New Registration29/04/2010Pri-Med Update - Birmingham
 | Professor Anthony Barnett - BSc, MD, FRCP |
| Consultant Physician and Clinical Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Birmingham and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham | |
| Professor Anthony Barnett is Consultant Physician and Clinical Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, which has one the largest Diabetes Units in the United Kingdom. He gained his medical degree from King’s College, University of London. He subsequently trained at a number of hospitals and universities. For 2 years, he held the position of Medical Research Council Senior Fellow in Diabetes at King’s College Hospital, London. He subsequently moved to Birmingham and is currently Professor of Medicine at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests include the causes of complications of diabetes, causes and genetics of diabetes and the development of new therapies to treat diabetes and its long-term vascular complication. In addition to publishing over 500 original papers, Professor Barnett has written many books, review articles and editorials on diabetes, has contributed chapters to the major textbooks on the subject and has edited several review journals aimed at the primary care multi-professional team. | |
Dr James Cotton - MB BS | |
| Consultant Cardiologist, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton | |
| I am a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Heart and Lung Centre in Wolverhampton, where we have one of the largest interventional programmes for the treatment of ST and Non ST elevation Myocardial infarction in the UK. My undergraduate training was at Kings College, London, followed by SHO jobs in Bristol and then a return to Kings for my specialist Cardiology training. I was supported with a British Heart Foundation Junior Fellowship for my MD degree, investigating the mechanisms of altered platelet function in patients with ischaemic heart disease. I spent a further six months studying interventional cardiology at the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam prior to my appointment as a consultant in Wolverhampton, where I am the director of research and development. I have an active, ongoing research interest in platelet function and the acute coronary syndromes. | |
 | Dr Geoffrey Hackett - MBBS, MRCPI, MRCGP, MD |
| Consultant in Sexual Medicine, Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham | |
| Dr Geoff Hackett MD FRCPI MRCGP has been a consultant in Sexual Medicine at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK since 1994 as well as a primary care physician for 28 years. His major areas of interest are the links between erectile dysfunction, testosterone deficiency, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular and diabetic risk. He is the author of over 50 papers, 3 original books, and has co-authored 5 textbook chapters on sexual medicine, lectures internationally on sexual medicine topics. He is a past winner of the Duke of Edinburgh prize in Sports Medicine in 1992 and the Charles Oliver Hawthorn award from the British Medical Association or original research in 1986. He was elected chairman of the British Society for Sexual Medicine 2005-2007 and has been on the scientific committee of the ESSM 2003 -2009 and ISSM Educational Committee from 2009. | |
Dr Greg Hobbs | |
| Consultant in Pain Management, Queens Medical Centre UHN NHS Trust, Nottingham | |
| After undergraduate electives in Stornoway and Plymouth UK, Greg Hobbs trained in general practice in South Australia. He worked in urban and rural practices including the Aboriginal Health Service in the Northern Territory. A 12 month visit to Shropshire to undertake the old Diploma of Anaesthetics was extended by 23 years. During this time he trained in anaesthetics, intensive care and pain medicine, held a senior lecturer/honorary consultant post, and then moved into full-time clinical pain medicine. He set up the inpatient pain service and was lead consultant for pain services at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. His current NHS post is Consultant in Pain Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. More recently he has developed a community pain service for spinal and persistent pain with the Nottingham West GP Consortium, promoting early, local patient access to multidisciplinary expertise. In 2009 this service was awarded a National Acorn Award for clinical engagement. He has also set up a NHS service for a private provider in the West Midlands. His clinical interests include the management of non-surgical spinal pain and myofascial pain. | |
 | Dr Sarah Jarvis - MD, FRCGP |
| GP and GP Trainer | |
| Sarah Jarvis is a GP, GP trainer, fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Women’s Health spokesperson for the RCGP.
