Teach the teacher

Dr Nessa Carey is a successful career scientist and educationalist. She is a former academic and created the BSc in surgical sciences at Imperial College London. Nessa holds a visiting chair at Imperial College, where she regularly teaches undergraduates in the Faculty of Medicine. After leaving academia she worked for 10 years in senior scientific roles in the UK biotech sector and for three years at Pfizer. More recently she was international director at PraxisUnico, the UK not-for-profit which supports best practise in the fields of technology transfer and knowledge exchange. Nessa has trained a wide range of people in the last 20 years including clinical and non-clinical staff at Imperial College and for the Royal College of Surgeons. She has trained professionals globally including in Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia and China, as well as the UK.

Miss Tasha Gandamihardja is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, NIHR subspecialty lead and medical educationalist. She is an ardent supporter of high quality training delivery and interested in how technology will shape future education.

Miss Kaji Sritharan is a consultant vascular surgeon at the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen NHS Trust and emeritus associate dean of the Royal Society of Medicine. She has a strong interest in teaching and education. In addition to authoring seven career-development and exam-revision books, she has developed numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses, both in association with the Royal Society of Medicine and in her role as a member of the London

Deanery Vascular and Endovascular Skills Simulation Committee. She has also taught as faculty on a broad range of courses, both regionally and nationally.