COUNCIL MEMBERS
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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.
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