Professional background

Qualified in medicine in Belfast 1979; fellow of Royal College of surgeons of Edinburgh and of the College of Emergency Medicine.

Examiner for the FCEM at the CEM.

Appointed consultant in A&E in 1988 at the Royal Free Hospital.

Appointed consultant and CD to the A&E department at UCLH in 1996, currently consultant in emegency medicine.

Member of the ABIU for the admission of patients with head injuries at UCLH.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Advisor to the medical committee.

University of London: Honorary lecturer to the Royal College of Radiology.

Publications

  • Tetanus prophylaxis, paper in BMJ 2005
  • Numerous publications on the anatomy and healing of pre-tibial injuries.1995 - 2000.
  • Abstracts published on head injuries.
  • Case reports on olanzipine overdose and the diving reflex.
  • Miscellaneous book chapters.