surgical colleges in Great Britain and Ireland.
Being awarded the MRCS indicates that a candidate has enhanced their knowledge, understanding, experience and clinical competence well beyond primary qualification level. The diploma is essential for all surgical trainees in the UK.
Candidates will be eligible for membership of our College if they successfully complete Part B of the examination.
To find out more about our surgical exams, visit our website: rcp.sg/surgicalexams
The Part A examination takes place online at Pearson Vue test centres (available internationally). It consists of a three-hour paper, Applied Basic Science, followed by a two-hour paper, Principles of Surgery in General.
Location: Various
Exam date: 15 January 2025
Closing date: 24 October 2024
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) uses examined stations to test candidates’ knowledge of anatomy, surgical pathology, applied surgical science and critical care, plus their applied skills (communication, history taking, clinical and procedural skills).
The exam takes place three times a year at our UK centres in Glasgow and Bristol. We also deliver the exam once a year in each of our Indian centres in Pune, Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram. Dates for 2025 will be announced on our website.
This course combines online, independent learning with two days of practical, in-person scenarios and a mock exam. Candidates benefit from direct interaction and feedback from faculty, so they feel well-prepared when taking their exam.
Sign up for the MRCS Part B OSCE exam and save up to £80 on this course.
For the latest course dates, visit: rcp.sg/mrcsprep
This two-part exam is for doctors wishing to join an otolaryngology department in a trainee position, for GPs who wish to offer minor ENT surgery or for doctors who wish to practice within another specialty which interacts with otolaryngology. The exam tests their breadth of knowledge, clinical and communication skills and professional attributes.
Dates for 2025 will be announced on our website.
Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Being awarded the Diploma of Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow indicates that a candidate has a sound knowledge of the scientific basis of ophthalmology and is experienced and competent at applying that knowledge.
Parts 1 and 2 are online exams held twice a year. Part 1 covers basic ophthalmic sciences (2 hours), and Part 2 covers ophthalmic and general medicine (2.5 hours). Part 3 is an oral and clinical exam offered eight times a year in India, Egypt and Jordan.
Dates for 2025 will be announced on our website.
The Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom diploma is essential for all physicians who train in a medical specialty in the UK.
The three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom share this common membership examination in general medicine.
When all three parts are passed, successful candidates are eligible to become a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and use the postnominals MRCP(Glasg).
To find out more about sitting a medical exam, visit: rcp.sg/physicianexams
MRCP(UK) Part 1
This online exam is for doctors with at least 12 months of postgraduate experience, covering a wide range of topics to ensure appropriate knowledge for their career stage.
Location: Online
Exam date: 22 January 2025
Applications: 4–11 November 2024
Exam date: 14 May 2025
Applications: 3–10 March 2025
Exam date: 17 September 2025
Applications: 7-14 July 2025
MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written
After passing MRCP(UK) Part 1, doctors can take this exam, which tests further medical knowledge, skills, and behavior.
Location: Online
Exam date: 26 March 2025
Applications: 6-13 January 2025
Exam date: 16 July 2025
Applications: 5-12 May 2025
Exam date: 22 October 2025
Applications: 11–18 August 2025
The Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) indicates that a dental surgeon has enhanced their knowledge, understanding, experience and clinical competence well beyond a primary qualification level to the standard required to continue into specialist training.
On passing Part 2, candidates will be invited to join the College as a Member.
To find out more about our dental exams, visit: rcp.sg/dentalexams
This online exam is for trainees in their first two years of postgraduate training. It aims to test the range of knowledge and understanding that underpins direct patient care.
Location: Online
Exam date: 1 April 2025
Closing date: 31 January 2025
MFDS Revision Modules
TThese modules have been developed to give candidates the necessary knowledge about key areas of the exam: rcp.sg/mfds1revision
MFDS Question Bank
The Example Question Bank is designed to prepare candidates for the exam: rcp.sg/mfds1questions
MRCP(UK) Part 2 Clinical (PACES)
After passing Part 1 and Part 2 (Written), resident doctors can progress to the Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (PACES). This exam tests the clinical knowledge and skills of resident doctors who hope to enter higher specialist training (ST3). It sets rigorous standards to ensure that trainees are competent across a range of skills and they’re ready to provide a high standard of care to patients.
