Medical Women Talking

In this episode, Jane chats with Professor Scarlett McNally. Scarlett is a consultant and orthopaedic surgeon and has been for over 22 years. In December 2018, Scarlett was diagnosed with Myeloma and Cardiac amyloidosis. At the time both were considered incurable, but she had amazing treatment, including a stem cell transplant in 2020. Scarlett is currently president of the Medical Women's Federat...

In this episode, Jane meets Professor Meghana Pandit, Meghana has started her career as an obstetrician and gynecologist and entered into NHS management. She is now the Chief Executive of Oxford University Hospitals - the first Indian woman to hold a CEO position at an NHS Trust. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medical-women-talking-podcast Date of...

In this episode, Jane chats with Dr Sarah C Clarke. Sarah is an interventional cardiologist and Clinical Director for Strategic Development at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. As the fourth female president of the Royal College of Physicians, Clarke has plenty of experience in leadership and shares her experience and thoughts with Jane.  For more information and to access the transcript: www.uc...

In this episode, Jane meets Dr Fiona Cornish. Fiona is a GP based in Cambridge, alongside her GP work she is president of the Medical Women's Federation and a trustee of Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust. Fiona is passionate about inspiring the next generation of women doctors. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medical-women-talking-podcast Date of epis...

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Gozie Offiah. Gozie was brought up in Ireland and went to the RCSI, Dublin where she learned her trade as a doctor and decided to become a surgeon. She has been extremely successful in her career and has now moved into medical education - inspiring the next generation of doctors and women surgeons.  For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl...

In this episode, Jane talks to Dr Celia Biewlaski, a geriatrician who worked in clinic throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Celia shares some of the experiences she had during that time and talks about how she got involved in the Royal College of Physicians. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medical-women-talking-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-...

In this episode Jane is joined by Professor Dame Clare Gerada. Clare is one of a small number of people who've been both the Chair and the President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. As a child, Clare was inspired by her GP father and has since gone on to become a household name in medicine. Clare chairs the NHS Assembly, and is to be seen often in broadcast media. For more informatio...

In this episode, Jane is joined by Professor Cathryn Edwards, consultant physician and gastroenterologist. Cathryn is the first female Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians and was the first female secretary of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and its second female president. Jane and Cathryn discuss Cathryn’s career journey from nursing and then becoming a doctor, through to h...

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Wendy Reid, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Free Hospital, London. Professor Reid is Health Education England’s first national Medical Director, in addition to being its Director of Education and Quality. Jane and Wendy look back at Wendy’s early days at school in the UK and USA, joining medical school in London and finding a speciali...

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, medical academic and general practitioner. Dame Helen is currently Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and was Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from November 2016 to November 2019. Jane and Helen talk about Helen’s childhood growing up in south Wales, her decision to retrain in public health me...

In this episode, Jade talks to Professor Geeta Menon, consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey, England. Professor Menon was appointed a postgraduate Dean for NHS England in 2018. Jane and Geeta talk about Geeta’s extraordinary medical career, which has spanned both India and the UK. Geeta shares her thoughts on why she chose a medical career, the transition f...

In this episode, Jane meets Professor Henrietta Bowden Jones OBE, a medical doctor and neuroscience researcher working as consultant psychiatrist in addictions. Professor Jones is the current President of the Royal Society of Medicine (2022-2025) and was appointed as the UK’s first National Clinical Advisor on Gambling Harms in 2022. Jane and Henrietta talk about Henrietta’s childhood at boarding...

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Dame Carrie MacEwan. Dame MacEwan started her career as an ophthalmologist and became the president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. She served as Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges until 2020 and has become the second woman Chair of the General Medical Council. Jane and Carrie explore how Carrie realised her career ambitions, balancing...

In this episode, Jane is joined by Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation. Originally trained in medicine, Jennifer practised mainly paediatric medicine, prior to a career in policy analysis. Jennifer has undertaken research and written widely on health care reform both in the UK and internationally. Jane and Jennifer discuss medicine, travelling, family life and switching foc...

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Dame Parveen Kumar, emeritus professor at Barts and a consultant gastroenterologist. Dame Kumar is best known as the co-author of the textbook, Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, now in its tenth edition. Jane and Parveen discuss what life what like for Parveen as a child refugee and growing up in India and China before studying medicine in London. Parvee...

In this episode, Jane is joined by Dr Suzy Lishman CBE. Suzy is a consultant histopathologist and medical examiner. While President of the Royal College of Pathologists from 2014 to 2017, Dr Lishman was instrumental in championing the need for a medical examiner service. In this wide-ranging discussion, Jane and Suzy discuss career highs and lows, role models and inspirational leaders, career chal...

In this first episode, Jane is joined by Dame Clare Marx, the first woman to chair the British Orthopaedic Association, the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the General Medical Council. In this particularly poignant episode, Jane and Clare discuss Clare's career, from what it was like to be one of only a few women working in surgery and chart a successful path though that field, to leaders...