Experience

UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honorary clinical lecturer

  • Dec 2020 - Present



Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant HIV and sexual reproductive health physician

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  HIV clinics (face to face and virtual), and inpatient liaison service inclusive of seeing complex medical patients, weekly inpatient and complex outpatient meetings, attendance at weekly departmental meetings (HIV patient multidisciplinary meeting, departmental meeting and academic meeting), attendance at monthly consultant meetings, operational meetings and attendance at monthly trainee meetings. Also undertake weekly on-call sessions for HIV advice for both outpatient and inpatient. Sexual dysfunction outpatient clinics and clinical and operational meetings to support this service, as well as previously covering the medical lead role.



Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adolescent Clinical Lead

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2019

  Main purpose of my role was to manage and grow the Adolescent Centre of Excellence, support clinical service development and conduct adolescent research, as well as managerial involvement. Work included clinical work (weekly adolescent HIV clinic, with monthly MDTs at Gugulethu community hospital; HIV and ID wards rounds, radiology meetings, clinical support for mobile units and sites, on-call support for infectious diseases molecular unit ), service development (locally and with national department of health, including leading on the implementation of adolescent youth friendly services, pre-expsoure prophylaxis for adolescent girls on behalf of the national department of health, and school health services, all in the KMP subdistrict of Cape Town), management (operational and strategic planning groups, line management, lead of health and safety committee), teaching (adolescents, peer educators, nurses, work-place, fellowship mentor, course conveyor of adolescent health course with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & University of Cape Town, and research (project management, grant writing).



Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Locum Consultant HIV physician

  • Feb 2016 - May 2017

  HIV clinics (face to face and virtual) as well as the adolescent clinic, sexual health clinic, complex patient/treatment clinic, weekly inpatient and complex outpatient meetings, ad-hoc inpatient ward cover and discharge outpatient clinic, neurology virtual clinic, hepatitis clinic, attendance at weekly departmental meetings including chairing (HIV patient multidisciplinary meeting, departmental meeting and academic meeting), attendance at monthly consultant meetings, operational meetings and attendance at monthly trainee meetings. This job also included weekly on-call sessions for HIV and sexual health advice.

• Specialist registrar in HIV and sexual reproductive

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2016

  - Mortimer Market Centre (MMC) – 3 years & 3 months GUM and HIV outpatients - The Archway Centre with MMC – 1 year GUM outpatients - University College London Hospitals – 3 months HIV inpatients- St. Ann’s Sexual Health Centre with MMC – 1 year GUM outpatients Specialist training incorporated both inpatient and outpatient settings with different patient de-mographics socio-economically and culturally, adding to the diversity in the experience gained. Sexual health training has included 6 general clinics a week, with further experience in specialist clinics over 3 – 6 months periods including complex female and male problem, herpes and warts clinics, as well as the psychosexual clinic over 3 years. Contraception patients are seen in general clinics. Also completed a 6 weeks obstetrics and gy-naecology placement at University College London Hospitals and a 2 week dermatology placement at Whipps Cross Hospital. Trained in skin punch biopsies and microscopy as well. HIV inpatient formed part of training, with competencies in managing opportunistic infections, other HIV related conditions, drug associated problems and complex psycho-social cases. HIV outpatient care is routine in training, but also included specialist HIV clinics over 6 months periods including nephrology, haematology/oncology, neurology and treatment advisory clinic, as well as the adolescent HIV clinic for over 1 year, which have all included multi-disciplinary discussions.



King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Forensic physician (sexual offences)

  • Jan 2014 - May 2017

  To further my interest in sexual violence I trained as a sexual offence examiner at the Havens in May 2014, and then worked for the Havens out-of-hours performing forensic examinations of adult female and male, and paediatric cases. This work has also entailed adult and child safeguarding, writing police statements and court appearances. In addition I attended a community paediatric sexual assault/rape clinic at UCLH with Dr Deborah Hodes. To further my interest in sexual violence I trained as a sexual offence examiner at the Havens in May 2014, and then worked for the Havens out-of-hours performing forensic examinations of adult female and male, and paediatric cases. This work has also entailed adult and child safeguarding, writing police statements and court appearances. In addition I attended a community paediatric sexual assault/rape clinic at UCLH with Dr Deborah Hodes.