Location: Various
Exam period: January to March 2025
Applications: 11–18 November 2024
Exam period: June to August 2025
Applications: 24 March–1 April 2025
Exam period: September to November 2025
Applications: 21–28 July 2025
MRCP(UK) PACES Online Preparation
Our comprehensive Digital Learning material contains guidance and top tips from examiners.
Go to: rcp.sg/cvpaces
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) uses examined stations to test candidates’ clinical competence by assessing their communication skills and their knowledge, understanding and management of a range of common conditions.
Our UK exam centres are typically in Glasgow and Manchester. Our international exam centre is in Hong Kong. Additional dates for 2025 will be announced on our website.
Location: Hong Kong
Exam date: 11–12 February 2025
Closing date: 3 December 2024
Fellow in General Surgery
Mohammed Awad
Bedair El-Haddad
Lay In Lim
Majid Mughal
Majid Bashir Mughal
Fiona Ross
Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedics
Cameron Douglas Brown
Mohammad Gamal Elkerwash
Amy Margot Lindh
Suman Rai
Piyush Setia
Fellow in Vascular Surgery
Uday Prasad Pullabatla Venkata
Fellow in Otolaryngology
Mohammed Adel
Mohammed Salem
Fellow in Surgical Neurology
Sean Christopher Martin
Fellow in Urology
Modassar Tahir Awan
Srinath Ileperuma
Rachel McLennan
Santhosh Nagasubramanian
Robert Peter Small
Oparaku N Umez-Eronini
Fellow qua Surgeon
Goran Abdulla
Chaminda Kumara Alahakoon
Muhammed Alam
Md. Ayub Ali
Alessandro Antonelli
Bhagavan Balagopal
Zafar Ali Choudry
Ravindra Ramchandra Deshmukh
Mahadev Dixit
Madhuri Dixit
Srinivas Gosla Reddy
Herath Mudiyanselage Mahendra
Neranjan Bandara Herath
Navneet Kaur
Gulzar Saeed Ahmed Khawaja
Shahid Mahmood
Ajith Malalasekera
Vijay Mittal
Mohammed Nabil
Mohammed Nassardeen
Daniel Moon
Bheerappa Nagari
Mostafa Osman
Ruwanpathirana
Neranga Samarasinghe
Syed Muhammad Raza Ali Shah
Swayam Jothi Sundaravelu
Tashi Tenzin
Vimalakanthan Thanusan
Ram Zar War
Kumarapaksha Mohottalage Bhagya
Mekhalani Weerasinghe
Yew Chong Yap
Fellow qua Surgeon in Ophthalmology
Anjali A
Mohamed Elsayed Ismail Abdallah
Ahmed Salem Mohamed
Salem Abdellatif
Ahmed Ali Mohammed
Ali Abdelwahab
Mohamed Salem Hamza Abed
Eslam Mohamed Abd Elmonaem
Ibrahim Abozaid
Muhammad Hassan Aftab
Gargi Agarwal
Pragati Aggarwal
Saumya Agrawal
Muhammad Ahsen
Haitham Hilal Said Al Mahrouqi
Munjid Issam Suleiman Al Mousa
Reem Alakool
Ahmad Aldiwanie
Ghayda Abdelkarim
Ahmad Aldurgham
Keegan Joseph Aleong
Abdulrahman Alfakir
Asmaa Mohamed Galal Hassan Ali
Mohamed Hussein
Abdalmotaal Ali Alkadi
Humaid Sulaiman
