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Institute of Health Sciences Education - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Staff Listing

Director's Office

Professor Arunthathi Mahendran - Institute Director
Ms Emily Beet - Institute Manager
Professor Ricardo Khine - Director of Education and Deputy Director IHSE
Professor Rakesh Patel - Head of MBBS and joint Deputy Director IHSE
Rozina Hashmi - Head of Quality and Governance
Viki Soper - Head of Education and Student Experience
Ms Sharon Otter - Executive Assistant & Office Manager
Vanessa Thompson - Communications Officer
Ms Karen Norman - Institute Management Team Administrator
Ruth Miller-Hardy - HR Administrator

Finance and Planning

Mr Jayesh Patel, Finance and Planning Manager (interim) 
Ms Kate McFarlane - Finance and Bursaries Manager
Ms Jennifer Karina- Finance Manager
Ms Ayse Karaoglan - Finance Assistant (SIFT) Maternity Leave
Mr Mohammed Miah - Finance Assistant 

Quality and Governance

Ms Rozina Hashmi - Head of Quality and Governance
Dr Shahrar Ali - Senior Quality, Research and Governance Manager
Ms Mariyam Begum - Quality Assurance Senior Administrator
Ms Lucy Power - Quality Assurance Administrator 
Ms Hayley Barnes - Quality Assurance Administrator
Mr Dan Burke - Governance Manager
Ms Charlotte Shelton - Governance Administrator

Centre for Medical Education

Professor Elspeth Alstead - Deputy Head of CME
Dr Robert Adalbert - Senior Lecturer Medical Sciences
Dr Erik Blair - Reader in Education, Director of Graduate Studies, Lead Apprenticeship in Medical Education
Dr Mark Carroll - Honorary Senior Lecturer
Dr Tatiana Christides - Senior Lecturer in Medical Science
Dr Jon Fuller - Senior Clinical Lecturer
Prof Danë Goodsman - Professor in Medical Education / Academic Lead for Prehospital Medical Education
Dr Gareth Grier - Senior Lecturer in Pre-hospital care
Dr Nandini Hayes - Reader in Medical Science

Prof Bruce Kidd
- Head of Year 4 and Deputy Dean for Education
Dr Maryam Malekigorji - Senior Lecturer Medical Sciences (Pharmacology)
Dr Sam Miles - Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Medical Education
Dr Esther Murray - Reader in Health Psychology, lead on iBSc intercalated degree in Medical Education
Dr Nyree Myatt - Deputy Head GEP Programme, Academic Lead Student Support - Early Years, Lecturer Medical Science
Dr Michael Page - Reader in Education 
Dr Nimesh Patel - Reader/ Head of Assessment / Head of SSCs
Dr Anna Ridley - Senior Lecturer Immunology
Dr Lesley Robson - Head of Year 1
Dr Celia Woolf - Senior Lecturer in Inter-professional Teaching and Learning
Dr Yvonne Mbaki - Head of MBBS Year 2, Deputy Head of MBBS
Dr Claire Spiller - Head of MBBS Year 
Dr Sushma Saksena - Head of MBBS Year 5, Deputy Head of MBBS

Community Based Medical Education

Dr Will Spiring - Acting co-lead CBME/Clinical Senior Lecturer  / Head of Year 5
Maria Hayfron-Benjamin - Acting co-lead CBME/Reader in Medical Education/Head Admissions FMD 
Dr Shabana Bharmal - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Jenny Blythe Honorary Lecturer
Dr Dev Gadhvi - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Vidya Mistry - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Rohini Sabherwal - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Leila Saeed - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Meera Sood - Clinical Lecturer (maternity leave)
Dr Natalie Symes - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Safiya Virji - Clinical Lecturer
Professor Louise Younie - Clinical Professor
Dr Dhrupadhreddy Yerrakalva - Clinical Lecturer
Dr Yan-Ling Wong - Clinical Lecturer
Ms Lynne Magorrian - CBME & Placement Quality Manager
Ms Gillian Vythelingum - Deputy CBME Manager
Ms Ellen Hall - CBME Recruitment & Events Administrator
Francesca Langridge - Administrator Year 1 and 2
Mr Jim Manzano - Administrator
Ms Chloe Millan- Senior Administrator
Ms Kate Scurr - Administrator
Ms Sarah Wynne - CBME Administrator (maternity leave)
Ms Mahbuba Yasmin - CBME Administrator
Ms Sidra Malik - CBME Administrator (QA / Finance) 

Clinical, Communication and Learning Skills Unit

Dr Dason Evans - Reader in Medical Education, Head of Clinical Skills
Dr Devina Raval - Senior Lecturer in Clinical Skills
Dr Harvey Wells - Senior Lecturer in Clinical Communication Skills, Head of Communication Skills

Dr Resham Matharu - Chadburn Fellow for Clinical and Communication Skills
Dr Sarah Siddiqui - Chadburn Fellow for Clinical and Communication Skills
Dr Charles Thurston - Clinical Teaching Fellow Clinical and Communications Skills
Dr Christine Naganathan - Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Communication Skills (maternity leave)
Dr Bharat Pahilwani - Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Skills 
Dr Nisha Ehamparanathan - Lecturer in Clinical Skills 
Dr Venkat Thiagarajan - Lecturer in Clinical Skills
Dr Anna Schmid - Lecturer in Clinical Communication
Denise Lawrence - Lecturer in Communication Skills
Dr Aqeel Safdar - Lecturer in Clinical Skills
Dr Aidan Kendler-Rhodes - Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow

Ms Yvonne Clay - Clinical Skills Centre Manager
Mr Duncan Laurence - Clinical Skills Centre Technician
Mr Mark Zarasate - Clinical Skills Centre Technician
Mr Ade Folarin - Clinical Skills Centre Technician
Mr Michael Giles - Clinical Skills Centre Technician (Lynton House)

