Medico-legal Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Education

Year	Education
1975 to 1980	Brockley County Grammar School, London.
1980 to 1982	Dulwich College, London.
1982 to 1985	King's College, University of London.
1985 to 1988	King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry

Honours & Awards

Year	Honour or award
1980 to 1982	Stephen Howard Bursary at Dulwich College
1981	Crowther Prize in Biology
1984	Medical Research Council Scholarship for Intercalated B.Sc.
1985 to 1986	Legg Prize in Surgical Pathology
1986 to 1987	W. G. Oakley Prize in Diabetes
1987	Gilbert Foyle Education Trust Grant John Collet Travel Grant For Elective Research Project
1988	Selected for Senior Scholarship King's College London
1988	1988 MB, BS (Hons. in Surgery) University of London
1997	Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) Travelling Fellowship to Sri Lanka
2000	Second prize: Research Viewpoint: II Melanoma Research Meeting for Specialists in Dermatology, Surgery & Medical Oncology, Milan, June 2000

Training Courses Attended

• Radiation Protection – St. George’s Hospital
• Northwick Park Microsurgical Course
• Free Flap Course – St. George’s
• Canniesburn Free Flap Course
• Derby AO Hand Course
• Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) – Newcastle
• Sentinel Node Biopsy Training - The Netherlands Cancer Institute
• Sentinel Node Biopsy Course - Milan
• UNICON Course – Oxford
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) - Oxford
• Laser Core of Knowledge – ESLAS: Oxford
• Endoscopic Plastic Surgery – Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Training Examiners for the MRCS - Glasgow
• Perforator Free Flap Course – Ghent
• Medico-Legal Report Writing for Medical Practitioners – Bristol
• Training Consultant Teachers – Wolverhampton Business School
• Advanced Report Writing – Birmingham
• Advanced Communications Skills

Committees & Activities

Year	Committee or activities
1995 to 1996	Wound Management Committee. St. John’s Hospital, Edinburgh.
1997 to 1998	Senior Registrar Travelling Club (SRTC) Representative on Career Sub-Structure Committee for British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS).
1998 to 2000	Unit Training Representative (Oxford).
1998 to 2000	Clinical Governance Committee (Oxford).
1998 to 2000	Wound Management Committee (Oxford).
1998 to 2000	Head & Neck Oncology Steering Group (Oxfordshire).
1998 to 2000	MAC: Specialist Surgical Representative Foscote Hospital.
1998 to 2002	B.M.A Executive Committee (Oxford).
1999 to 2001	Assistant Honorary Secretary: BMA Oxford Division.
1999 to 2004	Treasurer & Trustee: Melanoma Study Group (MSG).
2000 to 2004	Committee Member on Associates Against Skin Cancer (AASC).
2000 to date	Representative on W.H.O. Melanoma Programme.
2001 to 2004	Chairman: Associates Against Skin Cancer (AASC).
2003 to date	Local Negotiation Committee (LNC) (Dudley Group of Hospitals)
2003 to date	Library Committee (Dudley Group of Hospitals)
2004 to date	MAC: Plastic Surgery Representative: Wolverhampton Nuffield Hospital
2004 to date	Local Research Ethics Committee (Black Country)
2004 to date	Protocol Review Committee
2006 to date	MAC: William S Graham Foundation for Melanoma Research “The Billy Foundation”

Editorial

Year	Editorial
Sub-Editor	Cyber Medical College. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Reviewer	British Journal of Plastic Surgery Medical Science Monitor Clinical Evidence – BMJ Group.

Teaching

Year	Teaching role
1998 to 2004	Instructor / Course Director for the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB).
1999	UNICON Course, Oxford. Prof. C. Bulstrode.
1999 to 2000	Medical Student Tutor for Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
1999 to 2000	Teaching final year medical students: Green College.
2000 to 2003	Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.
2001	Lecturer MRCS Course. St. Thomas’ Hospital.
2001 to date	Examiner for the IMRCS: Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow).
2003	Course Director: Educational course on Sentinel Node Biopsy. 1st Mediterranean Melanoma Meeting.
2005 to date	eSTEP® Tutor at The Royal College of Surgeons of England
2005 to date	newSTEP® Editorial Board
2006 to date	STEP® Tutor at The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Societies

• British Medical Association (BMA)
• British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS)
• British Burn Association (BBA)
• Melanoma Study Group (MSG) (Treasurer & Trustee)
• International Sentinel Node Society (Founder Member)
• Society of Expert Witnesses
• European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery (ESLAS)
• British Medical Laser Association (BMLA)

Books, chapters, publications & presentations

Over 20 publications and 30 presentations. Please click here to view the details.

Previous Appointments

• House Surgeon, King's College Hospital, London
• House Physician, King's College Hospital, London

Post-registration

• Surgical Rotation, South West Thames Region
  S.H.O. in Accident and Emergency, St. George's Hospital, London
• S.H.O. in Surgery and Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton
• S.H.O. in General Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley
• S.H.O. in Urological Surgery, Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley

Plastic Surgery

• S.H.O. in Plastic Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital, London
• S.H.O in Plastic Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London
• Registrar in Plastic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London
• S.H.O. in Plastic Surgery, The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
• S.H.O. in Plastic Surgery, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton
• Locum Registrar in Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
• Locum Registrar in Plastic Surgery, St George's Hospital, London
• Locum Registrar in Plastic Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital, London
• Registrar / Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery, St. John's Hospital, Edinburgh
• Hand Fellow, The Hand Clinic, Windsor
• Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Hospital, Sri Lanka
• Visiting Fellow, The Melanoma Unit , Sydney
• Honorary Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
• Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust