Dr Jade Scott-Blagrove was the youngest governor for the University Hospitals Bristol NHS FT aged 17 and worked as a healthcare assistant at Frenchay Hospital in neurosurgery theatres prior to entering medical school. Jade studied medicine and intercalated in neuroscience at the University of Manchester and has been a radiology registrar in Cambridge since 2020. Jade is the founder and current chair of Widening Participation Medics Network (WPMN) which serves to support & advocate for aspiring & current medical students and doctors from underrepresented groups. She is also a member of the National Medical Schools Widening Participation Forum Junior Doctors Committee. Jade co-founded RadReach after recognising that barriers remain in place for those from widening participation backgrounds when applying to our specialties and beyond.
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Dr Anu Obaro is a consultant radiologist and PhD researcher studying bowel cancer imaging interpretation at St Mark’s Hospital, London. She is the recipient of the John Nichols Prize for Research 2020 and was awarded Diversity Champion - COVID Heart Hero Award 2021 for her COVID vaccine advocacy work. Anu is co-chair of the Independent Staff Insight Group which ensures an inclusive approach to developing Trust-wide strategies at London North West Healthcare Trust. She is a passionate educator and racial equity advocate having presented talks on racism which have been viewed all over the world. As co-founder of RadReach she has a desire to increase the number of people from under-represented groups in radiology while also ensuring that they have an enriching and supportive training experience.
Hannah Tharmalingam trained in medicine at the University of Oxford graduating in 2009 with a First-Class Honours degree. She trained in clinical oncology in North London within which she completed an MD (Res) degree evaluating advanced radiotherapy techniques in high-risk prostate cancer. She was appointed a consultant in clinical oncology at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in 2019 where she specialises in gynaecological and urological malignancies with an interest in HDR brachytherapy.
She has a strong interest in medical education and was awarded an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy as a trainee. At the RCR, since 2017, she has been a Clinical Fellow in education leading on the re-write of the curriculum and the new joint training pathway model with medical oncology as well as an associate member of the FRCR Part 2A Examination Board. During this time, she was also Vice-Chair of the Oncology Registrars’ Forum representing trainees on various RCR boards and committees.
Her other interests include radiotherapy advocacy, global health and Arsenal F.C. She spends far too much of her spare time worrying about her Fantasy Football team.
Dr Jade Scott-Blagrove was the youngest governor for the University Hospitals Bristol NHS FT aged 17 and worked as a healthcare assistant at Frenchay Hospital in neurosurgery theatres prior to entering medical school. Jade studied medicine and intercalated in neuroscience at the University of Manchester and has been a radiology registrar in Cambridge since 2020. Jade is the founder and current chair of Widening Participation Medics Network (WPMN) which serves to support & advocate for aspiring & current medical students and doctors from underrepresented groups. She is also a member of the National Medical Schools Widening Participation Forum Junior Doctors Committee. Jade co-founded RadReach after recognising that barriers remain in place for those from widening participation backgrounds when applying to our specialties and beyond.
Dr Anu Obaro is a consultant radiologist and PhD researcher studying bowel cancer imaging interpretation at St Mark’s Hospital, London. She is the recipient of the John Nichols Prize for Research 2020 and was awarded Diversity Champion - COVID Heart Hero Award 2021 for her COVID vaccine advocacy work. Anu is co-chair of the Independent Staff Insight Group which ensures an inclusive approach to developing Trust-wide strategies at London North West Healthcare Trust. She is a passionate educator and racial equity advocate having presented talks on racism which have been viewed all over the world. As co-founder of RadReach she has a desire to increase the number of people from under-represented groups in radiology while also ensuring that they have an enriching and supportive training experience.
Hannah Tharmalingam trained in medicine at the University of Oxford graduating in 2009 with a First-Class Honours degree. She trained in clinical oncology in North London within which she completed an MD (Res) degree evaluating advanced radiotherapy techniques in high-risk prostate cancer. She was appointed a consultant in clinical oncology at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in 2019 where she specialises in gynaecological and urological malignancies with an interest in HDR brachytherapy.
She has a strong interest in medical education and was awarded an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy as a trainee. At the RCR, since 2017, she has been a Clinical Fellow in education leading on the re-write of the curriculum and the new joint training pathway model with medical oncology as well as an associate member of the FRCR Part 2A Examination Board. During this time, she was also Vice-Chair of the Oncology Registrars’ Forum representing trainees on various RCR boards and committees.
Her other interests include radiotherapy advocacy, global health and Arsenal F.C. She spends far too much of her spare time worrying about her Fantasy Football team.
