Trainees (Young Fellows)

All RSM Young Fellows are doctors within 10 years of graduating and cover all specialties. They range from FY1 House Officers to the occasional consultant and welcome vets and dentists in training as well.

The Trainees organise meetings on generic topics for trainee doctors, such as teaching medical students, interview skills and how to get published, but also liaise with the Sections in organising specific speciality training meetings.

Trainees prizes and awards

Trainees Committee

Council list for the 2011/2012 session
Job title Name Specialty

Core Officers
ChairpersonNick IberyNeurosurgery
Chairperson ElectNick IberyNeurosurgery
Academic Board RepThe President
Honorary SecretaryAfsana Zaman
Honorary Secretary ElectGeri KeaneGastroenterology/
Hepatology
Honorary Treasurer & SponsorshipZacharia SilkSurgery
Honorary Treasurer & Sponsorship ElectAfsana Zaman
Editorial & Library RepresentativeAfsana Zaman
Editorial & Library Representative ElectMatthew BrownSurgery/
Orthopaedics
Immediate Past ChairmanStephen ChewSports and Exercise Medicine

Discretionary Officer
Trainees & Students Liaison OfficerSatveer MankiaDermatology
Trainees & Students Liaison Officer ElectZacharia SilkSurgery
Honorary OfficerJon RohrerNeurology
Other Programme MembersBabbin JohnUrology
Mamoun Abu-HabsaCritical care
Ian SinhaOrthopaedics

Senior Members
John BetteridgeDean
Caroline LangleyDirector of Academic Department

Other Members
Erik MayerUrology
Amit PatelHaematology
Barry McHughAnaesthetics
Shagufta PenkarSurgery
Ganan SritharanCMT - Core Medical Trainee
Joel NewmanHaematology
Gajan RajeswaranRadiology
Alexander YoungOrthopaedics
Hardi MadaniRadiology
Emma Hogan
Thomas TurmezeiRadiology
Nikhil Pawa
Caroline CoatsCardiology
Upasana TayalCardiology
Piers PageTrauma and Orthopaedics
Fiona PathirajaRadiology

Student Reps
Martin WongN/A
ElectGopiga ThanabalasundaramN/A

The Young Fellows Committee has two main aims:

Click here for details of the Leadership Group

The Young Fellows Committee has organised many of the training courses currently run, this includes leadership courses, communication skills for doctors, core skills in critical care, teaching skills for doctors, radiology for doctors and many more. They constantly develop new meetings and courses. This also includes an extensive revision series for medical students, including the extremely popular practical OSCE days.

Are you interested in becoming a representative for the Young Fellows Committee? Are you interested in running a meeting for students or trainees at the RSM? Or are you interested in teaching at any of the course and meetings we run? Apply now. Please read all documents before applying.

Nominations take place twice a year. Nominations received will be reviewed at the following two dates:
1 September
1 March

Guidelines for joining the committee [PDF 21k]
Trainees' committee person specification [PDF 129k]
Application for membership of the Trainees Committee [DOC 49k]

Dean's introduction

Download in PDF format [PDF 12k]

Related information

RSM Awards

For further information contact:
Annmarie Blythe
Young Fellows Committee
The Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
London W1G 0AE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7290 3846
Email: trainees@rsm.ac.uk