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COUNCIL MEMBERS

Phil Braude

PHILIP BRAUDE - PRESIDENT

 

Philip Braude is a consultant geriatrician working at Southmead Hospital, North Bristol Trust. He took up his first consultant post working with the Guy's and St Thomas POPS team in 2017, moving to Bristol in 2019. He is working within the Severn Major Trauma Network to develop geriatric perioperative services locally and across the region. His research interests focus on characterising and modifying geriatric syndromes in major trauma.

He is the President and Honorary Secretary of the society having been a trainee council representative and then full council member in 2016.​

Aishwarya Desai

AISHWARYA DESAI - TRAINEE REPRESENTATIVE, GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Aish Desai is an ST7 registrar in geriatric medicine at North Bristol NHS Trust. She commenced postgraduate training in London and moved to the South West for speciality training. She has an interest in perioperative medicine developed working in major trauma centres, particularly within hip fracture and silver trauma. Her other interests include education, where she has developed an internal medicine simulation programme and completed postgraduate certificate in medical education.

Anna Tennant

ANNA TENNANT - TREASURER

Anna Tennant RN, I am the Proactive Care of the Older Person undergoing Surgery (POPS) Nurse Practitioner at Musgrove Park Hospital for the Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.  My clinical interests include perioperative medicine for the older person.

I hope my role on the AAA council will encourage other Nurses and Allied Health Care professionals to attend perioperative events and feel confident to contribute their valuable ideas and experiences.

Andrew Harper

ANDREW HARPER - TRAINEE REPRESENTATIVE, ANAESTHETICS

Andy Harper is an ST4 anaesthetic trainee in the South West London School of Anaesthesia. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2017 before moving to London to commence postgraduate training. Since then, he has developed a special interest in perioperative medicine especially for elderly and frail patients. He has led several quality improvement projects improving outcomes for hip fracture patients.

Lauren Richardson

LAUREN RICHARDSON - CONSULTANT GERIATRICIAN

Lauren Richardson is a consultant geriatrician working in the Thames Valley. She trained in Nottingham and London before moving to Oxford to take up her registrar post. She has a special interest in Perioperative Medicine and enjoys the focus on shared decision making and collaborative inter-disciplinary learning. Whilst working as a Perioperative Medicine fellow from 2019-2020, she led the initial implementation and delivery of a new Major Trauma Geriatric service at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Major trauma in the frail elderly is an area in which she has a particular interest.

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CLARA MCGURK -  GERIATRIC TRAINEE

Clara McGurk is a Specialist Trainee in Geriatric Medicine in Cork University Hospital. Clara qualified from University College Cork in 2019 and is currently completing her specialist training in Ireland. Previous to becoming a doctor, she undertook a degree in business, economics and politics from Trinity College Dublin. She has a strong interest in the delivery of excellent healthcare to older adults and hopes to pursue a career in orthogeriatrics.

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FATIMA ELTINAY - ASSOCIATE SPECIALIST 

Fatima Eltinay is an Associate Specialist in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, UN centre for Ageing Geriatrics and Gerontology Alumni - Malta

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

Professor Chris Dodds

Middlesbrough

President, 1996 - 1999

 

Dr Eleri Edwards

Wrexham

President, 2002 - 2005

Professor Gwyn Seymour

Aberdeen

President, 2005 - 2008

Dr Andrew Severn

Lancaster

President, 2008 - 2011

 

Dr Irwin Foo

Edinburgh

President, 2011 - 2015

 

Dr Tim Webb

Rhyl

Treasurer, 1996 - 2007

Dr Richard Griffiths

Peterborough

Council Member 2007 - 2010

 

Mr Alan Hale

Lancaster

AAA Administrator until 2015

Dr Martin Allan

Salford

President, 2015 - 2018

Dr Jugdeep Dhesi

London

President, 2018 - 2020

Dr Tanuja Shah

Derby

President 2020 - 2023

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