Khalfan Al-Kalbani
Maryam Alkhayat
Sohaib Ali Jawad Al-Mahdawi
Mohammad Alnsour
Hend AlSafran
Gamila Zaim Rashid Alsharawi
Mo’ath Nayef AlShawabkeh
Fawaz Hayel Awadh Alzweimel
Sophia Qamar Ansari
Ann Tresa Antony
Mohammad Ibrahim Eid A’saf
Htin Kyaw Aung
Karim Ahmed Hussein Ayesh
Saira Bano
Sedoten Dagbeyon Bashorun
Rania Bassiouny Abousheishaa
Sherif Mohamed Ahmed Bayoumi
Aisha Ben Salem
Mohamed Abd El Moneme
Mohamed Kamal Beshr
Jayaprasad Bhaskaran
Shruti Bhat
Kapil Bhatia
Shashwat Bhattacharyya
Mehmet Canleblebici
Aleem Muhammad
Mansha Chauhdary
Minakshi Dalal
Anas S. R. Dalloul
Rakhi P D’Cruz
Sumali Deb
Keerthi Duggineni
Maria Sajini Durairaj
Anirban Dutta
Irshad Edavana
Mahmoud Hazem
Abdelmaksoud Eldeeb
Sahar Mohamed Hassan Elegeimy
Mohamed Lotfy Lotfy
Abd Elrahman Elesawy
Ibrahim Mohamed
Ibrahim Elkarmout
Ahmed Mohamed Nagy
Mohamed Abbas Elmazahy
Abdallah Mohammed
Mansour Elnagredy
Alyaa Ezzat
Maisa Nagmeldin Abbas Fageer
Amr Ahmed Abdel Aziz Falougy
Yousef Ahmed Abdelmageed Fouad
Abdelhamid Fawzi A Ghunaim
Ranpati Dewayalage Gaveesha
Gayashan Gunasekara
Sukriti Gupta
Muhammad Kashif Habib
Kahkashan Rabail Haider
Ali Gamaleldin Ahmed Hamed
Shoukry Hasaneen
Lameece Moustafa Hassan
Noha Helmy Elmetwali Hayes
Mohamed Hassan Ali
Mohamed Hussin
Sara Nazem Naguib
Abdelmalek Ibrahim
Moustafa Ahmed Youssef Ibrahim
Yomi Oziegbe Imasogie
Kulkarni Amar Indrakumar
Gudkar Avriel Isaac
Ponny Jancy Kumar
Anjela Jose
Shabeeba K
Roshini K R
Kiran K.R.
Saranya Devi Kalyanasundaram
Febin Keloth Moidu
Omar Magdy Ali Khaled
Marwa Mohamed
Elfaseeh Ali Khaled
Enas Mohamed Mohamed Khamiss
Muhammad Usman Khan
Arthi M
Ikhlas Hamed Ali Mahmoud
Ahmed Ezzat Abd
Elhamed Mahmoud
Eslam Mahmoud
Ahmed Mahmoud
Maha Mostafa Abd El
Aziz Omar Mameesh
Urooj Mateen
Nader Momtaz Dawood Mettias
Smriti Misra
Amr Abdulaziz Hamzah Mohamed
Elham Moustafa
Mohamed Mohamed
Aswathy Mohan
Syed Musaab Mohiuddin
Abdullah Muaz
Sumitha Muthu
Bhavatharini Muthukumar
Ayass Muzar
Prabhat Vinay Nangia
Mona Ahmed Abd Elkarim Osman
Nidhi Panwar
Natwarsingh Pradeepsingh Parihar
Anjana R
Siddharth R Yadav
Amro Radi Mahmoud Abdou
Heena Rajput
Ali Rashidinia
Siavash Ehsan Rosta
Anju S Raju
Hosam Moustafa Faramawi Saawan
Manav Sachdev
Kainat Saleem
Gunjan Saluja
Nandini Sankaranarayanan
Soma Sarkar De
Muhammad Hamza Shahid
Sajida Parveen Shaikh
Ala’ Sameeh Subhi Shalabi
Walid Sharif
Vikas Sharma
Aastha Singh
Jeanmarc Samuel Sookhoo
Pratibha Thilak
Hassan Ragab Hassan
Abdelkhalek Tiba
Doha Saber Mohammed
Mohammed Torfa
Latha Varadaraj
Rajshekhar Vemparala
Sirisha Vinzamuri
Mina Magdy Berty Wanis
Madiha Waseem
Kumarapaksha Mohottalage Bhagya
