UK Regional Advisers[Strathclyde; Dumfries & Galloway]
Hospital Prescribing Adviser E-mail: keith.beard@gvic.scot.nhs.uk Biographical information: Keith Beard trained in Glasgow, studying chemistry originally, then qualifying in medicine in 1977. He has been a physician at the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, since 1985. Current duties are split between clinical medicine for the elderly and medicines management at NHS Greater Glasgow. He remains active in academic and regulatory aspects of drug safety. He is currently a member of the Scottish Medicines Consortium and the CSM subcommittee on Pharmacovigilance, and is a past president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology. Now with grown-up children he has time for interests including classical music, trout fishing, gardening and photography. [Aberdeenshire; City of Aberdeen; Moray]
E-mail: r.laing@nhs.net Biographical information: Graduated from the University of Edinburgh 1986
[Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Oxfordshire]
Dr Christopher G Wathen FRCP Edin [Cheshire; Merseyside]
E-mail: davidbowenjones@hotmail.com Biographical information: Professor Bowen Jones qualified at the University of Wales, Cardiff and after junior training posts completed his MD at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. In 1983 he moved to Edinburgh as Lecturer in Medicine and Endocrinology. Appointed Consultant Physician on the Wirral in 1991 he has continued an active interest in research and teaching. Previously Clinical Sub Dean, Clinical Tutor and Trust Director of Learning and Development he is currently Associate Postgraduate Dean for Mersey region. An examiner for the college since 1996 he was appointed Deputy Director of Communications in 2005. Personal interests include golf, fly fishing, and sport of all kinds. [Highland; Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides;
Orkney & Shetland]
E-mail: robertpeel@nhs.net Biographical information: I graduated from St George's Hospital Medical School and undertook house jobs in London and Fort William. As an SHO in Edinburgh, I became interested in Renal Medicine and did my specialist Renal training in Oxford and Yorkshire. I was appointed to NHS Highland in 2004 and have built up a department from single handed specialist to four specialist Renal Physicians covering NHS Highland and the Western Isles - an area of more than 35,000 square kilometres.
E-mail: j.mcewan@ucl.ac.uk Biographical information: I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1980, with house jobs in Glasgow and General Medical training as an SHO in Nottingham. I undertook specialist training in cardiology in the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital and was appointed to UCL in 1992, with honorary consultant appointments at UCH and the Middlesex Hospitals where for many years I was one of only three consultant cardiologists supporting a tertiary cardiac centre. The unit is now much larger and, while I continue clinical service, I am also able to maintain an interest in translational research in vascular disease, and have recently been given educational responsibilities as Director of Clinical Teaching for the Trust.
Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland: Dr Rick Plumb FRCP Edin E:mail: r.plumb@qub.ac.uk [Greater Manchester; Lancashire; Isle of
Man]
E-mail: heather.adams@lthtr.nhs.uk Biographical information: Qualified from Madras Medical College. Completed specialist respiratory training in Manchester and became Consultant in 1999. Special interests include advanced bronchoscopic techniques and thoracoscopy. Have been involved with the evaluation of novel tools such as Narrow Band Imaging and semirigid thoracoscopy. Lead clinician for lung cancer, mesothelioma and tuberculosis. Have a passion for postgraduate teaching, and set up national courses, including the Preston Part II MRCP PACES course, Basic Bronchoscopy Course for SpRs and Interventional Bronchoscopy course for Consultants. Nominated to European Board of Experts for Interventional Bronchoscopy and teach regularly at the international courses at University of Lille, France. I have worked as Royal College Tutor in Medicine, Secretary of North West Thoracic Society, currently the Clinical Director of Medicine, Programme Director for Respiratory- Manchester Deanery, Specialist Adviser to NICE Interventional procedures committee, member of BTS Interventional Pulmonology Group and Education/ Training committee. [Lothian; Borders; Fife]
