Dhivya was appointed in 2021 at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and is currently completing her MSc in Medical Education.

She has special interests in axial spondyloarthropathy, psoriatic arthritis and medical education. Dhivya has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national conferences, as well as experience in teaching and examining undergraduate students and postgraduate trainees. She is also a PACES examiner and attained FRCP in 2022.

Dhivya wishes to represent the best interests of new consultants, improve flexible work pathways and empower trainees to consider postgraduate medical specialities as a fulfilling career pathway.

Katie trained at University College London and completed her postgraduate training in the East of England. She completed training in 2019 and started her first consultant post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn in August 2019. She is chair of the committee and secretary for the British Geriatrics Society. Katie’s main interests are improving dementia care in the acute trust and interface geriatrics, alongside improving trainee educational experience.

Shruthi graduated from Imperial College in 2007 and continued her postgraduate training in respiratory and general medicine within London. She also has a bachelor’s degree in management and medical sciences from Imperial College Business School and a post graduate certificate in medical education. She has worked as a foundation TPD, an RCP Tutor and is a PACES examiner. She is the current Linacre fellow for the RCP.

After graduating from Bristol, training in London and through the military, Julian became a consultant in respiratory, general and intensive care medicine and latterly developing a subspecialty interest in pulmonary hypertension.

Laura completed her higher specialist training within the East Midlands and gained her CCT in February 2023. She is a consultant in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, and works at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Her work includes being the service lead for orthogeriatrics and working on the acute take.

Laura was appointed to the new consultants committee in July 2023 and has previously been an associate college tutor. 

She says “Becoming a new consultant brought with it a renewed enthusiasm and belief that we can create positive change within our profession and in the wider healthcare system. I joined the committee to ensure new consultants get the voice they need to share their ideas and are represented at all levels within the RCP.”

Shuaib was appointed in October 2022 as a substantive consultant at Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust and has a CCT in acute internal medicine and general internal medicine. His specialist interests are in enhanced care, point of care ultrasound and medical education.

He has a diploma in clinical education and has previously been an education fellow for the RCP and completed the RCP chief registrar scheme.

Her specialist interest is in luminal gastroenterology and inflammation. After completing specialist training in Liverpool, Violeta completed a PhD as an MRC research fellow, focusing on standardisation of outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease in England.

Laura has been the Mersey representative on the New Consultants Committee since March 2020. She has enjoyed organising new consultant forums and continues as a co-opted member of the committee due to her role in the flexible working group.

She has been a consultant respiratory physician at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since May 2019 and has a subspecialty interest in asthma and severe asthma. Laura has set up a multidisciplinary clinic for assessment of patients with suspected upper airway dysfunction. She enjoys her role on the RCP flexible working group, having worked flexibly for over 10 years.

Following the completion of her undergraduate training at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland in 2008, Justyna moved to the UK. Apart from two years of foundation programme spent in Liverpool, she undertook the rest of her specialty training in Wales, where she stayed to take up a consultant’s position in diabetes, and endocrinology and acute medicine.

Justyna has a keen interest in medical education and research and her long-term career goal is to expand her research portfolio in order to provide high quality care to patients in Wales.