Mekhalani Weerasinghe
Shani-Mae Nicole Wright
Samar Younes
Radwa Zaroug
Mohammad Shaban
Mohammad Zidan
Maha Mosaad Mohammed Zmetar
Fellow qua Surgeon in Plastic Surgery
Elijah Cai Zhengyang
Hui Chai Fong
Karyn Lin Wern Im
Chean Ying Saw
Fellow qua Surgeon in Urology
Muhammad Arif Bin Khairudin
Mohamad Fairuz Bin
Mohamad Sharin
Chin Yiun Lee
Yi Quan Tan
Wy Keat Tay
Lim Wei Sern
Choo Zhen Wei
Member of the College
Manisha Aggarwal
Nafiz Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed
Anwaar Mohyuddin Ahmed
Irfan Ali
Mohd Junaid Ansar
Akram Bolbol
Bibek Chakrabarty
Asim Niaz Channa
Abdullah Al Mamun Choudhury
Supriya Dabir Gautam
Asif Ali Dahri
O Z M Dastagir
Muhammad Daud
Seejo George
Ammad Rasul Ghumman
Sarmad Hameed
Hafiz Syed Ahmad Hassan
Mohammad Sajjad Hossain
Sayed Arif Hussain
Liyaquat Hussain
Mohammad Nasirul Islam
Muhammad Jalil
Atif Ashraf Janjua
Sathishkumar Jayagandhi
Muhammad Moiz Ullah Khan
Muhammad Aqeel Khan
Aliraza Khowaja
Dr. Sana Khurshid
Sumira Kiran
Muhammad Tahir Lakho
Jai Kumar Lohano
Salman Majeed Chaudhry
Yasir Masood
Biju Pottakkat
Md Munzur Rahman
Md. Rasiduzzaman
Muhammad Shakeel Sabri
Mudasir Saleem
Abdul Samad
Syed Hussain Shah
Siddharth Mahesh Shah
Farjad Shahid
Kanwal Soomro
Member qua Surgeon
Mujtaba Abdelrahem
Ahmed Abdelrahem
Marwan Emad Abdalla
Ahmed Abdou
Rohan Advani
Indra Prakash Agarwal
Nupur Aggarwal
Dhanya Akshay
Ghaith Mustafa Ghazi Al-Abbasi
Altaib Rasheed Mohammed Alazrag
Murtadha A Yahya Al-Barben
Ahmed Alhamss
Sumaiya Ali
Mohammed Said ElSheemy Ali
Mutahara Altaf
Ashwin Alva K
Emily Armstrong
Thein Shwe Aung
Muhammad Azfar
Debayan Banerjee
Saraansh Bansal
Karan Barat
Priyanka Kishore Bhagtani
Gaurang Bhatt
Rohan Boban
Sayantan Bose
Joanna Butler
Min Han Chan-Ang
Prabol Chandra Paul
Abigail Chatterton
Stephen James Davison
Waduthanthri Supun
Lakmal De Silva
Lucia Margaret Di Mascio
Dunitha Thushan Disanayaka
Katherine Louise Duncan
Rawan Elsafi
Ahmed Mohamed Farid
Elsherbini Elzeki
Sayed Sultan Emad
Peter Alaa Adly Farag
Ewen Ronald Fraser
Sutharshan Ganesamoorthy
Viji Geetha
Vignesh Gopalan
Yousef Hesham Hamed
Thomas Hampson
Sarah Hardie
Yasmin Harris
Mir Shahid Ul Islam
Kavitha Jain
Kasun Karunarathna
Jayathunga Arachchige
Sheldon Peter Leonce Jolie
Apoorva Kabra
Prudhvi Raj Karumuri
Anil KC
Julienne Keong Si Ying
Sachin Khemkar
Ankit Khurana
Sree Sarojini Koppana
Dheeraj Korlapati
Gnaneshwar Raj Kotipalli
Neeraj Kumar
Anusha Madatala
Sneha Manjiyani
Priatharshan Mariathas
Anvin Mathew
Rachel McIntyre
Peter Hany Fouad Botros Megaly
Kelsey Jade Mills
Abid Ali Mirza
Wedad Mohamed Samy
Sayed Mohamed
Mohamedali Murtada
Ali Mohamed
