Meet the Faculty

Akeeban Maheswaran

Anaesthetic Registrar

"I am excited to be part of this new bespoke Leadership and Management programme. I am hoping to improve the clinical engagement of doctors in health care finance by increasing their financial knowledge."



Andrew Houghton

Deputy Director Medical Education

Consultant Cardiologist

“The East Midlands Leadership & Management Programme is an excellent initiative to develop the next generation of leaders among clinicians in the region. I’m delighted to be part of the LMP faculty and to play a role in delivering this innovative training programme.”

                     

Azhar Zafar

Senior Research Fellow 

GP Educator and Appraiser

 

"I believe the Smart leaders know what they don’t know. Learning is a constant process throughout your professional life. I never stop looking for opportunities for professional development, to pass on the wisdom I have learned to other people." 


 

 

         

Bridget Langham

       





Chris Trzcinski

Deputy Chair

GP Trainer   

 

Damian Roland

Consultant Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Honorary Senior Lecturer

“It’s exciting to be part of a programme delivering practical teaching in the format relevant to trainees. I wish I had had this when I was training!”


 


 


Dan Kinnair

Associate Postgraduate Dean

Secondary Care

"I was keen to become part of the faculty as this is an excellent programme for all trainees, which I wished had existed when I was a trainee." 


David Selwyn

Clinical Director

Consultant in Adult Critical Care

‘My current Divisional Director post contains a substantial component  of clinical leadership. I consider that helping to inspire, stimulate and coach the next generation of Medical Leaders will be for me, the most rewarding component of this role."


Deborah Watson

Former Strategic Director for Health and Social Care

"I am delighted to be a member of the faculty of leadership educators for the new Leadership and Management Programme in the East Midlands. Leadership and management skills are essential for all trainees and this programme will undoubtedly help participants to get things done more effectively in their everyday working lives."

Diana Jolliffe

Associate Postgraduate Dean

Consultant Anaesthetist


 



 


Fu-Meng Khaw

Centre Director 

Public Health England 

East Midlands

“I welcome the opportunity of being part of the faculty for this development programme. My role as Centre Director for Public Health England in the East Midlands requires significant leadership and management skills and I hope to share my experience and learning with trainees on this programme.”

 

 


Girish Kunigiri

Consultant Psychiatrist


Girish Purohit

General Practice Principal 

East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG Board Member

"Leadership and Management thread through all aspects of our careers, right from our first day seeing patients. In this regard I welcome the development of the faculty and look forward to teach on this fantastic programme."

Helen Mead

GP Dean

"Leadership is not something most people choose to do, but as doctors it is now an everyday expectation of us. As a faculty member I hope that my experience can join with that of the participants to help shape a new leadership journey for our future NHS."

Jatan Parmar

Specialty Registrar

"This programme will increase trainees' self confidence and enhance their skills in influencing others. This will empower them to improve the NHS."

 

Joanna Fawcus

Head of Operations

"Leadership is fundamental to the future of the NHS and as a senior leader I have a responsibility to prepare and nurture our doctors and their leadership potential. I also want to pass on and share my knowledge to ensure our doctors are ready for the various leadership & management roles they may wish to pursue."

Jonathan Barratt

Head of School

"Leadership skills training for doctors is essential for the future of the NHS.  I fully support this innovative programme as a way of giving doctors in training vital leadership and management skills as they start their career in the NHS"

 


Judith West

Associate Medical Director 

Medical Education

"The new East Midlands Leadership and Management Programme is an exciting opportunity to become involved in bringing together the combined experience and expertise of senior colleagues in the region to support trainees to become excellent future healthcare leaders."

 

 

Julie Hankin

Executive Medical Director


 


Narmatha Kangeyan

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist


Neill Hepburn

Deputy Medical Director

"My aim is to create a medical workforce that says: ‘We don’t know why we have a medical director’s office.  We know what we need to do to provide health care for our population, we are able to make the system work to do that, we are continually improving and  our outcome measures demonstrate we are successful compared  to national benchmarks.’ The HEEM management programme is  a part  of achieving that vision."

Nigel Scarborough

Head of GP Academy

"I’m excited to be involved in this project working with trainees in all specialties. There are too many divisions within the NHS and I see the new Leadership and Management Programme as an excellent way of encouraging collaboration across the whole system."

 

Paula Ward

Interim Programme Director 

Better for You

"Leadership is about achieving results with and through the efforts of those around you and I wanted to support the East Midlands Leadership and Management Programme because our future medical leaders are crucial to teams delivering high quality, safe and thoughtful healthcare to our patients."


 


 

Rebecca Hall

GP

Quality Improvement Fellow


 


Sanjay Agrawal

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care

"I’m honoured to be part of the team delivering this comprehensive leadership and management programme, the first of its kind being delivered in this way, in England. Being part of the faculty is important to me, as I recognise these non clinical elements of being a doctor, are vital in helping navigate a career in medicine."

Simon Paine

Consultant Neuropathologist


Susan Cullis

GP

"I am excited to be part of the new Leadership & Management Faculty at HEEM. I believe the skills being taught are essential for all future clinicians and these skills are as important as clinical knowledge as your career develops"


Steven Geelan

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

“I hope that we are able to inspire clinicians to become the resilient leaders the NHS needs in order that we are able to provide the care individuals need despite increasing demands and decreasing resources”. 


Sue Elcock

Medical Director


Susan Hadley

Programme DirectorLeicester City South and West HEEM GP

"All doctors in today's NHS have some  management and leadership responsibilities . This is an exciting and imaginative new course which should help develop these skills"


 

Tim Millward

Consultant Psychiatrist

"Leadership is an essential part of being a doctor, engaging leadership training is a cornerstone of this."

Tracy Allen

Chief Executive

“Developing the clinical leaders of the future is critical to the continued success of the NHS and I’m delighted and feel priviledged to be part of this innovative programme.”


Tun M Than

GP Educator

“NHS is changing at a very fast pace and effective clinical leadership is required in shaping the change. I believe that the program would help developing required leadership skills among the NHS grass root staffs who are pivotal in shaping the future of NHS.” 


William York Moore

ST5 Psychiatry

"I am doing a Clinical Fellowship in Leadership. I like that the new course has been designed to be as practical as possible. Leadership isn’t just something you will be doing as a consultant, it is something you all do now-the course will help improve everyday practice." 

Leadership Educators 2017-18

The East Midlands Leadership and Management Programme welcomed healthcare professionals to form the first cohort of the Faculty of Leadership Educators.     

The faculty have a vast amount of diverse experience in leadership and management roles and this expert talent will help to develop new leaders and managers across the East Midlands.