Childrens HIV Africa

• Volunteer

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

  Clinical support for setting up the third phase of the adolescent programme involving clinical mentoring and supporting government framework of setting up youth friendly services. Clinical support for setting up the third phase of the adolescent programme involving clinical mentoring and supporting government framework of setting up youth friendly services.



King Edward VIII Hospital

• Senior Medical Officer

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

  Paediatric and adolescent HIV inpatient and outpatient unit experience, including ward rounds, outpatient clinic, weekly microbiology meeting, weekly infectious diseases meeting, recruitment for control arm of clinical trial. Paediatric and adolescent HIV inpatient and outpatient unit experience, including ward rounds, outpatient clinic, weekly microbiology meeting, weekly infectious diseases meeting, recruitment for control arm of clinical trial.



Western Cape Government

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Medical Officer

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  All clinic based work, seeing between 15-20 adult patients daily including pregnant patients, and a paediatric clinic one day a week with the support of paediatricians. Work included initiating patients on ARVs, maintaining and monitoring ARVs, managing general and HIV specific medical problems, inpa-tient referrals, STI management All clinic based work, seeing between 15-20 adult patients daily including pregnant patients, and a paediatric clinic one day a week with the support of paediatricians. Work included initiating patients on ARVs, maintaining and monitoring ARVs, managing general and HIV specific medical problems, inpa-tient referrals, STI management



Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Core medical trainee 2 doctor

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  HIV & infectious diseases-managing inpatients, walk-in HIV centre, TB clinic, with respiratory & rheu-matology on-calls. Haematology - managing patients receiving inpatient & outpatient chemotherapy, stem cell transplants, haemophilia centre, oncology on-calls. Renal medicine - managing acute & chronic cases, dialysis patients, renal transplant patients. HIV & infectious diseases-managing inpatients, walk-in HIV centre, TB clinic, with respiratory & rheu-matology on-calls. Haematology - managing patients receiving inpatient & outpatient chemotherapy, stem cell transplants, haemophilia centre, oncology on-calls. Renal medicine - managing acute & chronic cases, dialysis patients, renal transplant patients.



Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Core medical trainee 1 doctor

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009

  Internal medicine experience in cardiology, respiratory and endocrinology medicine, all with general medicine. Managing a respiratory care unit with patients on non-invasive ventilation (CPAP and Bi-PAP), tracheostomies, pre and post ITU and HDU care. Internal medicine experience in cardiology, respiratory and endocrinology medicine, all with general medicine. Managing a respiratory care unit with patients on non-invasive ventilation (CPAP and Bi-PAP), tracheostomies, pre and post ITU and HDU care.



University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foundation Year 2 doctor

  • Aug 2007 - Jul 2008

  Geriatric and rehabilitation medicine - managing elderly patients acute and chronic diseases, with multiple and complex co-morbidities, rehabilitation unit with limited medical resources, involving care plans with occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Gastroenterology nutritional medicine - man-aging patients with complex bowel pathology including chronic bowel obstruction, fistulas, end stage inflammatory bowel diseases, managing different nutritional methods including NG, PEG and TPN feeds, and fluid balance management. Primary health care.



Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Foundation year 1 doctor

  • Aug 2006 - Jul 2007

  Trauma and orthopaedics - managing acute trauma and elective operative patients, pre and post-operative care, member of the trauma-call team. General surgery - included specialist vascular and breast surgery - assisting in operations. Gastroenterology and general medicine. General adult psy-chiatry - reviewing inpatients with various complaints including drug and alcohol misuse, acute and chronic assessments, risk assessments. Trauma and orthopaedics - managing acute trauma and elective operative patients, pre and post-operative care, member of the trauma-call team. General surgery - included specialist vascular and breast surgery - assisting in operations. Gastroenterology and general medicine. General adult psy-chiatry - reviewing inpatients with various complaints including drug and alcohol misuse, acute and chronic assessments, risk assessments.