Mohamed Mikram Mohamed Jabir
Tapas Kumar Mohanty
Darun Nagarajan
Chirath Kavinda Nagodavithane
Mudit Nemani
Ismail Ahmed Pandor
Kiara Paramjothy
Warnakulapatabandige Nadeeke
Nidhan Perera
Anantha Venkata Rama Sai Piridi
Mapa Pathiranage Nalaka
Madhushanka Premasiri
Vinaysheel Priyadarshi
Abdallah Mohamed Abdallah
Abdeltawab Ragab
Naziya Rahim Bhatia
Md Zilanur Rahman
Shravan Kadar Shivakumar Rai
Manjesh Reddy S V
Abinaya Rethnaswamy Nadarajan
Wardah Riaz
Harrison Charles Roocroft
Georgia Rutherford
Sudip Saha
Ahmed Abdelmegeed Ahmed Salem
Scizar Damone Samuels
Nyi Tun San
Anu Sandhya
Dhruv Shah
Pratik Shahare
Koh Shamen
Bharat Sunil Sharma
Keval Shirodkar
Samuel Simpkins
Bishal Singh
Deepika Sinha
Calum Sreenan
Molly Strafford
Md Nazmul Hossain Sumon
Surina Taneja
Jing Qin Tay
Yi Xin Jacquelyn Teo
Uthraa Ravindranathan Thambiran
Aakash Tomar
Shivangi Trivedi
Rishikesh Navnath Tupe
MD Nashir Uddin
Izziddine Vial
Aineias Vogkos
Akhil Wadhawan
Mostafa Abdelmottaleb
Mostafa Zayed
Ahmed R Ragab Zubi
Member qua Surgeon in ENT
Sayed Mohamed Jalal
Abualfadhul Almoosawi
Shehreyar Khan
Cameron McCann
Manu Kunaal Shrivastava
Member qua Surgeon in Ophthalmology
Tariq Ahmed Aazem
Tamer Mohamed Ezzat Abdelaziz
Ahmed Samy Ahmed
Abd-El-Hamid
Mahmoud Mohammed
Omezzin Khaled Hamed Abusrewil
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmi Ahmed
Anique Ahmed
Ghassan Al Issa
Hajar Mohammad Al Sharawy
Muhammad Fahad Ali
Sherief Nazer Mohammed Ali
Sowkath Ali
Samer Alkhalil
Khaled Mohammad
Khaled Alradydeh
Anees Thaer Anees Alzubi
Remon Atef George Milad
Joseph Babu
Varsha Backiavathy T
Don Duleepa Baranage
Niranjana Bejan Singh
Loujain Benmansour
Mehboob Dad
Aparna Darswal
Ahmad El gammal
Muhammad Aladdin
Abdelrehim Elesawi
Mohamed Elgharably
Zainab Erum
Mohamed Fawzy Mahmoud Farghal
Nauroz Fatima
Michael Waheed Fawzy Shaker
Deepika G
Majdoleen Gargoum
Rabecca M Geevarghese
Qurat ul Ain Ghazanfar
Ahmad Nady Hefzy Hamed
Nauman Hashmani
Hend Mahmoud Abd
El-Motaleb Hassan
Bilal Hassan
Chameera Manushan
Bandara Herath
Dinah Saad Ahmed Ibrahim
Avinash Anson Jagessar
Ameera Jamil
Zekeriya Kahveci
Galhenage Sisil
Prabhath Keerthisena
Muhammad Imran Khan
Umeeta Khanwani
Mona Lisa
Namitha Mathew
Chibuike Mba
Amr Mahmoud
Abdelghany Mohamed
Sana Motiyar
Venkatesh Nathiya
Pranessh Ravi
Nardeen Adel Yacoub RizkAllah
Hamsa Mohammad Salim Abu Ain
Amey Tamhane
Anjali Waghmare
Nida Wajid
Physicians
Fellow qua Physician
Mohammed Forhad Abedin
Navneet Agrawal
Farhana Akter
Dr. Md. Saidul Alam
Wafaa Albashir
Sayed Ali Alderazi
Amjad Ali
Mumtaz Ali
Saqib Ali
Syed Ajmal Bin Syed Ali
Salahuddin Mohammed Ali Haider