She is also a medical writer and broadcaster, and is currently the BBC Radio 2 doctor and doctor to the One Show on BBC1, Good Housekeeping, My Weekly and Pregnancy magazines, as well as spending 10 years as ITN lunchtime News doctor. She also contributes regularly to GMTV, Sky News, The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and BBC Radio 5 live. She has been a regular contributor to a variety of medical magazines and journals including Update, Doctor, Practice Nurse, the British Journal of Cardiology and Cardiology News. She has a particular interest in Women’s Health and children, and has been the Women’s Health tutor for the University of Bath/Royal College of GPs course on women’s health, as well as the author of Pregnancy for Dummies and Children’s Health for Dummies. She has also authored Diabetes for Dummies, The younger woman’s Diagnose-It-Yourself guide to Health, Women’s Health for Life (winner of the BMA popular medicine book award) and The Welcome Visitor, a book on ethical dilemmas at the end of life co-authored with the broadcaster John Humphrys. | |
Mr Manu Nair - MB MS, FRCS, MSc (urol) FRCS (urol) | |
| Consultant Urological Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Heartlands and Solihull Teaching Hospital NHS Trust | |
| Mr Manu Nair is an internationally renowned urological surgeon. He is also an honorary senior lecturer at University of Birmingham and is lead clinician for laparoscopic urology at Heart of England Foundation Trust which is one of the biggest trusts and cancer centres in the country. Mr Nair has published extensively and is involved in training surgeons around the world in prostate surgery and is regularly called upon to run prostate training workshops internationally. In addition to prostate cancer his interests are in minimally invasive urology, laser and robotic surgery. He also is hugely involved in patient support groups and prostate cancer charities. Mr Nair is married to a dentist and outside work loves flying, golf and long walks with his wife and dog. | |
 | Dr Nick Plant - MD |
| Practice Based Commissioning Cluster Lead and GP, Summerhill Surgery, Kingswinford | |
| A GP for over 30 years in a third generation family practice, Nicholas is now concentrating on the care of 950 Care Home residents and Intermediate Care. Nicholas was a Multifund Chairman, Chairman of a PCG, and then Dudley South PCT PEC Chairman. He was the PCT clinical lead in Mental Health, Older People and IT. Nicholas was involved in the Northwest Cluster development of the GP Lorenzo IT system. He was also Cluster lead in Practice Based Commissioning. He has now hung up his commissioning hat to concentrate on direct patient care. | |
 | Dr Solomon Tesfaye - MD, FRCP |
| Consultant Physician, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield | |
| Solomon Tesfaye is Consultant Physician at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield and Honorary Professor of Diabetic Medicine at the University of Sheffield. He is renowned for his work on diabetic neuropathy and pain. | |
 | Mr Simon Weston - OBE |
| In 1982 the Sir Galahad was destroyed in Bluff Cove on the Falkland Islands. On board was Simon Weston, Welsh Guardsman, a name and face that was going to become well known for his struggle to overcome his injuries (46% burns) and redefine his role in life. Simon's message is one of achievement, of triumph over adversity, of seizing the moment and succeeding. Today Simon takes the opportunity to convey his story in order to motivate and encourage those, who like him, want to move on to the next goal, whatever it may be! The only obstacles to achieving one's targets and successes are those you create for yourself. His words never fail to inspire you. Simon's irrepressible humour, infectious enthusiasm and immediately engaging personality, have made him the number one choice of many companies who invite him back to speak time and again. An inspiring and moving keynote speaker, Simon is also a wonderful and humorous after dinner speaker. Following his injuries, Simon's road to physical, spiritual and mental recovery saw him active in a number of highly successful ventures including 'The Weston Spirit', a Liverpool-based young people's charity. He remains a tireless worker for the Royal British Legion and the Royal Star and Garter Home. His charitable work earned him an OBE in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours. He was also awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2002 in recognition of his bravery and his charity work in the region. He has appeared in the Top 100 Merseysiders list in 2003 and honored as one of the top 100 Welsh Heroes in 2004. In 2009 Simon was appointed President Elect for Wales Scouting. Simon's story has been well publicised and he has been the subject of five major BBC Television documentaries: Simon's War, Simon's Peace, Simon's Triumph, Simon's Return and in April 1999, Simon's Journey. He has been a 'victim' on This is Your Life. His autobiography, Walking Tall, was No1 in the best selling list. Going Back was also a best seller being in the top 10 for eight weeks. He then wrote a series of fiction books with titles such as Cause of Death and Phoenix. His most recent book, Moving On was published in 2003 and sees Simon lay his Falklands ghosts to rest. His first children’s book “A Nod From Nelson” was published in Jan 2008. In 'Simon's Heroes', he was able to utilise skills he developed both as a radio presenter in the early 1990s and now as a business speaker, to talk to people touched by the Falklands conflict. His voice-over for the documentary clearly demonstrates Simon's talent for communication. Simon's message is one of single-minded determination, to not only accept what is, but to turn that to your advantage. Simon's own career clearly demonstrates how a positive mental attitude can achieve great business goals. |