Trainees' Committee

Michael Okocha is Chair of the RCSEd Trainees’ Committee and the trainee representative on Council. Michael is a Pelvic Floor Fellow at St Mark’s Hospital National Bowel Hospital with a notable track record in leadership and surgical education. He has served as President of the Moynihan Academy (EGS and Trauma) and contributed to committees for RCSEng and ASGBI, including work on the Kennedy Report and its recommendations. As ASiT’s inaugural EDI Officer, he played a key role in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion within surgical training.

His other roles have included Training Trainee Lead for ALSGBI, Pelvic Floor Representative for the Dukes’ Club, and Trainee Representative for NHS Elective Recovery. He is also the Registrar to the National SDEC Lead. Committed to training, Michael completed a PGDip in Medical Education at Cambridge.

Outside of work, Michael is a father of four and married to a psychiatrist, who provides him with routine assessments pro gratis. He enjoys collecting antique surgical texts, a reflection of his deep passion for the history of medicine.

Matthew Goldsworthy is a Specialty Registrar in General Surgery. He qualified in medicine from the University of Leeds before undertaking surgical training in the North West of England. His clinical interests are in surgical oncology, and he has completed academic scholarships in this field, both in the UK and internationally at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA. Matt is passionate about surgical training and aims to use his role on the RCSEd Trainees’ Committee to advocate for excellence in surgical education for the benefit of future consultant surgeons and their patients.

Habeeb Abdulrasheed is an ST3 Urology Registrar in the West Midlands Deanery. His clinical interests include uro-oncology, minimally invasive surgery, surgical education, sustainability, and innovation in surgery. Outside of work, he enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and junior colleagues, travelling, and promoting fitness and well-being.

Ngozi Sylvia Anyaugo is a General Surgery trainee (ST4) in East of England, with an interest in Upper GI Surgery. Ngozi hopes to work with the college on anti-bullying policies, advocate for trainees, and highlight training gaps. For example, she aims to facilitate the transition from laparoscopic to robotic surgery, ensuring that upcoming trainees are fully equipped to become competent surgeons. As a full-time trainee and mother of two children, she hopes to advocate for trainees who are parents, particularly in ensuring that college policies are fair and adaptable to personal circumstances.

In her spare time, Ngozi enjoys event planning, volunteering at a children's summer camp charity, cooking, running her YouTube cooking channel, and dancing.

Sophie is an ST4 in Otolaryngology in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery. She has a strong academic background and is actively involved in research and medical education, with a particular interest in developing innovative approaches to surgical training. 

She has held a number of leadership and representative roles, including serving on the BMA Junior Doctor Representative Committees, acting as a trainee representative in multiple deaneries as a resident doctor. Sophie is committed to advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion within surgical training, and is currently undertaking an LLM degree at the University of Edinburgh with the hope of further influencing policy, governance, and fairness in surgical training.

Outside of medicine, she enjoys running, rock climbing, and travelling, which provide balance, challenges, and exploration alongside her professional life.

Danielle Clyde is an ST7 in Colorectal Surgery at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2016 and joined the Southeast Scotland General Surgery run-through programme in 2019. Recently elected to the Royal College of Surgeons’ Trainee Committee, she represents trainees nationally, shaping policy, education, and workforce wellbeing initiatives. She completed the CORESS Fellowship, advancing surgical safety education and dissemination of best practice. Passionate about teaching, she is a tutor on the Surgical Sciences BMedSci programme and supervises Student Selected Component projects. Danielle also organised the Roux Weekend trainee conference and created the popular Fellowship Roadshow.

George is a General Surgery Trainee in Inverness with interests in Paediatric Surgery, Trauma, Humanitarian Surgery, and Clinical Leadership. An International Medical Graduate with a Master’s in Surgery from India, he has held notable leadership positions, including National Vice President of the Trainee Division of the Indian Medical Association. Dedicated to education, he served as Step Director of Education for ASiT and is currently Treasurer of the Moynihan Academy. With a PG Diploma in Healthcare Law and Ethics and experience as a Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow, he champions rural healthcare, sustainable surgical education, and global health, while enjoying sports, acting, and charity work.

Ibifuro Ibiso Dokubo is a Urology trainee (ST4) in the East of Scotland deanery. She completed her medical training at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and currently serves as faculty on the Urology ST3 Interview Preparation course run by the trainee section of the British Association of Urologic Surgeons (BSoT).

She is passionate about giving back and mentoring the next generation of practitioners. She intends to use her range of skills, including a keen eye for detail, to help identify and communicate necessary areas for improvement to ensure better training for all trainees.

Outside of work, Ibifuro enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, traveling, watching movies, dancing, and playing basketball.

Abdel-Hamid Hamed is an ST7 Urology trainee in South Wales. He graduated overseas before completing his postgraduate surgical training in the United Kingdom, where he developed broad clinical and operative experience. He has served as the Urology Teaching Representative for two consecutive years (2024–2025), demonstrating his commitment to education, mentorship, and trainee development. Abdel-Hamid has a particular interest in expanding surgical trainees’ exposure to robotic surgery, recognising the increasing importance of this technology as access to robotic platforms continues to grow.

Alongside his professional work, he has contributed to community initiatives, including volunteering to support the resettlement of refugees in the UK. Outside of medicine, he values time with his family and maintains a strong interest in football.

Pending

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Kiran is a urology trainee based in Manchester. Prior to this he graduated from the University of Oxford before completing training in London and Thames Valley. He is committed to excellence in surgical training.

He founded and led the College’s Core Trainee Forum, guiding the delivery of educational courses, programmes for doctors applying to ST3, improving the conditions of LEDs, the development of a trainee ambassador network and a research programme into the quality of core surgical training.

He co-founded and chairs OxPal 2.0, a medical education charity working to train doctors in conflict-affected settings by flying them to the U.K. and developing local programmes/response efforts. He is the author of a book on the Core Surgical Training interview. His research interests include computer vision in surgery.

Outside of medicine, he enjoys asking for a mulligan on the first tee, and ordering books he'll never finish.

Rebecca Swan is a General Surgery ST8 with a specialty interest in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, currently working within the Edinburgh Breast Unit. She graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2017 and completed the Academic Foundation Programme within South East Scotland. During Foundation Training, she benefited from the mentorship of senior colleagues and enjoyed attending the Surgical Skills Club at the Western General Hospital. Her early exposure to surgical attachments shaped her career aspirations and she was appointed to the General Surgery Training Programme in 2021.

Key interests include research, mentorship and education. Passionate about teaching, she has completed the Clinical Educator Programme at the University of Edinburgh and successfully contributed to a peer mentoring scheme for Foundation Year Doctors. Rebecca has applied her skills gained through research to drive positive change locally and is regularly involved in Audit and Quality Improvement activity. Outside of work she enjoys family time, exercise and travelling.