Humaid Alshamsi
Hemalata Arora
Zaw Moe Aung
Than Tun Aung
Lynn Htet Aung
Min Aung Hein
M G Azam
Ajay Bahadur
Sajal Krishna Banerjee
Shishir Kumar Basak
Maher Benjadid
Umer Mustansir Bhatty
Abdul Rabb Bhutto
Ashutosh Chaturvedi
MPS Chawla
Charu Chopra
Vinod Kumar Daripally
Sher Singh Dariya
Suchibrata Das
Amit Kumar Das
Ramakant Dixit
Swee En Goay
Ye Min Hein
Phyo Hein Aung
Mondy Hikmat
Mohd Herollenienor
Felah HJ Hussin
Moe Hlaing
Aung Zaw Htet
Raheel Iftikhar
S M Mamun Iqbal
Sadia Iqbal
Shahid Iqbal
Md. Sirajul Islam
Md. Nazrul Islam
Vidhut Kumar Jain
Azizullah Jalbani
Arshad Jamil
Harish Jayakumar
Manish Kak
Shivashankara Kaniyoor Nagri
Shahid Karim
Mohammad Enamul Karim
Syed Monawer Karim
Ei Cho Khaing
Muhammad Rashid Naseem Khan
Ishrat Khan
Nimit Khara
Wei Liang Koh
Aung Kyaw Khine
Julie Langan Martin
Sanjay Mahajan
Ahsan Mahmood
Lung Yi Mak
Adrian Mark Masnammany
Mohammad Abdul Hannan Miah
Mostafa Noor Mohsin
Shahidul Hassan Mollick
Asif Nadeem
Shahbaz Piracha
Sayeda Rahim
Masud Rana
Syed Ali Raza
Puneet Rijhwani
Mohammad Golam Rob Mahmud
Gobinda Chandra Roy
Syed Alamgir Safwath Rana
Abdul Salam
Mahjuba Umme Salam
Rahul Shah
Rizwan Tahir Majeed Shah
Syed Hassan Murtaza Shah
Imran Shahriar
Arslan Shahzad
Altaf Ahmed Shaikh
Fida Hussain Shaikh
Keyur Sheth
Mohamed Shibeika
Bimal Chandra Shil
Bilal Ahmad Shoukat
Christopher Sze Bing Sim
Bhanu Prakash Srinivas
Sivakumar Subramanian
Moizza Tahir
Htain Tauk
Li Lian Tay
Pravat Kumar Thatoi
Nandakumar Thekkootu Pisharam
Sa Thiha
Krishnadas Thulasidoss
Sai Thiha Tun
Md Taslim Uddin
Rahul Unnikrishnan
Vishesh Verma
Shalini Vijaya Singham
Chi Yen Voon
Marcus Gar Ping Wong
Member qua Physician
Izza Arsyika Abdul Rahim
Oluwaseun Adewoye
Mohammed Salman Ahmed
Layla Ali
Jessica-Marie Barbara
Jaclyn Elizabeth Carberry
Sharon Chandrakanth
Sunilkumar Chaudhari
Murat Civan
Christopher Curran
Blessing Dziwa
Thet Thet Ei
Karim Elaidy
Ahmed Mahmoud
Elsheshtawy Elgarhy
Racquel Nikeitha Griffith
Mian Omar Iftikhar
Esraa Ismail
Nargis Javaid
Neil Daniel Muscat
Adnan Musrati
Abdelmoaty Abdelmgeed
Adnan Abdul Majeed
Mohaleb Adam Mohamed Adam
Paras Agarwal
Mahmood Iqbal Malik
Robin George Manappallil
Tom Jose Kakkanattu
Manish Kar
Rishi Kumar
Yahya Maslamani
Mohamed Wael
Mohamed
Shadi Mohammad
Seerat Fatima Mohammed
Judith Oguguo
Iman Abubakr Abdelghafar Osman
Yatree Pratik Patel
Majd Protty
Mohamad Yaman Rai Albalha
Karthik Rengaraj
Waqar Riaz
Sana Sehar
Ammar Shafiq
Alok Dhiren Shah
Abdul Rashid Sheikh
Mohamed Soliman
Ahmed Sufyan
Aaron Khai Ern Tee
Tay Za Tun
Motunrayo Olusayo Wadzani
Ruth Yates
Ying Qi Yeo
Member of the College
S. Iftikhar Alam
