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Regional information

Specialty Contacts

All departments within Ninewells Hospital unless otherwise stated.

Specialty	Training Programme Director
Acute (Internal) Medicine	Dr Achyut Valluri
Anaesthetics	Dr Cameron Weir
Cardiology	Dr Benjamin Szwejkowski
Clinical Radiology	Dr Shilpi Pal
Core Psychiatry	Dr Laura Sutherland
Dermatology	Dr Sharizan Adbul-Ghaffar
Diagnostic Neuropathology	Prof. Colin Smith
Emergency Medicine	Dr Andy Paterson
Endocrinology and Diabetes	Dr Priya George
Gastroenterology	Dr Max Groome
General (Internal) Medicine	Dr Paul Cadden
General Practice	Mrs Carol Ironside, Administrator
General Psychiatry	Dr Judith English
General Surgery	Mr Alastair Moses
Geriatric Medicine	Dr John Harper
Haematology	Dr Sudhir Tauro
Histopathology	Dr Christina Harper
Internal Medical Training (IMT)	Dr Suzy Silburn
Intensive Care Medicine	Dr Judith Joss
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Dr Caithlin Neill
Ophthalmology	Dr Caroline Cobb
Otolaryngology	Mr Richard Adamson
Paediatrics	Dr Alice Jollands
Plastic Surgery	Dr Stuart Waterston
Public Health	Dr Jane Bray
Renal Medicine	Dr Graham Stewart
Respiratory Medicine	Dr Peter Williamson
Rheumatology	Dr Suzy Silburn
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery	Mr Simon Johnson

Alternative contact details for assistance with arranging Tasters in the East Region.

Specialty

Specialty Lead for Foundation

Foundation Programme Director

General Surgery

HDU

Neurology

Urology

Dermatology

General Medicine

Ophthalmology

Dr Alyson Bryden

TBC

Dr Helen Murgatroyd

Mr Graeme Guthrie

Geriatric Medicine (Royal Victoria Hospital)

Palliative Medicine (Cornhill, Perth)

Palliative Medicine (Roxburgh House, Dundee)

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr Carolyn Leslie

General Surgery (Perth Royal Infirmary)

Paediatrics

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Perth Royal Infirmary)

Emergency Medicine

General Practice

Haematology

Oncology

Psychiatry

TBC

General Medicine (Perth Royal Infirmary)

Maxillofacial Surgery

Neurosurgery

Otolaryngology

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Plastic Surgery

Dr Priya Nair

Mr Doug Kennedy

Mr Kismet Hossain-Ibrahim

Mrs Ceilidh Kennedy

Dr Vimala Nellore

Mr Matthew Hough

Dr Priya Nair

Specialty Contacts

NHS Grampian

All departments within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) unless otherwise stated.

Department	Lead Contact
Acute Medicine	Dr Rebecca Docea
Anaesthetics	Dr Ruthra Coventry/Dr Calum McDonald
Cardiology	Dr Andrew Stewart
Chemical Pathology	Dr Kevin Deans
Emergency Medicine	Dr Angus Cooper
Endocrinology and Diabetes	Dr Utkarsh Kulkarni
Gastroenterology	Dr Lindsay McLeman
General Medicine	Dr Robert Laing
General Medicine, Dr Gray’s, Elgin	Dr Louise Millar
General Psychiatry, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen	Dr Seonaid Anderson
General Practice	Mrs Hilary Duffy, Team Lead
General Surgery	Dr Craig Parnaby
Geriatric Medicine Community Geriatric Medicine	Dr Clare Bostock
Haematology	Dr Dominic Culligan
Critical Care	Dr Christopher Skinner/Dr Stephen Friar
Histopathology	Dr Louise Smith
Infectious Diseases	Dr Robert Laing
Maxillofacial Surgery	Mr Terry Lowe
Neurology	Dr Elizabeth Visser
Neurosurgery	Mr Pragnesh Bhatt
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Dr Asha Shetty
Oncology	Dr Ann-Maree Kennedy
Ophthalmology	Ms Katherin Greiner
Otolaryngology	Dr Vamsidhar Vallamkondu
Paediatrics, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital	Mr Yatin Patel
Plastic Surgery	Mr Alain Curnier
Renal Medicine	Dr Carol Brunton
Respiratory Medicine	Dr David Miller
Stroke Medicine	Dr Sneh Banik
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, ARI Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen	Mr Sam Roberts Mr Santosh Baliga & Ms Clare Miller
Urology	Dr Thomas Lam
Vascular Surgery	Mr Michael Sharp

NHS Highland

Department	Lead Contact
Anaesthetics	Dr Michael Leggate
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Dr Waheed Khan
Emergency Medicine	Dr Mike Rennie
General Practice	Mel Stewart - Administrator
Intensive Care Medicine	Dr Mike Duffy
Lab specialties	Dr Emma Watson
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Dr Adam Archibald
Occupational Medicine	Dr Mark Hilditch
Ophthalmology	Dr Andrew Pyott
Otolarygology	Mr Angus Cain
Paediatrics	Dr Alan Webb
Pathology	Dr Grant Stenhouse
Psychiatry	Dr David Gordon
Public Health	Dr Ken Oates
Radiology	Dr Jason Walker
Remote and Rural General Practice	North Administration Team
Remote and Rural Hospital Practice	North Administration Team

