Whilst finding general medicine deeply rewarding, my additional clinical qualifications include psychology, psychiatry, musculoskeletal care, exercise and pain medicine, all of which profoundly enhance my approach.
I have particular expertise in the care of new or chronic pain conditions, for example, joint problems or headaches, as well as long-term condition management, particularly for those with multiple health conditions, and supporting individuals suffering difficulties in their emotional wellbeing.
With a research interest in diagnostics, I have a unique understanding of testing science. For example, utilising Bayesian reasoning to avoid over-medicalisation or unnecessary worry for patients from results. I am also a qualified fitness instructor.
I believe clinicians should aim to understand people's individual values and concerns, whilst sharing the latest evidence behind the available choices, framing the benefits and risks in an understandable manner. I value the importance of empowering individuals to attain a sense of chronic wellness and to develop their innate adaptability to overcome the inevitable challenges of life.
My clinical work spans both primary and community care, including urgent care and rapid response teams. I spent much of the pandemic working in a Covid-19 acute care unit. Experienced in high-resource systems, I have also fortuitously worked with, taught and learnt from individuals across a plurality of cultures and demographics globally, including deployment in low-resource settings, such as humanitarian work in Rwanda.
I strongly believe in the value of continuity of care with the same, familiar physician, and the role of supporting patients to navigate the complexity of the healthcare system.
"That which is used develops. That which is not used wastes away."
- Hippocratic Corpus
"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."
- William Osler
Much of my professional background has been in translating scientific evidence for healthcare policy, as a methodologist accredited in epidemiology, medical statistics and public health, with a working understanding of health economics, along with a degree in health philosophy and ethics. This erudition has provided an interdisciplinary lens to meet the demands of the information age.
We live in a time where there is so much information, we can almost always find something to support our beliefs and feed into our own biases, regardless of accuracy.
Google will often just support any stance you like. Try searching for the impact of coffee on longevity:
I am eternally grateful for the education gifted to me by my tutors and mentors. I find teaching immensely rewarding and deliver postgraduate clinical training and supervision to doctors as well as hold experience as a university adjunct faculty lecturer in health policy. I am also an accredited Member of the Faculty of Medical Educators.
"Without data you're just another person with an opinion."
- W. Edwards Deming
My research interests include exploring the utility of diagnostic tests, musculoskeletal and pain medicine, as well as behavioural science in the context of leadership and system change. This includes both quantitative and qualitative expertise, from randomised controlled trial design, observational studies, or analysis of business intelligence data, with working knowledge in R statistical programming.
In addition to peer-reviewed publications, I have presented at numerous international scientific conferences, including keynotes, as well as being a selected speaker for the UK's NHS TEDx. I am also a peer-reviewer for several high impact medical journals.