There are 10 Substantive Consultant Physicians and 3 Locum Consultant Physicians, 8 Senior and Junior Fellows and 9 CMTs in Acute Medicine. All other Medical CMTs (in groups of 9) and F1s rotate through acute medicine in 1 month blocks
Dr Nihal Abosaif | Acute Medicine and Operational Lead | |
Dr Hemali Kanji | Acute Medicine/ Nephrology and Education Lead | |
Dr Daniel Zehender | Acute Medicine | |
Dr Nitin Gholap | Acute Medicine/ Endocrinology | |
Dr Ranganatha Rao | Acute Medicine/ Endocrinology | |
Dr Manjunatha Rashmi | Acute Medicine/ Endocrinology | |
Dr Christopher Harold | Acute Medicine/ Endocrinology | |
Dr Krishna Appunu | Acute Medicine/ Nephrology | |
Dr Sophia Anastassiadou | Acute Medicine/ Nephrology | |
Dr Senti Baladurai | Acute Medicine/ Nephrology and RAF | |
Dr Christopher Bassford | Acute Medicine/ Intensive Care Physician | |
Prof Janusz Jankowski | Acute Medicine/ Gastroenterology and Research |
There are 2 senior clinical fellows and 3 junior clinical fellows with Foundation and Core Medical trainees rotating through the department.
Helen Pickard | Nurse Consultant in Acute Medicine and Deputy CD | |
Julie Morgan | Nurse Consultant in Acute Medicine and Clinical Lead Governance |
There are 9 Advance Nurse Practioners in the department.
There is also an integrated REACT team which works within the Acute Medicine service. This is a multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive assessment for older people. They work closely with existing services in Intermediate Care, Social Services and Primary Care to facilitate prompt discharge.
There is close integration with the Medical Specialties. A number of the Physicians in acute medicine are also working in other specialties, Renal, Endocrinology, Intensive Care and Gastroenterology.
There is an on-call Rota for General Medicine for Emergency Admissions. The General Medical Rota allows for the presence of the Consultant for General Medicine from 5pm to 8.30pm Monday to Friday and on-call cover in the nights and weekends.