Honorary Staff
Honorary Lecturer
Mr Faisal Basama is a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
His clinical base is at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. He is an experienced Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with extensive experience and skills in the management of early pregnancy complications. He holds various qualifications in Medical Education and has also completed an MSc in Medical Ultrasound. Mr Basama has an active involvement in medical education and is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators. He also undertakes voluntary work on his regular visits to Sudan.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Marwan Bukhari is a consultant rheumatologist at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool and honorary lecturer at Lancaster University.
His clinical base is at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Dr Bukhari trained in rheumatology and epidemiology in Manchester. His research interests include inflammatory arthritis and quality of life in patients with arthritis and osteoporosis. He is informatics lead for the British Society for Rheumatology.
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Mr David Burch has been a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Lancaster since 1996. He has been clinical tutor and director of medical education for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust. He instructs on the "Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma" and Instructor Courses for the Advanced Life Support Group, and was on the council for the National Association of Clinical Tutors.
He is on the examinations committee and leads the "How to be a College Tutor" course for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He has undertaken a postgraduate certificate of Medical Education through Dundee University and applied this training by introducing innovations to the third year course such as a study guide, portfolio review and a task-based learning approach to specialty induction. In 2012 he presented "a task-based learning approach to specialty induction" at the Association for Excellence in Medical Education international meeting.
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Mr John Calvey is a Consultant Surgeon at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust trained in Vascular and Breast Cancer Surgery. He trained in Yorkshire and North America and believes in opportunities and hard work, rather than luck and natural talent.
His research interest is in Carotoid Endarterectomy and Surgical Education, especially improving clinical anatomical knowledge amongst medical students.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Ian Chadwick is a Consultant Physician at Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospitals. He joined in 1998 specialising in Medicine for Older People. Graduating from Edinburgh University in 1987 he trained in Clinical Pharmacology in Sheffield completing his MD in Genetic Aspects of Cardiovascular Medicine. He has worked and taught in a variety of NHS posts and has also worked in New Zealand. His interests are in falls and clinical therapies.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Helen Foster has been at Westmorland General Hospital since 1998 in Medicine for the Elderly. She graduated from Edinburgh University in 1987 and trained in medicine in York, Manchester and Sheffield. In 2008, she was appointed to teach Year 2 medical students at Furness General Hospital.
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Dr Jim Gardner is the Medical Director of NHS Lancashire and a GP. He is the Responsible Officer for Revalidation for the 1,100 GPs on the Lancashire Performers List. Jim is the clinical leader for quality and safety across primary care in Lancashire and has a strategic role in developing clinical services across the health economy. Close and productive links between the University and the NHS and wider health economy are, therefore, high on his agenda.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Keiumars Maleki is a Consultant Chest and General (Internal) Medicine Physician. He is also International Tutor for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust. He regular helps royal colleges through his role as a MRCP PACES examiner. He has interests in pleural diseases, lung cancer and sleep medicine whilst also teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.
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Dr Paul Marshall is one of a team of Trauma and Orthopaedic consultants at University Hospital of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and has a speciality interest in Children's Orthopaedics and Trauma. Since his appointment in 1996 he has been involved with medical education of medical students and doctors. He has studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, which was awarded in 2009. He was appointed to the role of Clinical Lead for Year Four Medical Students at Lancaster Medical School in 2010 and was accepted for Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2011. He particularly enjoys the supervision of students undertaking SSMs and SAMPs in clinical orthopaedics.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Ray McGlone works as a A&E Consultant at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. He qualified in 1980 from the Royal London Hospital. He has particular interests in pain relief and sedation in children. He is the ATLS Course Director and the Undergraduate Lead in the Emergency Department. He is also an Examiner for the College of Emergency Medicine (FCEM).
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Dr Richard Neary is an Consultant in Clinical Chemistry at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified at the University of Manchester in 1979 and obtained his MD following research in high-density lipoprotein metbolism in 1991 with subsequent publications based on cardiovascular risk assessment. He runs the Biochemistry laboratories at the hospitals and holds clinics in metabolic medicine and endocrinology. He joined the Medical School in March 2012, although he has been teaching undergraduates at Lancaster University since 2006 in the School of Biology and Life Sciences.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr John Nixon is a Consultant Neurologist working in Lancaster and Preston. He attended Bristol University Medical School having previously graduated in Physics and worked for IBM. His postgraduate general medical training and specialist training in Neurology was based in the South west, although he spent three years in Oxford working for an MD.
His clinical interests are in General Neurology, and he runs a specialist clinic for Peripheral Nerve Disorders in Preston. He has been involved informally in Medical Education throughout his career, but in 2008 was offered the opportunity to lead the Neurology component of the Brain and Mind module in Year 3 at Lancaster Medical School. He is also involved in teaching some Year 1 and Year 2 modules. There are a number of challenges in teaching Neurology; one of his priorities has been to demystify Neurology as a clinical discipline and make it less scary for students.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Gillian O'Connell is an Associate Specialist in Anaesthesia at Furness General Hospital. She qualified in Dundee and has worked as an anaesthetist since 1978. She has a specialist interest in Acute Pain Management and also has a management role as Associate Clinical lead for Anaesthesia and Critical Care at Furness General Hospital.
Dr O'Connell is interested to teach anaesthesia related subjects, in addition to encouraging the art of good case presentation. She is happy to arrange teaching in theatres and ITU, and encourages SSM and SAMP placements within the anaesthetic department at FGH.
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Dr Mohammed Said is an Associate Specialist in Obstretrics and Gynaecology at Furness General Hospital and became an honorary lecturer for Lancaster Medical School in December 2011.
As well as his work in General Obstetrics and Gynaecology he has an interest in additional sub-speciality services which include Colposcopy, Infertility, Laparoscopic Surgery and Urodynamic studies. Dr Mohammed Said is involved with teaching the third and fourth year medical students in particular.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Andrew Severn works as a consultant anaesthetist with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust where he runs a specialist clinic for patients with chronic pain problems. He intercalated with a degree in Natural Sciences (Anatomy) and has researched and published articles on movement disorders and the problems of the elderly surgical patient. His day job brings him into contact with problems of acute physiological disturbance and disordered perception. He was appointed as a Senior Clinical Tutor in Physiology to the Medical School in November 2011
Honorary Lecturer
Mrs Christiane Shrimpton is a consultant opthalmologist based at Furness General Hospital. She provides general and paediatric opthalmology clinics and cataract surgery. She also has a keen interest in medical education and is clinical tutor for Furness General Hospital. She has been involved in teaching medical students for several years.