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Foundation & Specialty Training Boards

The Foundation and Speciality Training Boards have an advisory role within the Deanery. They provide an expert overview of the programmes, information on curriculum changes, advice on workforce planning and a forum to discuss policy and other issues. Furthermore, the Boards provide expert input on curriculum delivery and the quality management of training programmes.

Each speciality grouping has a Speciality Training Board (STB) made up of Associate Deans, Training Programme Directors, College representatives, academics and trainees.

There are 8 Boards, covering groups of specialities and the Foundation programme.

Minutes

Specialty Training Boards Terms of Reference

STB ToR

Membership

Each STB is chaired by an Associate Dean or Director. There is a Lead Dean/Director for each speciality grouping and an administrative team. Therefore, wherever you are in Scotland there are lead Deanery people overseeing your training. If you are a Foundation trainee, you can refer to the Foundation School pages www.scotlanddeanery.nhs.scot/trainee-information/scottish-foundation-school/ for further information specific to you.

Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine

Dr Neil O'Donnell	Chair
Prof Adam Hill	NES, Lead Dean & Director
Dr Hugh Neil	NES, Director of Medical Education
Dr Joy Miller	NES, Associate Dean, North Region
Dr Alastair Murray	NES, Associate Dean
Dr Malcolm Smith	NES, Training Programme Director
Ms Kirsteen Brown	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Fiona Cameron	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Stephen Friar	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Carol MacMillan	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Carol Murdoch	NES Training Programme Director
Dr Cameron Weir	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Gareth Patton	NES, Training Programme Director
Dr Graeme McAlpine	Regional Representative
Dr David Semple	Regional Representative
Dr Monica Beatty	Regional Advisor
Dr Kevin Sim	Regional Advisor
Dr Radha Sundaram	Regional Advisor
Dr Alastair McDiarmid	Regional Advisor
Vacancy	Regional Advisor
Dr Andrew Paterson	Representative, East Region
Dr Shabbir Ahmad	Representative, ACCS EM Lead & EM Training Programme Director
Dr Stephen Glen	Representative, Medicine Specialty Board, ACCS AM
Dr Alistair Hurry	Representative, Trainee & RCoA Scottish Advisory Board
Ms Fiona Pullar	Representative, NHS Tayside, Medical Services, HR Lead eDeployment
Dr William McClymont	Representative, Royal College of Anaesthesia, Scottish Board
Prof Malcolm Sim	Representative, Academic
Dr Debbi Paterson	Representayive,Trainee
Dr David Stewart	Representative, SAMD
Dr Ruth Stephenson	Representative, BMA, Consultant
Dr Lailah Peel	Representative, BMA, SJDC
Mr Bob Kemp	Lay Representative
Dr Ceiran McKeirnan
Mrs Laura Armstrong	NES, Training Manager
Ms Claire Vincent	NES, Quality Lead
Mr Derek Phillips	NES, Regional Workforce Director

Diagnostics

Dr Fiona Ewing	Chair and College Representative
Professor Alan Denison	NES, Lead Dean, Diagnostics
Dr Rhiannon Pugh	NES, APGD, Diagnostics & Psychiatry
Dr Marion Slater	NES, APGD, Diagnostics, North Region
Dr Chris Kelly	DME Representative
Dr Ralph Bouhaidar	Forensic Histopathology Lead
Dr Clair Evans	TPD, Paediatric and Perinatal Histopathology
Prof Colin Smith	Diagnostic Neuropathology Lead
Dr Shilpi Pal	Representative, East of Scotland Region
Dr Raj Bhat	Radiology - East of Scotland Region
Dr Surekha Reddy	South-East of Scotland Region
Dr Morna MacNeill	South-East of Scotland Region
Dr Wilma Kincaid	West of Scotland Region
Vacancy	Representative, West of Scotland Region
Dr Ian McGlinchey	Representative, BMA Consultant
Dr John Kelly	SJDC representative
Dr Karin Oien	Academic Representative
Vacancy	Representative, Royal College of Radiologists, Scottish Standing Committee
Vacancy	Representative, JRF
Vacancy	Representative, SAMD
Vacancy	Lay Representative
Dr Gordon Reid	TPD, Histopathology, West Region
Dr Michael Digby	TPD, Radiology, West Region
Dr Alan Stockman	TPD, Histopathology South-East
Dr Jeremy Jones	TPD, Radiology, South-East Region
Dr Sarah Mukhtar	TPD, Histopathology, East Region
Dr Becky Wilson	Medical Microbiology/CIT TPD
Dr Celia Jackson	TPD, Medical Virology
Dr Leela Narayanan	North Region/Radiology National Lead
Dr Kevin Deans	TPD, Chemical Pathology
Ms Karen Shearer	NES, Training Manager Lead
Ms Dianne Morrison	NES, Training Management Team Lead
Ms Jen Mackenzie	NES, Scottish Medical Training Recruitment Manager
Ms Sally Alho	NES, Training Management Team Lead
Dr Marie Mathers	NES, Quality Lead
Dr Louise Smith	North of Scotland Region/Histopathology National Lead
Dr Sai Han	Nuclear Medicine National Lead
Dr John Kelly/Dr Ewen Millar/Dr Katherine Quiohilag	RCPath trainee reps (shared)
Ms Annemarie Booth-Sarki	RCR Training Polocy and Projects Administrator

Medicine

Dr David Marshall	Chair
Dr Clive Goddard	NES, APGD SES
Professor Morwenna Wood	DME representative
Dr Kim Milne	DME representative
Dr Tom Fardon	East of Scotland representative
Dr Marion Slater	North of Scotland representative
Vacancy	West of Scotland HST representative
Vacancy	Royal College of Physicians representative
Vacancy	Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow representative
Dr Alan Robertson	BMA Consultant representative
Dr Neil Ramsey	BMA Trainee representative
Ms Jen Mackenzie	Scottish Medical Training Recruitment Manager
Dr Ken Donaldson	SAMD representative
Vacancy	SAMD representative
Ms Marion MacLeod	Lay Representative
Vacancy	NES, Quality Lead
Mr Alex McCulloch	NES, Quality Improvement Manager
Mr Graham Haddock	Acting Deputy Medical Director, NES
Ms Karen Cairnduff	NES, Training Mananger Lead
Dr Elizabeth Murphy	APGD
Ms Laura Armstrong	NES, Training Manager
Dr Stephen Glen	West IMT reprepresentative
Professor Alistair McLellan	Lead Dean Director
Dr Marie Freel	GIM TPD
Ms Sally Alho	NES Training Manager

Mental Health

Dr Seamus McNulty	Chair
Prof Clare McKenzie	NES, Lead Dean & Director
Dr Claire Langridge	NES, APGD, Mental Health, Quality
Dr Rhiannon Pugh	NES, APGD, Mental Health, South-East Region
Dr Daniel Bennett	NES, Associate Dean, Mental Health, North
Dr Tom Fardon	NES, Associate Dean, Mental Health, East
Dr Euan Easton	TPD (Core), Recruitment, West of Scotland Region
Dr Nick Hughes	TPD, Forensic Psychiatry
Dr Wailan Imrie	TPD, GAP Training & Assistant DME
Dr Ganesan Rajagopal	TPD, IDT
Dr Gordon Wilkinson	TPD, National CAMHS
Dr Rekha Hegde	TPD, National OAP
Dr Marina McLoughlin	Representative, Psychotherapy
Dr Helen Millar	Representative, BMA Consultant
Dr Norman Nuttall	Representative, SES & Recruitment
Dr Jackie Pickett	Representative, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr John Russell	Representative, ETC
Dr Helen Goode	Representative, Regional Advisor, East Region
Vacancy	Representative, Regional Advisor, North Region
Dr Darragh Hamilton	Representative, SCLF
Dr Ihsan Khader	Representative, College Workforce
Prof Stephen Lawrie	Representative, Academic
Ms Les Scott	Lay Representative
Mr Andrew Bailey	Representative, Trainee Psychiatry (Higher)
Vacancy	Representative, Trainee, RCPysch (Core)
Dr John Taylor	Representative, SAMD
Dr Chris Sheridan	Representative, BMA, SJDC Trainee
Dr Iain Fergie	Representative, BMA SAS Doctor
Dr Helen Milller	Representative, BMA, Consultant
Ms Dawn Mann	NES, Quality Improvement Manager
Dr Alastair Campbell	NES, Quality Lead
Ms Karen Shearer	NES, Training Manager
Ms Dianne Morrison	NES, Training Lead

Surgery

Mr Graham Haddock	Chair
Prof Adam Hill	NES, Lead Dean & Director
Prof Rowan Parks	NES, Deputy Medical Director
Mr Alastair Murray	NES, APGD, SES
Mr Richard Adamson	Representative, ENT (shared)
Mr Alasdair Robertson	Representative, ENT (shared)
Mr Pankaj Agarwal	Representative, Ophthalmology (shared)
Ms Caroline Cobb	Representative, Ophthalmology (shared)
Mr Simon Hewick	Representative, Ophthalmology (shared)
Mr John Anderson	Representative, General Surgery
Ms Amanda McCabe	Representative, Paediatric Surgery & SAC Chair
Mr Calan Mathieson	Representative, Neurosurgery
Mr Stuart Waterston	Representative, Plastic Surgery
Mr John Butler	Representative, Cardiothoracics
Mr Alan Kirk	Representative, Simulation
Mr Gareth Griffiths	Representative, ISCP Representative & SAC
Mr Zack Latif	Representative, Urology
Mr Kapil Kumar	Representative, Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
ProfHamish Simpson	Representative, Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery & Academic
Mr Craig Wales	Representative, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Mr Dominique Byrne	Representative, West of Scotland Region
Dr Russell Duncan	Representative, East of Scotland Region
Mr Mark Vella	Representative, CST, West Region
Mr Satheesh Yalamarthi	Representative, CST, East Region
Ms Jackie Sutherland	Representative, NHS Highland, Medical Staffing Manager
Mr Stuart Suttie	TPD, Vascular Surgery, West of Scotland Region
Ms Jacqui McMillan	Representative, BMA Consultant
Dr Ellie Davidson	Representative, BMA, Trainee
Professor Mike Griffin	Representative, RGSeD
Mr Graham Mackay	Representative, RCPSG
Dr Andrew Murray	Representative, SAMD
Dr Alison Graham	Representative, SAMD
Vacancy	Representative, DME
Mr Danny McQueen	Lay Representative
Ms Jill Murray	NES, Quality Improvement Manager
Ms Ashleigh Stewart	NES, Training Manager
Ms Jackie Aitken	NES, Training Manager, Deputy
Ms Helen Biggins	NES, Training Lead
Ms Vicki Hayter	NES, Quality Improvement Manager

Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Paediatrics

Dr Claire Alexander	Chair
Dr Iain Hunter	NES, Representative for Director of Medical Education
Prof Alan Denison	NES, Lead Dean & Director
Dr Barbara Stewart	NES, Associate Dean
Dr Tom Fardon	NES, Associate Dean
Dr Ailsa Gebbie	Representative, Community Sexual & Reproductive Health
Dr Susan Brechin	TPD (Deputy), Community Sexual & Reproductive Health
Dr Ben Smith	TPD, Paediatric, Cardiology
Dr Ben Smith	TPD (Deputy), Paediatrics
Dr Kirstyn Brogan	Representative, Training Programme Directors
Dr Corinne Love	Representative, Scottish Government
Dr Katherine McKay	Representative, Scottish Government
Vacancy	Representative, Scottish Government
Dr Claire Burnett	Representative, RCOCH, Scottish Committee, Workforce Officer
Dr Jennifer McGill	Representative, Trainee (South-East - representing all of Scotland)
Dr Salman Muhammad	Representative, Trainee (South-East, East, North & RCPCH)
Dr Eilse Weir	Representative, Trainee (West, RCPCH)
Dr Sarah Murray	Representative, Trainee
Dr Roseanna Metcalf	Representative, Trainee
Dr Alison Graham	Representative, SAMD
Dr Jamie Nash	Representative, BMA, SJDC Trainee Rep
Dr Judith Roberts	Representative, BMA Consultant
Mr Daniel McQueen	Lay Representative
Mrs Karen Shearer	NES, Training Manager
Ms Dianne Morrison	NES, Team Lead

GP, Public Health, Broad-Based Training & Occupational Medicine

Dr Nitin Gambhir	Chair
Mr Graham Haddock	Acting Deputy Medical Director, NES
Dr Lindsay Donaldson	Director of Medical Education representative
Prof Amjad Khan	PG GP Dean and Director of PG GP Education, NES
Dr Graham Leese	Associate Dean BBT
Vacancy	Broad Based Training TPD
Dr Cathy Johnman	Public Health representative
Dr Soodesh Reetoo	Occupational Medicine representative
Vacancy	Occupational Medicine representative
Dr Catriona Morton	Representative, RCGP Scotland
Dr Sandesh Gulhane	BMA Scotland Trainee representative
Dr Drummond Begg	BMA Scotland consultant representative
Vacancy	Academic representative
Dr Nick Dunn	APGD Quality Lead
Ms Lisa Johnsen	Head of GPSA, RCGP
Dr Joy Ngai	RCGP AiT Commitee representative
Vacancy	SAMD representative
Ms Joan Knight	Lay Representative
Ms Hazel Stewart	NES Quality Manager
Ms Ashleigh McGovern	NES Training Manager Lead
Dr Lynn Hryhorskyj	GP Trainee Committee Chair
Vacancy	GP TPD
Ms Jen Mackenzie	SMT Recruitment Manager

Foundation Programme Board

Dr Duncan Henderson	Chair and Foundation Programme Lead South East
Dr Bryan Conway	Chair, Foundation Programme Academic Sub Group
Prof Clare McKenzie	NES, Lead Dean & Director
Dr Olive Herlihy	Director of Medical Education representative
Ms Jill Murray	NES, Quality Manager
Dr Geraldine Brennan	NES, APGD Quality (shared)
Dr Marie Mathers	NES, APGD Quality (shared)
Dr Fiona Cameron	Foundation School Director/Foundation Programme Lead East
Ms Christine Rea	Foundation School Manager
Ms Natalie Bain	NES Training Programme management
Dr Sarah Stock	Academic Lead
Dr Christine Heron	Associate Adviser in Foundation
Dr Joy Miller	Foundation Programme Lead North
Dr Caroline Whitton	Foundation Programme Lead West
Dr Edgar Brincat	Foundation Consortium Lead
Dr Brian Neilly	Foundation Consortium Lead West
Dr Yatin Patel	Foundation Consortium Lead North
Dr Joseph Sarvesvaran	Foundation Consortium Lead West
Dr Alistair Milne	Foundation Consortium Lead South East
Dr John Paul Leach	Scottish Deans Medical Education Group representative
Ms Tanay Srivastava	Medical Student representative North
Dr Thomas Broome	Trainee representative FY2 West
Dr Victoria Holdstock	Trainee Representative FY2 West
Dr Fiona Valente	Trainee Representative Trainee FY2 West
Dr Halima Okewole	Trainee representative FY1 South East
Ms Shanen Emmanuel	Medical Student representative North
Dr Olukayode Tambiri Oki	SMSC trainee representative
Dr Karen Darragh	Representative, BMA Consultant
Vacancy	SAMD representative
Mr Ian McDonough	Lay Representative
Ms Jennifer Duncan	NES, Training Programme Management
Ms Jen Mackenzie	NES, SMT Recruitment Manager
Ms Hilary Duffy	NES, Training Management Team Leader
Mr Graham Haddock	NES Acting Deputy Medical Director
Ms Karen Shearer	NES, Training Programme Management

This page was last updated on: 16.06.2022 at 16.19

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