The Faculty of Surgical Trainers aims to support and nurture a diverse and inclusive community of surgical trainers. The Committee are responsible for driving forward the strategic development of the Faculty and supporting the future generation of surgeons.
Chair - James Tomlinson
James is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon in a major trauma centre (Sheffield, UK). His clinical practice covers all aspects of emergency and elective adult spine surgery.
He is heavily involved in postgraduate training. James is an Associate Medical Director for Education and a former Associate Dean and Academic Programme Director. He a member of the SAC for Orthopaedics, and a previous member of the Selection Design Group.
He has a strong interest in Non-Technical Skills and Human Factors, teaching nationally and internationally on these critical topics. He has a research interest in Education and Surgical Performance and has won multiple national and international prizes for his work.
Deputy Chair - Pragnesh Bhatt
Mr Pragnesh Bhatt qualified as a neurosurgeon in 1987 after training in India and the UK. Currently a consultant neurosurgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, he has a particular interest in complex spinal surgery in both adults and children leading the multidisciplinary team for degenerative spinal conditions. An Honorary Senior Lecturer at NHS Grampian, Pragnesh also sits on the College’s Surgical Specialty Board in Neurosurgery and is a RCSEd Regional Surgical Advisor for the North of Scotland.
Shireen McKenzie
Miss Shireen McKenzie is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and current Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. She was previously the Co-Head of Year 3 of the MBChB and remains a Senior Lecturer with The University of Leeds. She is on the faculty for CCrISP and NOTSS and a member of the ASBGI editorial board. Prior to being appointed to the Executive Board of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, she was on the advisory board. Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers and also a Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education. She has an interest in recruiting surgeons, especially at Undergraduate level and dispelling the "myths" that reduce recruitment of students of any gender, race and sexual orientation, into a career in surgery.
HSET Rep - Timothy Graham
Professor Timothy Graham is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University of Birmingham and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine UK and a Civilian Consultant Cardiac Surgeon to the British Army. He’s a joint founder of the National Birmingham Review course in Cardiothoracic surgery and the National Birmingham Professional Development Course. He’s also a joint founder and convenor of the Asian Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Update Course (ACSSUC). Received Honorary Fellowship of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeons in 2011 and Distinguished Surgeon Award from Academy of Medicine Singapore in 2013.
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