Dr Roisin Bevan interviews Prof Geeta Menon on new Advanced Training Skills Modules for Advanced Colonoscopy (ATSMs) and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Prof Menon came up with the idea of increasing the workforce for ERCP and Bowel Screening as the Lead Dean for 4 nations for Gastroenterology.
Biographies
Prof Geeta Menon
Prof Geeta Menon is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey. In addition to high-volume cataract surgery, she has developed a major interest in medical retina, particularly novel treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). She heads the Regional Referral Centre at Frimley for macular disease and she designed and established a Mobile Macular Unit, the first of its kind in the country. The UK patient charity, the Macular Disease Society awarded her macula service the coveted Clinical Service of the Year award 2014. The Macular Service was rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) 2014. As testament to the
reputation of her Macula Unit ophthalmologists from overseas (Europe, Israel, China and UAE) have visited her department because of its reputation as a centre of excellence.
She is the Clinical Director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Local Clinical Research Network looking after research in all subspecialties in the region. The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) gave her an award for ‘outstanding contribution to research.” She was one of only 11 ophthalmologists in the UK to receive this in 2014.
In 2016 she was awarded the joint Royal College of Physicians and NIHR award for ‘Outstanding Research Leadership in the NHS’. She was the Director of the Research & Development at Frimley Health until 2018. She is the Head of the Clinical Trials Unit for Ophthalmology. She has Chief Investigator for 6 and Principal Investigator for over 70 clinical trials. She was the Section Editor for the medical retina section of Eye journal, which is the flagship journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists until 2017. She has published over 50 papers, many in high impact journals, which is well above average for a UK medical retinal specialist leading a busy clinical service. She has also successfully obtained grant funding from a range of sources both non-commercial and commercial, which is over 2.6 million in the last five years. She has been appointed Postgraduate Dean for Health Education England across South London in April 2018.
She is involved in the VISION 2020 links programme and has set up Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) in the Copperbelt province of Zambia. Her method of training is used as a trailblazer to develop DRS in Africa potentially averting blindness. She negotiated with the Ministry of Health, Zambia to provide lasers & digital cameras (£200k per centre) for the five main centres. This was a significant development for diabetic healthcare in Zambia. She has extended this programme to cover the island of St Lucia and currently setting this up in Northern India and Yunnan province in China.
In 2016 she was awarded a prestigious Gold Clinical Excellence award for contributions to the UK National Health Service over and above her routine clinical practice. She was elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in 2016. In March 2017 she was honoured at the Excellence in Patient Care Awards hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). She received the International Award for outstanding clinical activity that contributes to excellent patient care overseas for setting up a diabetic retinopathy screening
programme in Zambia.
Dr Roisin Bevan
reputation of her Macula Unit ophthalmologists from overseas (Europe, Israel, China and UAE) have visited her department because of its reputation as a centre of excellence.
She is the Clinical Director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Local Clinical Research Network looking after research in all subspecialties in the region. The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) gave her an award for ‘outstanding contribution to research.” She was one of only 11 ophthalmologists in the UK to receive this in 2014.
In 2016 she was awarded the joint Royal College of Physicians and NIHR award for ‘Outstanding Research Leadership in the NHS’. She was the Director of the Research & Development at Frimley Health until 2018. She is the Head of the Clinical Trials Unit for Ophthalmology. She has Chief Investigator for 6 and Principal Investigator for over 70 clinical trials. She was the Section Editor for the medical retina section of Eye journal, which is the flagship journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists until 2017. She has published over 50 papers, many in high impact journals, which is well above average for a UK medical retinal specialist leading a busy clinical service. She has also successfully obtained grant funding from a range of sources both non-commercial and commercial, which is over 2.6 million in the last five years. She has been appointed Postgraduate Dean for Health Education England across South London in April 2018.
She is involved in the VISION 2020 links programme and has set up Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) in the Copperbelt province of Zambia. Her method of training is used as a trailblazer to develop DRS in Africa potentially averting blindness. She negotiated with the Ministry of Health, Zambia to provide lasers & digital cameras (£200k per centre) for the five main centres. This was a significant development for diabetic healthcare in Zambia. She has extended this programme to cover the island of St Lucia and currently setting this up in Northern India and Yunnan province in China.
In 2016 she was awarded a prestigious Gold Clinical Excellence award for contributions to the UK National Health Service over and above her routine clinical practice. She was elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in 2016. In March 2017 she was honoured at the Excellence in Patient Care Awards hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). She received the International Award for outstanding clinical activity that contributes to excellent patient care overseas for setting up a diabetic retinopathy screening
programme in Zambia.
Dr Roisin Bevan
Roisin Bevan is a consultant gastroenterologist at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust since 2016, with an interest in luminal disease (IBD, functional disorders), endoscopy (BCSP screener) and endoscopy training (NETA Immersion Site Lead and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Training Lead). She is the current Chair of the BSG Education Committee.