Medico-legal Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Education

Brockley County Grammar School, London.
Dulwich College, London.
King's College, University of London.
King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry

Honours & Awards

Honour or award
Stephen Howard Bursary at Dulwich College
Crowther Prize in Biology
Medical Research Council Scholarship for Intercalated B.Sc.
Legg Prize in Surgical Pathology
W. G. Oakley Prize in Diabetes
Gilbert Foyle Education Trust Grant John Collet Travel Grant For Elective Research Project
Selected for Senior Scholarship King's College London
1988 MB, BS (Hons. in Surgery) University of London
Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) Travelling Fellowship to Sri Lanka
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

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

Editorial

	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

Teaching roles
Instructor / Course Director for the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB).
UNICON Course, Oxford. Prof. C. Bulstrode.
Medical Student Tutor for Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Teaching final year medical students: Green College.
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.
Lecturer MRCS Course. St. Thomas’ Hospital.
Examiner for the IMRCS: Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow).
Course Director: Educational course on Sentinel Node Biopsy. 1st Mediterranean Melanoma Meeting.
eSTEP® Tutor at The Royal College of Surgeons of England
newSTEP® Editorial Board
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) (Former Treasurer & Trustee)
• International Sentinel Node Society (Founder Member)
• Society of Expert Witnesses (SEW)
• European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery (ESLAS)
• British Medical Laser Association (BMLA)
• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
• Independent Doctors Federation (IDF)

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
• COnsultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust.