About us
These are clinicians on the ground with an oversight of their training programmes and who also manage the rotations.
Training Programme Directors (TPD) and Foundation Programme Directors (FPD) are consultants or general Practitioners appointed to report directly to the Postgraduate Dean or appropriate Deanery representatives.
Each TPD/FPD actively participates in providing direct advice on specialty training programmes by representation on the NES Specialty Training or Foundation Programme Board.
TPD/FPDs are responsible for provide advice, support and management of the Specialty Training Programmes within their NES Region and across the Scotland Deanery.
For further information on the TPD/FPD role, and how to manage Speciality, Foundation and GP Training please see the Programme Director HandBook.
TPD/FPD Contacts
All contact details for FPDs can be found on the Foundation School webpages.
Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine & Intensive Care Medicine
| Core Anaesthetics - North | Dr Calum McDonald |
| Core Anaesthetics - West | Dr Jonathon McGhie |
| Core Anaesthetics - South East | Dr Oliver Daly |
| Core Anaesthetics - East | Dr Paul Fettes |
| Anaesthesia ST - North | Dr Calum McDonald |
| Anaesthesia ST - West | Dr Jonathon McGhie |
| Anaesthesia ST - South East | Dr Jeremy Morton |
| Anaesthesia ST - East | Dr Paul Fettes |
| Emergency Medicine - North | Dr Bianca Ebtehadj |
| Emergency Medicine - West | Dr Stewart Teece |
| Emergency Medicine - South East | Dr Gillian Pickering |
| Emergency Medicine - East | Dr Colin Munro |
| Intensive Care Medicine - North | Dr Stephen Friar |
| Intensive Care Medicine - West | Dr Catriona Macneil |
| Intensive Care Medicine - South East | Dr Ben Slater |
| Intensive Care Medicine - East | Dr Judith Joss |
| ACCS Anaesthetics - North | Dr Bianca Ebtehadj |
| ACCS Anaesthetics - West | Dr Jonathon McGhie |
| ACCS Anaesthetics - South East | Dr Oliver Daly |
| ACCS Anaesthetics - East | Dr Paul Fettes |
| ACCS Acute Medicine - North | Dr Bianca Ebtehadj |
| ACCS Acute Medicine - West | Dr Christine Aitken |
| ACCS Acute Medicine - South East | Dr Claire Gordon |
| ACCS Acute Medicine - East | Dr Achyut Valluri |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine - North | Dr Bianca Ebtehadj |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine - West | Dr Stewart Teece |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine - South East | Dr Gillian Pickering |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine - East | Dr Colin Munro |
Diagnostics
| Chemical Pathology - National | Dr Colleen Ross |
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Clinical Radiology - East |
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| Clinical Radiology - North ST1 & ST2 | Dr Struan Wilkie |
| Clinical Radiology - North ST3 - ST5 | Dr Rosalind Mitchell-Hay |
| Clinical Radiology - South East | Dr Jeremy Jones |
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Clinical Radiology - West |
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Infectious Diseases - General (Internal) Medicine |
Dr Daire O’Shea |
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Infectious Diseases - Medical Virology |
Dr Celia Jackson |
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Infectious Diseases - Medical Microbiology East |
Dr Anna Jarchow-MacDonald |
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Infectious Diseases - Medical Microbiology West |
Dr Anna Jarchow-MacDonald |
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Combined Infection Training |
Dr Surabhi Taori |
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Diagnostic Neuropathology - National |
Dr Antonia Torgersen |
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Forensic Histopathology - National |
Dr Kerryanne Shearer |
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Histopathology - East |
Dr Sarah Mukhtar |
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Histopathology - North |
Dr Louise Smith |
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Histopathology - South East |
Dr Alan Stockman |
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Histopathology - West |
Dr Sioban Fraser |
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Nuclear Medicine |
Dr Sai Han |
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Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology - National |
Dr Antonia Torgesen |
General Practice, Public Health, Broad-based Training
| Broad-based Training - National | Dr Allan MacDonald |
| Public Health Medicine - National | Dr Josie Murray |
| GP - East, Westward | Dr Emma Wilson |
| GP - East, Eastward | Dr Vicki Cox |
| GP - North, Caledonian | Dr Andrew Moore |
| GP - North, Grampian | Dr Jennifer Craig & Dr Lorraine McGuigan |
| GP - North, Rural Track | Dr Sarah Stevenson |
| GP - South East, Borders and Midlothian | Dr Claire Holdsworth |
| GP - South East, Edinburgh and East Lothian | Dr Rachel Wood |
| GP - South East, Edinburgh Central | Dr Juli Dalgleish |
| GP - South East, Fife and North Edinburgh | Dr Jonathan Paisley |
| GP - South East, West Lothian | Dr Nicola Duffy |
| GP - West, Glasgow Clyde North | Dr Mary-Jo Coffield |
| GP - West, Glasgow Clyde South | Dr Brian Scott |
| GP - West, Glasgow North East | Dr Mark McAuley |
| GP - West, Glasgow North West | Dr Barry Gibson-Smith |
| GP - West, Glasgow South | Dr Carolyn McGhie |
| GP - West, Lanarkshire | Dr. Nicandro Pacitti |
| GP - West, Ayrshire and Arran | Dr Li-Anna Tan |
| GP - West, Dumfries and Galloway | Dr Suzanne Christie |
| GP - West, Forth Valley | Dr Matthew Williams |
Medicine
| Acute Medicine - West | Dr Ravi Jamdar |
| Acute Medicine - East | Dr Achyut Valluri |
| Acute Medicine - North | Dr Shafaq Mahmood |
| Acute Medicine - South East | Dr Claire Gordon |
| Cardiology - West | Dr Aadil Shaukat |
| Cardiology - East | Dr Neil Anglim |
| Cardiology - North | Dr Neil Anglim |
| Cardiology - South East | Dr Anne Scott |
| Clinical Genetics - National | Dr Anne Lampe |
| Clinical Neurophysiology - National | Dr Arup Mallik |
| Clinical Oncology - National | Dr Graeme Lumsden |
| Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics - National | Dr Gerard McKay |
| Dermatology - East | Dr Amina Khalid |
| Dermatology - North | Dr Emma Wray |
| Dermatology - South East | Dr Chandralekha Bertram |
| Dermatology - West | Dr Gabrielle Becher |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology - West | Dr Anna White |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology - East | Dr Lee Euan Sit |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology - North | Dr Susan McGeoch |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology - South East | Dr Emily McMurray |
| Gastroenterology - West | Dr Jude Morris |
| Gastroenterology - East | Dr Jacqueline Paterson |
| Gastroenterology - North | Dr Gillian Bain |
| Gastroenterology - South East | Dr Carol Blair |
| Genito-urinary Medicine - National | Dr Imali Fernando |
| Geriatric Medicine - West | Dr Oona Lucie |
| Geriatric Medicine - East | Dr John Harper |
| Geriatric Medicine - North | Dr Catherine Butchart |
| Geriatric Medicine - South East | Dr Amy Todd |
| Haematology - East | Dr Sudhir Tauro |
| Haematology - North | Dr Mohammed Khan |
| Haematology - South East | Dr Susan Baird |
| Haematology - West | Dr James Ryan Rodgers |
| Immunology - National | Charu Chopra |
| Internal Medicine Training - West - Ayrshire (WOS4422-1) | Dr Adam Williamson |
| Internal Medicine Training - West - Clyde (WOS4424-1) | Dr Nma Campbell |
| Internal Medicine Training - West - Lanarkshire (WOS4426-1) | Prof Manish Patel |
| Internal Medicine Training - West - North Sector and Dumfries (WOS4425-1) | Dr David Carty |
| Internal Medicine Training - West - West Glasgow (WOS4423-1) | Dr Gemma McGrory |
| Internal Medicine Training - East | Dr Nikolas Rae / Richard Hammond |
| Internal Medicine Training - North | Dr Susan McGeoch / Dr Will Rutherford |
| Internal Medicine Training - South East | Dr Fiona Gifford / Dr Ruth Young |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Angela Wright |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Russell Drummond |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Christopher Smith |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Christopher Brown |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Christopher McNally |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - West | Dr Colin Petrie |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - South-East | Dr Catherine Harley |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - South-East | Dr Matthew King |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - East | Dr Paul Cadden |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - East | Dr Morven Wilkie |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - North | Dr Susan McGeoch |