Learning Innovation Team

Prof Graham Easton - TBL Faculty Development Lead
Dr Pedro Elston - Academic Lead for E-Learning
Ms Karin Fernandes - E-Learning Technologist
Mr Gian-Paulo Canale - E-Learning Technologist
Mr Matthew Simmons - E-learning Technologist
Mr Nick Fisher - Lecturer in Medical Education (Digital Design)
Ciara Byrne - Project manager NHS-E blended learning project and VLE refresh project

Turnbull Centre (Anatomy and Physiology)

Dr Paula Vickerton - Head of GEP Programme, Lead for Anatomy/Reader
Dr Amir Hakim - Lead for Physiology/Senior Lecturer
Dr Lujain Alsadder - Senior lecturer Physiology
Mr Rejwan Ahmed - Turnbull Centre Manager
Miss Geetika Ail - Anatomy Lecturer
Dr John Broad - Anatomy and Physiology Lecturer, Deputy Head Assessment
Dr Sadir Zaman - Clinical Teaching Fellow (Physiology)
Dr Rachel Fox - Clinical Teaching Fellow (Anatomy)
Dr Kai Ang - Clinical Teaching Fellow (Anatomy)
Dr Esther Lee - Clinical Teaching Fellow (Physiology)
Dr Anthiyaa Nathanial - Clinical Teaching Fellow (Anatomy)
Mr Harrison Morgan - Turnbull Centre Anatomy Technician
Mr Brayan Restrepo - Turnbull Centre Anatomy Technician
Linnea Synchynshyn - Turnbull Centre Anatomy Technician

MSc Physician Associate Programme and Physician Associate Apprenticeship

Dr Brenda Manoharan- Head of Programme /GP
Louise Angwa - Clinical Lecturer
Benice Danquah - Clinical Lecturer / PA
Shameen Dukander - Clinical Lecturer /PA
Dr Mizanul Hoque - Honorary Clinical Lecturer / GP 
Laila Hussain - Clinical Lecturer / PA
Dr Nadina Hussain - Clinical Lecturer / GP
Haythem Jarad - Clinical Lecturer /PA
Jon Jezak - Lecturer / Lead Tutor for Healthcare Improvement
Dr Vinodh Krishnamurthy - Senior Lecturer in Healthcare studies
Dr Mythili Mahendran - Clinical Lecturer / Lead Tutor for Clinical Skills
Jathurshika Vigneswaran - Clinical Lecturer
Ms Janice Rolle -Course Administrator

Assessment Unit

Emily Beet - Acting Head of Assessment
Dr John Broad - Deputy Head of Assessment Year 1 and 2 MBBS / Anatomy and Physiology Lecturer
Adrian O'Brian - Assessment Unit Manager
Adjoa Esuman-Gwira - Administrator
Ms Amareen Hussain - Administrator (Parts 1 & 3) maternity leave
Ms Stephanie King - Administrator (temp) maternity cover
Ms Anne Musker - Administrator (Part 5)
Ms Deepika Sachdeva - Administrator
Ms Stephanie Wigg - Prizes Administrator
Ms Noshin Khan - Records Manager - on secondment
  

Student Office - Curriculum Operations

Mr Robert Sprott - Curriculum Operations Manager
Mr Gilles Paoli- Acting Curriculum Operations Manager
Mr Tom Schindler - Deputy Operations Manager
Ms Karen Francis - Placements Operations Manager
Ms Laura Debrincat- Apprenticeship and Post-Graduate Manager 
Mrs Rachel Nakalembe - Manager for MBBS Years 1 & 2
Mrs Rugina Monnan - Manager for MBBS Years 3 & 4
Ms Karen Picken - Curriculum Operations Administrator MBBS Year 1 (temp)
Ms Shahin Patel - Curriculum Operations Administrator - GEP, SWARM
Ms Nadia Sookhroo Curriculum Operations Administrator MBBS Year 2
Mr Asad Miah- Curriculum Operation Administrator Y3 and Y4
Mr Nabil Rahman - Curriculum Operations Administrator Years 3 and 4
Ms Afsana Begum - CCSU Administrator (maternity leave)
Mr Waled Mohamed - CCSU Administrator (maternity cover)
Ms Adriana Coracini - SSCs Manager
Ms Lisa Lewis - SSCs Administrator
Ms Chatila Lewis - SSCs Administrator (maternity leave)
Mr Adrian Little - Deputy Placements Manager
Ms Shamin Jahan - Placements Administrator
Mr Michael Captain - Curriculum Operations Administrator Year 5
Ms Thuraisha Naidoo - Curriculum Operations Administrator Intercalated Degrees 
Mr Richard Jackson - Curriculum Operations Administrator MA and MSc
Ms Vinh Mui Chu - Curriculum Operations Administrator Distance Learning Programmes
Ms Jessica Carter - Curriculum Operations Administrator - Apprenticeships

Learning Resource Unit
Mr Steve Moore - Education Resources Manager 

Museum & Galleries
Ms Carla Valentine - Pathology Museum Technical Curator / Public Engagement Officer

Archives
Ms Clare Button - Project Archivist 

Student Academic and Pastoral Support

Elliott Reed Head of Student Support
Jennifer Ogden Student Support Manager 
Ms Kate McFarlane - Finance and Bursaries Manager
Ms Esther Roach - Student Support Administrator
Sofia Kausar - Student Support Administrator
Shereen Aly - Student Support Advisor
Daniel Blythin-Hammond Student Support Advisor
Humaira Aslam – Student Support Advisor 

Honorary Staff

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