Dr Gail Kerr

Chief in Rheumatology at Washington DC VAMC, Howard University Educator, and Clinical Researcher. I want to be involved in the EDI group to contribute to objectives and aims of equity and access to care across gender, race and for all affiliates. I promote EDI in my workplace by assuring equity in fellow trainee selections, promoting rheumatology access for ethnic minority residents, clinical research addressing equity in rheumatic diseases.

Dr. Helen Dormand (She/Her)

I am a Deputy Medical Director and Consultant Cardiologist who has trained and worked in NHS Scotland and England. My current NHS role is in North Cumbria. I am also a member of the RCPE Quality Governance Collaborative Faculty and am undertaking a PhD exploring how we apply governance in healthcare, through an intersectional lens.

Dr. Adnan Sharif

I am a Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. I studied at the University of Edinburgh between 1997-2002 and trained in Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham and Johns Hopkins Hospital in the USA before taking up my Consultant post in 2011. I have a strong interest in promoting EDI within organisations to ensure opportunities are equal and all individuals feel the same sense of belonging.

Professor Sarah Pett

I am a Professor of Infectious Diseases at University College London. I work across two institutes, the Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, and the Institute for Global Health. My specific role at the former is as lead of the Infections theme at the MRC CTU, ongoing since 2016.

Dr Praveen Kumar

I am presently running a neurology speciality clinic and advanced Neurodiagnostic Centre in Durgapur, a town in West Bengal,India. I am the Founding Director of the centre and a Lead Consultant Neurologist. I am a Consultant Neurologist in many hospitals and an Associate Professor in medicine at a medical college. I am a Fellow of Royal College of Edinburgh and London and an MRCP (UK) Paces Examiner. I am interested in being part of EDI Group as I will be representing a very small number of fellows working outside Kolkata.

Dr Amon Parnaiba Cavalcante

Originally from Brazil, where I worked as a Psychiatrist. I am an experienced doctor in General Psychiatry, Substance Misuse Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. I have just obtained my GMC licence to practise, and I am currently seeking employment in that field while studying for the Royal College of Psychiatry exams. Throughout my career, I have been consistently working with vulnerable groups, and have joined the EDI Group to keep embracing the challenge of promoting more inclusive, fair and diverse workplaces to contribute together towards a better society