Our Team

A young doctor with a passion for gaming and a special interest in patient education. I don’t do many, if any, of the academic podcasts because I take greater pleasure debating while unprepared and playing devil’s advocate. I believe the profession is there for the taking if young people with strong enough opinions and a dedicated work ethic apply themselves for the better of each other and our patients. As emotionally taxing as the field may be, the little bit of good we do goes a long way in improving the life of the strangers we meet along the way and that in itself, is good for the soul.

I am an Academic Foundation Doctor, working in Southampton, UK. My research and advocacy efforts focus on understanding and addressing health disparities locally and globally. This interest has developed from my experiences of navigating health systems as a first generation immigrant, my work as a junior doctor in the National Health Service, my involvement global surgery advocacy as a committee member of the Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetric Collaborative in the UK, and my participation in the Oxford Refugee Health Initiative. I am grateful for the opportunities to learn and think about health inequity with my colleagues in the 15 Minute Medicine team.

I consider myself a global citizen who’s passionate about people. I’m currently working as a community service medical officer in South Africa . I have a keen interest in neurosurgery. I believe the brain is just beautiful firstly in the way it works and also in its appearance although some might call it ugly with all its folds and wrinkles ( lol) . I also have an interest in global surgery because I believe a timely life altering surgical intervention should be available to all who need it when they need it . I strive for everything I do to reflect excellence humility and kindness. Outside of medicine my time is spread across spending time with family and friends , watching and playing sports ( I can watch almost anything that can be called a sport ), spending time in nature and dabbling in the arts.

Medicine was not my first choice career, or even my second or third choice. The fact that I got into medicine, yet alone finished is testament to the fact that there are higher powers above us pulling the strings. Nonetheless, now that I am in this position I feel that myself and everyone like me should be doing all they can to improve the health and well being of those around us. This podcast hopefully being one of many potentials tools in which we can do that.