The CAU Team

Dr Clarence CHIKUSU

B.Sc. (Hons) MBBS AKC DGM FRCP RAMC

• Consultant Physician & Army Reservist (Medical Officer)
• Specialty Lead for Acute Medicine and the Clinical Assessment Unit
• Acute, Emergency & Trauma Medicine for Senior Adults Clinical Lead
• College Tutor, Royal College of Physicians
• Honorary Senior Lecturer St Georges Hospital Medical School, London
• Firm Lead for Undergraduate Medical Students
• Departmental Educational Lead
• Interests: Leadership, CBRN Medicine, Global Health Policy, Conflict, Catastrophe and Disaster Medicine, Leadership

Dr Neil PATEL

MBchB MRCP(Acute Medicine) PgDipMedEd FHEA PgDip Leadership

• Consultant in Acute Medicine
• Lead for SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care)
• Chair of Society of Acute Medicine Acute Oncology sub-group
• Member of Society of Acute Medicine Quality Improvement Committee
• Clinical Interests: SDEC, Acute Oncology, Peri-Operative Medicine
• Non-Clinical Interest: Academic Medical Leadership (Quality Improvement, Organisational Psychology, Knowledge & Talent Management)
• Medical Education

Dr Nazia RASHID

MBBS, BSC, FRCP, MRCP Diabetes & Endocrinology
GMC: 6121851

• Consultant Physician Diabetes & Endocrinology
• Deputy college Tutor (RCP)
• Clinical interests: Antenatal Diabetes and Endocrinology, Renal Diabetes, Thyroid and Parathyroid disorders, Insulin pumps and CGMS
• Non-clinical interests: Undergraduate and post graduate medical education and training

Dr Jonathan ROBIN

• Divisional Director for Medicine
• Acute and general medicine, polypharmacy
• Medical problems in surgical patients
• VTE, resistant hypertension, unexplained conditions

Dr Cristina RUSSO

MD MRCP (Lond) PhD

• Consultant in Acute Medicine and Stroke
• Deputy Head of Safety
• PhD in Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Clinical Interests: Acute medicine, type 2 diabetes,
• Stroke diabetes related and arrhythmia related.
• Clinical research & Author of numerous publications in high impact factors journal
• Non-Clinical Interest: Medico-legal practice. Serious incidents. Governance. Education

Dr Edward SAMES

MBBS MRCP BSc (Hons) MSc PGdip SEM

• Consultant Rheumatologist & General Physician
• Interests - Acute Medicine, Rheumatology and Undergraduate Medical Education

Dr Irfan Waheed SHEIKH

MBBS(Pb) MRCP(UK)

• Consultant in Acute Medicine and Urgent Emergency Care
• Clinical Interests: Acute Medicine, Acute Neurology including Stroke, Epilepsy, Meningoencephalitis, Guillain Barre syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Myasthenia Gravis.
• Non-Clinical Interests: Governance and Medical Education

Dr Visalakshi SUBBIAN

MBBS, MD(Gen medicine), MRCP(UK), MRCP(Acute medicine), PG Dip(Med education).

• Consultant in acute & general medicine.
• Clinical interests: Acute medicine, SDEC & HDU.
• Non-clinical interests: Medical education, clinical governance including criteria to admit.