Regional Surgical Ambassadors

RSA Update - April 2023

The RCSEd Regional Surgical Ambassador Network is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Barney Green as the new Surgical Director of the Network. Barney will be supported in the role by Mr Sriram Rajagopalan and Mr Arjun Takhar who have been appointed as Co-Deputy Directors of the Network.

Barney has been an RSA since 2016 and became Deputy Director in 2019. Arjun and Sriram have been part of the RSA Network since 2015 and 2020. Barney has taken on the role from Mr Mike Silva who was Surgical Director of the network for three years. Mike, who has now joined the College Council will continue to support the network as the Council Member with responsibility for RSAs.

The College gives huge thank Mike for his hard work in developing the network over the past three years and congratulate Barney, Sriram and Arjun on their appointments.

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The RSAs are accessible to all Fellows and Members, as well as Student, Foundation and pre-MRCS Affiliates for support and advice.

Our RSA Network is spread throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Over the last three years the RSAs have hosted a number of regional activities for Fellows, Members and Affiliates to attend, including regional forums where attendees discuss important issues with the President, Office Bearers and their RSAs.

Your RSA acts as a conduit of information to and from the College and can provide support and guidance on the following:

• Any new College developments or initiatives
• Career advice and support
• Details on e-logbook and e-portfolio
• Updates on professional issues
• How to access College awards, grants and bursaries
• Advice on MRCS and Fellowship Examinations
• Information on upcoming courses, CPD and educational events

To find your nearest Regional Surgical Adviser, please see the list below. 

• England
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

To make contact with your RSA, please email advisers@rcsed.ac.uk. 

Surgical Director of the Advisory Network

Michael Silva	Oxford	Consultant HPB and General Surgeon	Churchill Hospital,Oxford

Deputy Surgical Director of the Advisory Network

Barnabas (Barney) Green

Middlesbrough

Consultant Vascular Surgeon

James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough

England

East of England
Stuart Irving	Norfolk & Norwich	Consultant Urological Surgeon	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich
Mr Samavedam Srinivasa Murali	Lincoln	Consultant Urology Surgeon	Lincoln County Hospital
Anita Balakrishnan	Cambridge	Consultant General Surgery	Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust
East Midlands
Aravind Desi	Lincolnshire	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon	North Lincolnshire NHS Foundation Trust
Hazem Khout	Nottingham	Consultant Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon	City Hospital, Nottingham
Paul Lee	Grantham	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon	Grantham & District Hospital
Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Mike Williams	Eastbourne	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon	Eastbourne District General Hospital
Vacant	Brighton	Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information
London
Cynthia-Michelle Borg	London	Consultant General Surgeon (UGI and Bariatric Surgery)	University Hospital Lewisham
Michael Saunders	London	Consultant General Surgery (Colorectal Surgery)	The Royal Free London (NHS Foundation Trust)
Nagarajan Muthialu	London	Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery	Great Ormond Street Hospital
Jihene El Kafsi	Wexham	Consultant Upper GI and Bariatrics	Frimley Park Hospital
Mersey
Janardhan Rao	Chester	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon	Countess of Chester Hospital
John Taylor	Aintree	Consultant Emergency and Trauma Surgeon	University Hospital Aintree
North Western
Emma Stapleton	Manchester	Consultant Otolaryngologist	Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal Hospital
Aiman Khunda	Salford	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics	Salford Royal Hospital
Jayadeep Jayachandran Saraswathy	Carlisle	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics	Cumberland Infirmary North Cumbria
Nadeem Khwaja	Manchester	Consultant Plastic Surgery	Wythenshawe Hospital (Manchester University Foundation Trust)
Northern
Barnabas (Barney) Green	Middlesbrough	Consultant Vascular Surgeon	James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough
Peng Wong	Middlesbrough	Consultant General Surgeon	James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough
Steven Powell	Newcastle	Consultant Otolaryngology	Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Dan Saleh	Newcastle	Consultant Plastic Surgeon	Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust
Yusuf Michla	Sunderland	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedics Surgeon	Sunderland Royal Hospital
Sanjay Pandanoboyana	Newcastle	Consultant HBP and Transplant Surgery	Newcastle Freeman Hospital
Oxford
Michael Silva	Oxford	Consultant HPB & General Surgeon	Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Giles Bond-Smith	Oxford	Consultant General Surgery	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Niteen Tipuira	Milton Keynes	Consultant General Surgery	Milton Keynes University Hospital
Severn
Vacant Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information
South West Peninsula
Ashok Sridhara Subramanian	Somerset	Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedics	Musgrove Park Hospital
Vacant		Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information
Wessex
Aiman Alzetani	Southampton	Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon	University Hospital Southampton
Nandita Pal	Southampton	Consultant Vascular	Southampton General Hospital
Arjun Takhar	Southampton	HBP & General Surgery	University Hospital Southampton
West Midlands
Sriram Rajagopalan	Stoke-on-Trent	Consultant Vascular Surgeon	Royal Stoke University Hospital
Ramanan Vadivelu	Wolverhampton	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon	Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust
Giles Pattison	Coventry	Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon	University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire
Vittal Sree Rama Rao	Stoke-on-Trent	Consultant Upper GI/Bariatric Surgery	Royal Stoke University Hospital
Yuvraj Agrawal	Birmingham	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Fouad Chaudhry	Dudley	Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic	Surgeon Russells Hall Hospital
Yorkshire and Humber
Mark Peter	Huddersfield	Consultant General Surgeon	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Nathan Chidambaram	Sheffield	General & Renal Transplant Surgery	Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Amaran Krishnan	York	Benign Upper GI Surgery	York Teaching Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
Pratik Roy	Leeds	Consultant General Surgeon	St James University Hospital

Northern Ireland

Vacant	Antrim	Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information
Andrew Diver	Portadown	Consultant Plastic Surgeon	Kingsbridge Hospital Belfast
Mano Shanmuganathan	Belfast	Consultant Neurosurgeon	Royal Victoria Hospital

Scotland

Scotland (East)
Andrew D Martindale	Dundee	General Urology, Uro-Oncology	Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Jaiganesh Manickavasagam	Dundee	Consultant ENT	Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Stephen Jones	Dundee	Consultant Otolaryngologist	Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Scotland (North)
Bhaskar Ram	Aberdeen	Consultant ENT/Otolaryngologist	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Mr Mohammad Riaz	North of Scotland	General / Colorectal / Rural Surgery	Caithness General Hospital, Wick
Manoj Kumar	Aberdeen	Consultant General Surgeon	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Miss Adeline Clement	North of Scotland	Trauma and Orthopaedics	Raigmore Hospital (NHS Highland), Inverness
Scotland (West)
Mr William A Clement	Glasgow	Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist	South Glasgow University Hospitals
Scotland (South East)
Vacant	Edinburgh	Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information
Robyn Webber	Kirkcaldy	Consultant Urological Surgeon	Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Peter Driscoll	Fife	Consultant Laparoscopic & General Surgery	Victoria Hospital , Fife

 

Wales

Raymond Delicata	Abergavenny	Consultant General Surgeon	Nevill Hall Hospital
David Owens	Cardiff	Consultant Otolaryngology	University Hospital of Wales
Konstantinos Serafeimidis	Pembrokeshire	Consultant General and Breast Surgeon	Withybush General Hospital
Vacant	Antrim	Email outreach@rcsed.ac.uk for more information

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