RadReach Patrons
Dr McGinty did her medical training in Ireland at the National University and then came to the USA for residency at the University of Pittsburgh where she was Chief Resident. Her fellowship was in Women's Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While working at Montefiore Medical Centre in the Bronx she completed an MBA at Columbia University.
She is an internationally recognized expert in imaging economics. She has served an advisor to the CPT Editorial Panel, the JCAHO and the National Quality Forum. She was Chair of the American College of Radiology's Commission on Economics and was the radiology member of the AMA’s Relative Value Update Committee from 2012-2016.
In May 2018 she was elected as the Chair of the ACR's Board of Chancellors, the first woman to hold this office. She was until 2013 Managing Partner of a 70-physician multispecialty medical group on Long Island. In 2014 she joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. As well as her clinical practice there she serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Contracting Officer for the Weill Cornell Physician Organization’s more than 1600 members. Her role as lead negotiator for managed care contracts at Weill Cornell Medicine incorporates both traditional fee for service agreements as well as value-based payment arrangements. In September 2021 she was appointed as Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.
She is a member of the board of NextGen Healthcare (NXGN) and from 2014-2021 served as a Non-Executive Director of IDA Ireland, the national foreign direct investment agency.
Her published work has focused on payment models for imaging, most recently a bundled payment for breast cancer screening. Recently she has focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Medical Imaging and has spoken at the Turing Institute and to the WHO Focus Group on AI in Healthcare on this topic. In 2015 she was voted Radiology’s Most Effective Educator by the readers of Aunt Minnie, a radiology news site with more than 140,000 members. She has more than 15000 followers on Twitter.
Dr Priya Suresh completed her undergraduate training in India, followed by her MRCP in Manchester. Her radiology training was in Manchester and Plymouth, followed by a Fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.
Her work with RCR started in 2011 when she initiated READ and served as the Programme Director. Dr Suresh has also sat on several RCR committees including the Curriculum Committee, Specialty Training Board and Faculty Board. She has chaired the FRCR 2A MSK SBA and is currently the Lead for the MSK module of RITI and SIG Lead for the iRefer MSK guidelines.
She is the Academy Lead for the Peninsula Radiology Academy, Training Programme Director and Teaching Lead for imaging and Honorary University fellow.
Dr Suresh's tenure as Medical Director, Education and Training, Clinical Radiology at the RCR is 2022-2025.
Dr McGinty did her medical training in Ireland at the National University and then came to the USA for residency at the University of Pittsburgh where she was Chief Resident. Her fellowship was in Women's Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While working at Montefiore Medical Centre in the Bronx she completed an MBA at Columbia University.
She is an internationally recognized expert in imaging economics. She has served an advisor to the CPT Editorial Panel, the JCAHO and the National Quality Forum. She was Chair of the American College of Radiology's Commission on Economics and was the radiology member of the AMA’s Relative Value Update Committee from 2012-2016.
In May 2018 she was elected as the Chair of the ACR's Board of Chancellors, the first woman to hold this office. She was until 2013 Managing Partner of a 70-physician multispecialty medical group on Long Island. In 2014 she joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. As well as her clinical practice there she serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Contracting Officer for the Weill Cornell Physician Organization’s more than 1600 members. Her role as lead negotiator for managed care contracts at Weill Cornell Medicine incorporates both traditional fee for service agreements as well as value-based payment arrangements. In September 2021 she was appointed as Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.
She is a member of the board of NextGen Healthcare (NXGN) and from 2014-2021 served as a Non-Executive Director of IDA Ireland, the national foreign direct investment agency.
Her published work has focused on payment models for imaging, most recently a bundled payment for breast cancer screening. Recently she has focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Medical Imaging and has spoken at the Turing Institute and to the WHO Focus Group on AI in Healthcare on this topic. In 2015 she was voted Radiology’s Most Effective Educator by the readers of Aunt Minnie, a radiology news site with more than 140,000 members. She has more than 15000 followers on Twitter.
Dr Priya Suresh completed her undergraduate training in India, followed by her MRCP in Manchester. Her radiology training was in Manchester and Plymouth, followed by a Fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.
Her work with RCR started in 2011 when she initiated READ and served as the Programme Director. Dr Suresh has also sat on several RCR committees including the Curriculum Committee, Specialty Training Board and Faculty Board. She has chaired the FRCR 2A MSK SBA and is currently the Lead for the MSK module of RITI and SIG Lead for the iRefer MSK guidelines.
She is the Academy Lead for the Peninsula Radiology Academy, Training Programme Director and Teaching Lead for imaging and Honorary University fellow.
Dr Suresh's tenure as Medical Director, Education and Training, Clinical Radiology at the RCR is 2022-2025.
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