Jehangir Ali
Manzoor Ali
Muhammad Awais
Harashit Chakrabarty
Md. Forhadul Islam Chowdhury
Suman Dey
Jhumur Ghosh
Abhishek Ghosh
Mohammad Ruhul Haidar
Shah Hammad
Mohammad Sayedul Haque
Nai Chien Huan
Vishal Kastwar
Qurat Ul Ain Khalid
Poonum Khalid
Raheel Khan
Aung Phyo Latt
Adnan Latif Malik
Ali Nafeth Mansour
MD Abdullah Al Maruf
Kyaw Thet Maung
Ajay Kumar Mishra
Md. Kutub Uddin Mollick
Abdullah Al Mukit
Thein Tun Myint
Shaher Osman
Md. Mamun-Ur Rashid
Nitai Chandra Ray
Ali Raza
Muhammad Waqar Saeed
Shishir Sikto Sarker
Atia Sharmeen
Parash Ullah
Mohammed Saeed
Mohammed Yeddi
Dental
Fellow in Dental Surgery
Anmol Agarwal
Irfan Ahmad
Mahmuda Akhter
Abdul Rahman Salim Hilal Al-Azri
Ziad Nawaf Al-Dwairi
Shahid Ali
Tahera Ayub
Mohammed Nadeem Bijle
Deepak Chandrasekharan
Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed
Ahmed Elzayat
Emad Ghabrial
Srinivas Gosla Reddy
Angela Harkins
Mohammed Ibrahim
Md. Shahidul Islam
Zohra Jabin
Bobby John
Viraj Kharkar
Vanaja Krishna Naik
Vijay Kumar
Gyanendra Kumar
Ka Hung Julian Kwan
Babu Lal
Wai Keung Leung
Little Mahendra
Luis Monteiro
Narmin Mohammed Ahmed Nasr
Abhishek Parolia
Georgios Pelekos
Deepa Ponnaiyan
Muhammad Imran Rahbar
Hina Zafar Raja
Muhammad Nasir Saleem
Sidhartha Sharma
Raghavendra M Shetty
Rakshit Vijay Sinai Khandeparker
Priyankar Singh
Islam Ali Naguib Sobeih
Yuxiong Su
Gamar Ahmed Suleiman Ali
Suleiman
Yeshaswini Thelekkat
Fadi Titinchi
Chi Keung Michael Tong
Abhilasha Yadav
Fellow in Oral Medicine
Melanie Louise Simms
Fellow in Paediatric Dentistry
Lewis Hua
Jessica Frances Large
Susan Welford
Scott Wright
Fellow in Restorative Dentistry
Andreas Chatzipantelis
Tom Dudding
Member of the Faculty of Dental
Surgery
Zafar Abbas
Khaled Abdellatif
Rana Abdulateef
Huda Abutayyem
Surendra Kumar Acharya
Nisheet Agni
Babatunde Akinbami
Fahad Al-Dabbagh
Ahmed Alfawzan
Ahmed Alghussein
Mahmoud Alghussein
Omar Ali
Eman Ali
Meena Muneeb Ali Al-khlofee
Dhanasekar Balakrishnan
Abdulhadi Ben Ghuzi
Mohammad Abrar Bhat
Carla Zoe Boyle
Luke Butler
Eapen Cherian Junior
Amelia Wan Tin Cheung
Meera Choudhary
Stuart Collier
Benjamin Currie
Alison Dawson
Subhas Chandra Debnath
Gareth Elias
Ignacio Gandia Navas
Kiran Kumar Ganji
Mebin George Mathew
Affan Ghafoor
Rhys Gilhespy
Thomas Hampson
Mustafa Helal Nasr Helal
Muhammad Ilyas
Geetanjali Jadhav
Caren Kaur Jauhal
Shahab Javanmardi Rahat Abad
Wallis Jones
Varsha Joshi
Vijay Karuppiah
Harsimran Kaur
Ahmed Khaled
Naveen Khawaja
Anand Krishnan
Palana Krishna Kulkarni
Pok Man Lam
Rory Maciver
Nikita Maini
John P. Mammen
Aine McDonnell
Juliza Md Lepi
R M Sumudu Himesha B Medawela
Anil Paul Melitt
