How to join the meeting:

This virtual forum will take place via Microsoft Teams. Discussion will begin at 2.00pm and end at approximately 4.15pm

You will require access to Microsoft Teams and a reliable internet connection. We recommend downloading the app for full functionality. 

Once you have registered for this event, you will receive the joining instructions and a link to the Microsoft Teams call where this forum will take place. You will also receive a digital calendar invitation.

Can I watch on demand?

These forums offer an open environment for discussion and are not readily available to watch on demand. However a selection of talks we are given permission to record by speakers may be available to watch via RCP Launchpad - our exclusive member-only resource platform.

Please note, the content is only externally CPD validated when joining live and we encourage you to join us on the day to make the most of the meeting. 

Dr Heather Sullivan

Dr Heather Sullivan is a Liverpool Medical School Graduate who joined the SAS workforce after completing core medical training and attaining her MRCP, as a speciality doctor in Diabetes and Endocrinology. Her main areas of clinical interest include diabetes foot care, young adult diabetes and endocrinology. She loves the role and the option it gives for focus on the speciality, service development, appraisal, education and mentorship while allowing for a healthy work life balance as a mother to two young children. Recently becoming SAS Advocate for her trust, Dr Sullivan is passionate about empowering other SAS doctors in their career paths and ensuring that Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an appealing and enjoyable place to work as an SAS doctor. It is via this route she has found herself drawn to being a RCP SAS doctor representative. Through which she wishes to encourage collaborative working and communication between different SAS members throughout England.

Dr Samia Rizvi

Dr Samia Rizvi qualified in Pakistan and moved to the UK in 2020 to continue her medical career. She has spent the last 5 years working as a locally employed doctor across various specialities. Her experience as an LED has given her broad exposure and time to reflect on what works for her without the pressure of a fixed training pathway.

Dr Jeenat Khan FRCP

Dr Jeenat Khan is a specialty doctor in elderly care and stroke within the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. She independently leads ambulatory care for stroke services and TIA clinics and serves as a clinical supervisor for foundation trainees, as well as an appraiser for SAS doctors and consultants. She contributes to undergraduate teaching for fourth-year medical students from Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University as Subdean clinical lecturer. Deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, Dr Khan co-chairs the trust’s multicultural forum. She is the Northern Ireland SAS representative for the Royal College of Physicians, contributing to policy development and advancing opportunities for SAS colleagues. In collaboration with the RCP and NIMDTA, she has helped establish leadership and training initiatives across Northern Ireland and beyond. Dr Khan is also a clinical facilitator with NIMDTA and she regularly runs achieving recognition training programmes for GMC recognised trainers. She is recipient of the national excellence award for innovation in equality, diversity and inclusion, awarded by the Northern Ireland Deanery and a Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians London.  

Dr Muhammad Imran Khokhar FRCP

Dr Muhammad Imran Khokhar is an experienced healthcare professional currently practicing in the United Kingdom. Dr Khokhar has got more than 23 years of clinical experience; he has built an impressive career dedicated to delivering high-quality patient care and advancing cardiovascular medicine. His special clinical interests include heart failure management and cardiac device therapies, where he has developed extensive expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care of patients with complex cardiac conditions. Throughout his career, he has remained committed to improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practice, innovation, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Dr Khokhar is highly regarded for his clinical knowledge, practical insights, and passion for education. His wealth of experience, combined with his focus on emerging developments in heart failure and cardiac devices, makes him a valued contributor to the field.

Dr Helen Yandell FRCP

Having qualified in 2003 at Southampton, Dr Helen Yandell completed her house officer jobs in the Isle of Wight. She moved to Yeovil in 2004 to start a medical rotation. Since then, Helen has continued to progress through medical SHO and registrar jobs until being made an associate specialist in 2019. In 2021, she took on the clinical lead post for acute medicine. Helen has always had a keen interest in education and took on the Royal College tutor role in 2020. Alongside her role in doctors requiring support, this has allowed her to develop the teaching and development opportunities in the trust. Outside of work, she spends much time on the sidelines of football matches watching her two sons play.

Dr Sarah Waters FRCP

Having qualified in 2004 at Imperial College in London, Dr Sarah Waters then went on to complete her core medical training in Somerset. After some time spent training in gastroenterology and then psychiatry, she was then persuaded into an acute medicine speciality doctor job share in Yeovil in 2014 and hasn’t looked back. Sarah was made an associate specialist in acute medicine in 2019. Keen to improve her leadership abilities, she completed a PGCert in 2019 and then an MBA with Exeter university in 2021. Sarah has always had a keen interest in education and took on the role of foundation programme director for F2’s in 2023. This has allowed her to develop a number of educational projects within the trust to help support both our resident doctors and SAS colleagues.

Dr Lucy Harding

Lucy Harding is a senior educationalist at the Royal College of Physicians, where she has led key leadership programmes for the past three years, including the prestigious Emerging Women Leaders, Six-Step for New Consultants and the SAS Leadership programmes. Her career spans leadership roles across diverse educational settings, from higher education to prison education. Lucy holds a PhD focused on the experiences of teachers in complex environments, with a particular emphasis on trauma-informed approaches to teaching and learning. A passionate advocate for inclusivity, she brings a values-driven approach to educational leadership and development.