Geriatric Medicine SCE

I am a Geriatrician specialising in geritaric intermediate care with a special interest in Metabolic bone disease. Currently, I am working for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

I have experience in delivering teaching via the online media having tutored for the University of South Wales and University of Wales in this media. I have previously been a Junior Editor for the British Medical Journal.

I was awarded my MBBS from the University of Calcutta (2004) after the completion of my undergraduate medical education and internship at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. In 2006, I received my MRCP (UK) and MRCPS (Glasgow) awarded by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

I have passed my Geriatric Medicine SCE and in 2014, I received my CCT in General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine from the GMC after successful completion of a 6 year training programme. Additionally, in 2016 I was awarded my FRCP (Glasgow) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for significant contribution in the specific subspecialty interest within General Medicine.

Currently, I am working as a Consultant Stroke Physician and am the Clinical Lead for Stroke Services at the Comprehensive Stroke Centre at Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital. Additionally, I am the Honorary Clinical Senior Teaching Fellow at Manchester University and run a Tertiary regional Specialist small vessel disease clinic, specialising in Neurogenetics in Cerebral vascular disease and have research interest in pharmacogenetics in Stroke.

I am a senior general practitioner, working within a long-term care residence caring for 1,500 residents. I graduated in 1993 from the University of Malta, and am also a Fellow of the College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Fellow of the Malta College of Family Doctors and International Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

I hold an MSc in Primary Care and General Practice (Ulster University), a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education (USW) and the Specialist Certificate in Education in Geriatric Medicine. I have served as Assessment Lead and AKT Lead within the Malta College of Family Doctors.

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I am a Stroke, Geriatric and Internal Medicine Consultant at NHS Tayside. In addition, I’m the Governance Lead for the Stroke Department at Ninewells Hospital, Local Coordinator of Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS), and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Dundee.

After completing my MBChb from the University of Dundee (2009), I went on to achieve my MRCP (UK) in 2014, followed by my appointment of Geriatric and General Internal Medicine Specialty Training (NHS Tayside), and then successfully completed my Geriatric Specialist Certificate Examination in 2016. Most recently, I received my Certificate of Completion of Training (Geriatric Medicine, Stroke Medicine and General Medicine) in 2020.

I am a member of several medical organisations including the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (RCPE), the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), and the British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP) amongst many others.