Akash Unnikrishnan Menon
Joanna Rose Minnis
Anshad Mohamed Abdulla
Youssef Mousa
Nadia Nadim
Niall Nagar
Rosie Pritchett
Farheen Qureshi
Stephan Rai
Muhammad Imran Saleh
Nazneen Suleman Sayed
Preetam Shah
Anum Sharif
Karim Shedid
Mahinder Singh
Yiu Kay Tam
Laura Yong Rei Tan
Jun Qi Teh
Sin Ting Tung
Haseeb Ullah
Sumita Upadhyay
Hok Kan Wong
Hon Kwan Woo
Member in Orthodontics
Islam Youssif Mohamed
Aly Abd Elrazek
Ahmed Abdelgawad
Moustafa Mahmoud
Ahmed Abdelhamid
Huda Abutayyem
Amr Alfrogy
Ammar Jamal Kamil Al-Sangar
Palla Aparna
Iman Binti Azmuddin
Bavya Balakrishnan
Hend Deweek
Abdulrahman Kamel Abdulhamid
Yousef Ebid
Yomna Elagamy
Reem Ghazala
Ahmed Ghozlan
Marzouk Hamdy
Najwa Massarani
Juliza Md Lepi
Abdelrahman Mesbah Sayed Kamel
Nourhan Mohamed
Mohamed Abdalla
Ismaiel Mohamed
Michael Mohsen
Abedalla Nakhnokh
Althaf T Rasheed
Suzanne Husun Reginald Iggan
Hassaan Saeed
Islam Sameh
Kanmani Saravanan
Tasnim Sayed Ahmed
Mohammad Mushtaq
Shah Mahmood
Beshoy Shamel
Karim Shedid
Prema Sivakumar
Samar Soliman
Aarthi Vadivel
Member in Paediatric Dentistry
Mohammed Hazaa Alshamrani
Member in Periodontics
Pok Man Lam
Member in Endodontics
Vaishnavi Swaminathan
Member of the College
Omer Hassaan Aftab Ahmad
Mazhar Ali
Pradip Joshi
Podiatric Medicine
Fellow in Podiatric Medicine
David Alper, DPM
Sandy Amador
Elizabeth Ansert
Jonathan Andrew Barber
Stuart Berry
Elizabeth Bondi
Brandon Brooks
Shazad Buksh
Imaze Marian Davis
Lady Paula DeJesus
Esther Alicia Garcia-Morales
Krishna Gathani
David George
Andrea Gledhill
Katerina Grigoropoulos
David Elliott Gruhl
Shengsheng (Jack) Guan
Samantha Hall
Despina Herodotou
David Hoeft
Caoimhe Hoey
Stephanie Hook
Abid Hussain
Zevi Isseroff
Dhruv Jogia
Adam Johnson
Alton Johnson
Mathew Johnstone
Ekaterini Kalykakis
Samantha Landau
Frank Louis Lepore
Brian Lepow
Karim Manji
Garrett Moore
Alexander William Murray
Neal Patel
Sean Savage
Randy Semma
Kiana Trent
Ellen Mercedes Wenzel
Dixon Xu
Member of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine
Sahab Danesh
Patrick Doan
Nathan Patrick Goyvaerts
Johann Francois Goyvaerts
Adam Matthew McIlwaine
Luke Saliba
Travel Medicine
Fellow in Travel Medicine
Seshadri Srini Vasan
Clare Louise Walker
Member of the Faculty of Travel Medicine
Syed Siddique Ahmed Shah
Yat-Hung Tam
De Zhang Yang
Associate of the Faculty of Travel Medicine
Oluwasayo Olatunde
Amanda Vernooy
Eugene Yeung
Associate of the College
Fathia Abubaker
Fatema Salem Saleh
Mohammed Al Saleh
Mucadiye Demirel
Olena Kazatska
Nicole Ward Kharkongor
Rawia Haroon Abaker Obida
Rohith Rajendran
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