| Internal Medicine Stage 2 - North | Dr William Rutherford |
| Medical Oncology - National | Dr Ashita Waterson |
| Medical Ophthalmology - National | Dr Justin McKee |
| Neurology - National | Dr Margaret-Ann MacLeod |
| Occupational Medicine - National | Dr Mark Hilditch |
| Palliative Medicine - National | Dr Ruth Isherwood |
| Rehabilitation Medicine | Dr Lynne Hutton |
| Renal Medicine - West | Dr Tara Collidge |
| Renal Medicine - East | Dr Claudine Jennings |
| Renal Medicine - North | Dr David Walbaum |
| Renal Medicine - South East | Dr Paul Phelan |
| Respiratory - West | Dr Eric Livingston |
| Respiratory - East | Dr Helen Liddicoat |
| Respiratory - North | Dr Beth Sage |
| Respiratory - South-East | Dr Tracey Bradshaw |
| Rheumatology - West | Dr Sandeep Bawa |
| Rheumatology - East | Dr Smita Bhat |
| Rheumatology - North | Dr Paula Dospinescu |
| Rheumatology - South East | Dr Hema Bhat |
| Stroke Medicine - National | Dr William Rutherford |
Mental Health
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - National | Dr Gordon Wilkinson |
| Core Psychiatry - East | Dr Laura Sutherland |
| Core Psychiatry - North | Dr Leah Drever |
| Core Psychiatry - South East | Dr Pujit Gandhi |
| Core Psychiatry - West 3 | Dr Martin Carlin (contact programme administrator Fiona Brown) |
| Core Psychiatry - West 2 | Dr Deborah Brown (contact programme administrator Fiona Brown) |
| Core Psychiatry - West 1 |
Dr Stephen Byers |
| Forensic Psychiatry - National | Dr Michelle McGlen |
| General Psychiatry - East | Dr Samuel Wilson |
| General Psychiatry - North | Dr Samuel Wilson |
| General Psychiatry - South East | Dr Neelom Sharma |
| General Psychiatry - West | Dr Lisa Conway |
| Medical Psychotherapy - National | Dr Emma Lewington |
| Old Age Psychiatry - National | Dr Rekha Hegde |
| Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability- National | Dr Qudrat Ullah |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics
| Community Sexual and Reproductive Health - National | Dr Susan Brechin |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology - East | Dr Caithlin Neill |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology - North | Dr Gail Littlewood |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology - South East | Dr. Shiona Coutts |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology - West ST4-ST7 | Dr Kirstyn Brogan |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology - West ST1-ST3 | Dr Shahzya Huda |
| Paediatric Cardiology - National | Dr Ben Smith |
| Paediatrics - East | Dr Joanna Chisholm |
| Paediatrics - North | Dr Shyla Kishore |
| Paediatrics - South East | Dr Laura Jones/Dr Ailis Orr |
| Paediatrics - West | Dr Ihab Shaheen/Dr Jennifer Scrath |
Surgery
| Cardio-thoracic Surgery - National | Mr Mark Danton |
| Core Surgery - East | Ms Philippa Rust |
| Core Surgery - West | Mr Simon Gibson |
| General Surgery - East | Miss Claire Carden |
| General Surgery - North | Ms Morag Hogg |
| General Surgery - South East | Miss Sarah Goodbrand |
| General Surgery - West | Ms Audrey McCallum |
| Neurosurgery - National | Mr Calan Mathieson |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Ms Debbie Boyd |
| Ophthalmology - East | Mr John Ellis |
| Ophthalmology - North | Dr Sudipto Bhatta |
| Ophthalmology - South East | Dr Pankaj Agarwal |
| Ophthalmology - West | Dr Vikas Chadha |
| Otolaryngology - Multi-region | Mr Alun Williams |
| Otolaryngology - West | Mr David Wynne |
| Paediatric Surgery - National | Mr Martyn Flett |
| Plastic Surgery - National | Mr Stuart Waterson |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - East | Mr Simon Johnson |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - North | Dr Mike Reidy |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - South East | Dr Emily Baird |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery - West | Dr Alison Winter |
| Urology - East | Dr Helen Simpson |
| Urology - West | Dr Holly Bekarma |
| Vascular Surgery - National | Mr Tamim Siddiqui |
This page was last updated on: 02.07.2025 at 15.06