E-mail: kelvin.palmer@luht.scot.nhs.uk Biographical information: NHS Consultant since 1985. Associate Postgraduate Dean (Medicine), S.E. Scotland, since 2000. Particular interest in gastrointestinal endoscopy; previously Chairman, Endoscopy section of British Society of Gastroenterology, and currently Chairman of Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG). [East Yorkshire; North Yorkshire; West Yorkshire]
E-mail: robin.jeffrey@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk Biographical information:
Currently
Previously
[Central; Tayside]
Dr Alasdair Mackie E-mail: alasdair.mackie@nhs.net Biographical Information: Graduated from Edinburgh University in 1984
[East Sussex; Kent; Surrey; West Sussex;
Hampshire; Isle of Wight]
E-mail: christopher.sheen@iow.nhs.uk Biographical Info: I qualified at St George's Hospital Medical School, London. My registrar posts were in London and on the South Coast. I then completed my MD at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. I was also a locum consultant at Stracathro and Ninewells Hospitals. I was appointed as a consultant on the Isle of Wight in 2002. I am a PACES examiner and gastroenterology training programme director for the Wessex Deanery. Outside of work I enjoy sailing, skiing (albeit slowly) and running. I completed the London Marathon in 2005. I also walked to Everest Base Camp in 2007. [Bristol; Cornwall; Devon; Gloucestershire;
Somerset; Dorset; Wiltshire; Channel Islands]
E-mail: richard.day@poole.nhs.uk Biographical information:
[Cleveland; Cumbria; Durham; Northumberland;
Tyne & Wear]
E-mail: Tim.cassidy@ghnt.nhs.uk Primary Position: Consultant Physician Biographical information:
[Derbyshire; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire;
Nottinghamshire; South Yorkshire; Northants]
E-mail: george.thomson@sfh-tr.nhs.uk Biographical information: The importance of strong educational, interprofessional and clinical governance networks is paramount in facilitating good patient care and service developments. These networks will also serve continuing professional development. Trent Region comprises approximately 10% of the UK population and through active promotion of the various activities of the RCPE, I hope to offer Fellows and Members in Trent the opportunity to have a voice and strengthen the existing networks. [Herefordshire; Worcestershire; Salop; Staffs;
Warwick; West Midlands]
E-mail: robert.macfadyen@swbh.nhs.uk Biographical information: Initially trained as a pharmacist with a PhD in physiology I graduated in medicine and trained in cardiovascular pharmacology, spending 5 years as a Consultant in Inverness. I now have clinical duties in acute medicine and cardiology in Birmingham. I am the Therapeutics Coordinator for the dental course and lecture widely to undergraduates and postgraduates in the UK and overseas. I am a strong supporter of the College as defining postgraduate clinical standards. [Bedfordshire; Hertfordshire; Cambridge;
Norfolk; Suffolk; Essex]
Biographical information: Mark Andrews is a Consultant in Renal and General Medicine at The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich. He graduated from the University of Birmingham Medical School and trained in Renal Medicine in Leicester, West Midlands and Nottingham before taking up a consultant post in Dundee and then Norwich. He has been involved in postgraduate training in renal medicine since 1999 and represented The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on the Specialist Advisory Committee for Renal Medicine 2002-2006. He is now Chair of the Nephrology Specialist Training Committee in Eastern Region and represents the region on the newly configured SAC for renal medicine. He enjoys sailing on the North Norfolk Coast and The Broads and escaping 'The Flatlands' for walking and fishing with friends in Scotland. |
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Dr
Keith Beard FRCP Edin 
Dr
Robert BS Laing FRCP Edin
Professor David Bowen Jones FRCP Edin
Dr
Rob Peel FRCP Edin
Dr Jean R McEwan FRCP Edin
Dr Alan Fraser FRCP Edin
Dr M Munavvar MD DNB FRCPL FRCPE
Dr
Kel Palmer FRCP Edin
Dr Robin Jeffrey
Dr
Christopher Sheen FRCP Edin
Dr
Richard Day FRCP Edin
Dr
Tim Cassidy FRCP Edin
Dr
George A Thomson FRCP Edin
Dr Robert J MacFadyen FRCP Edin
Dr Mark J Andrews FRCP Edin