Specialty Contacts

Acute Internal Medicine	Dr Lynn McCallum
Anaesthetics	Dr Kirsteen Brown
Cardiology	Dr Christopher Lang
Cardiothoracic Surgery	Mr John Butler
Clinical Pharmacology	Dr David Webb
Clinical Radiology	Dr Judith Anderson
Core Anaesthetics	Dr Linzi Peacock
Internal Medicine Training (IMT)	Dr Clive Goddard/Dr Kerri Baker
Core Psychiatry	Dr Norman Nuttall
Dermatology	Dr Caroline Murray/Dr Chandralekha Bertram
Emergency Medicine	Dr. Craig Davidson
Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus	Dr Anna Dover
Gastroenterology	Dr Carol Blair
General Psychiatry	Dr Fiona Clunie
General Surgery	Mr Brian Mander
Geriatric Medicine	Dr Susan Pound
Haematology	Dr Fiona Scott
Histopathology	Dr Marie Mathers
Intensive Care Medicine	Dr Neil Young
Medical Microbiology	Dr Pota Kalima
Medical Ophthalmology	Dr Graeme Williams
Medical Virology	Dr Eleri Wilson-Davies
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Dr Paul Mills
Occupational Medicine	Dr Kashif Ali
Old Age Psychiatry	Dr Stuart Ritchie
Otolaryngology	Mr Richard Adamson
Ophthalmology	Mr Pankaj Agarwal
Paediatrics	Dr Laura Jones/Dr Ailsa McLellan
Plastic Surgery	Mr Stuart Waterston
Psychiatry of Learning Disability	Dr John Russell
Renal Medicine	Dr Paddy Gibson
Respiratory Medicine	Dr Tracey Bradshaw
Rheumatology	Dr Philip Riches
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery	Mr Samuel Molyneux
Core Surgical Training	Mr Satheesh Yalamarthi
Vascular Surgery	Mr Stuart Suttie

General Practice Tasters: If your GP taster application is approved, the Foundation team will allocate you a GP Practice to undertake your taster session.

Specialty Contacts

For information on Tasters in specialties in the West Region not listed in the tables below, please contact your Consortia Lead Administrator:

South Consortium: Programmes W01 - W08

Consortia Lead Administrator: Mary Smith

North & East Consortium: Programmes W09 - W16

Consortia Lead Administrator: Tracy Boue or Jean Elliott

West Consortium: Programmes W17 - W24

Consortia Lead Administrator: Mary Smith

Name	Speciality	Email address	Location
Colin Pow	Anaesthetics	colin.pow@aapct.scot.nhs.uk	Crosshouse
Barbara Stanley	Oncology	Barbara.stanley@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	Beatson
David Yorston	Ophthalmology	David.Yorston@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GGH
Karen Hogg	Cardiology	Karen.hogg@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Shona Jenkins	Cardiology	Shona.jenkins@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Louise Melia	ENT	louise.melia@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Kate Hughes	Diabetes/Endocrinology	Kate.hughes2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Gemma Currie	Diabetes/Endocrinology	Gemma.currie@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Kathryn Puxty	Intensive Care	Kathryn.Puxty@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Jennifer Cuthill	Intensive Care	Jennifer.Cuthill@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Carol Craig	Surgery	Carol.craig@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Mary Brown	Urology	Mary.brown3@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Devin Chetty	Emergency Medicine	devin.chetty@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Kirsty Colquhoun	Geriatric Medicine	Kirsty.colquhoun@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Adam Capek	Anaesthetics	Adam.Capek@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Laura McGregor	Rheumatology	Laura.mcgregor@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Gemma McGivern	Radiology	Gemma.mcgivern@nhs.scot	GRI
Rachael Bradnock	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	rachael.bradnock@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Karen Meadley	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Karen.meadley@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Laura Thomson	Radiology	Laura.thomson4@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Ravi Jamdar	Acute Medicine	Ravi.jamdar@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
John Telfer	Plastic Surgery	John.Telfer@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI
Libby Ferguson	Palliative care	Libby.Ferguson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI/Hospice
Krishna Dani	Neurology	Krishna.Dani@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	GRI/QEUH
Gordon MacDonald	General Practice	Gordon.macdonald@nhs.scot	Kirkintilloch
Mark McAuley	General Practice	mark.mcauley@nhs.scot	Kirkintilloch
Kate Stevens	Renal Medicine	Kate.Stevens@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Erica Peters	Infection Diseases	Erica.Peters@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Rebecca Campbell	Public Health	rebecca.campbell7@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Richard Appleton	Critical Care	richard.appleton@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Louise Clark	ENT	Louise.Clark@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Georgios Kontorinis	ENT	Georgios.Kontorinis@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QEUH
Alisdair McConachie	Infection Diseases	Alisdair.macconnachie@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	QUEH
Edgar Brincatt	Paediatric ICU	Edgar.Brincat@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	RHC
Laura McLaren	Paediatrics	Laura.Mclaren@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	RHC
West Glasgow: Laura Somerville East Glasgow: Sarah Laraway North Glasgow: James Houston Renfrewshire: Lesley McDonald	Community Paediatrics	Laura.Somerville@ggc.scot.nhs.uk sarah.laraway@ggc.scot.nhs.uk alison.maccorquodale@nhs.scot /ggc.cpadmin@nhs.scot Lesley.McDonald3@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	The West Centre, Glasgow William Street Clinic, Glasgow Child Health, Lynnside, Oban LAC (Looked After Children) Health Team / Panda Centre, Renfrew
Pauline O’Neill	Anaesthetics	Pauline.oneill@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	RAH
Pauline O’Neill	Intensive Care	Pauline.oneill@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	RAH
Erica Campbell	Psychiatry	Erica.campbell@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	Stobhill
Gareth McGuigan	Psychiatry	Gareth.mcguigan@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	Stobhill
Colin Malcolm	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Colin.malcolm@ggc.scot.nhs.uk	Wishaw
Cassandra Ferguson	Anaesthetics	Cassandra.Ferguson@nhs.scot	Forth Valley Royal Hospital

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