Training Committee
The BSG Training Committee is a forum for discussion on the training needs of Specialist Registrars in medical gastroenterology. It aims to coordinate discussion between professional bodies with an interest and make recommendations.
Useful Resources
July 2022 Shape of Training BSG Webinar
Planning for parenthood in Gastroenterology BSG Webinar
Hepatology Training Resources
Advanced Hepatology Training Posts
The ATPs below are approved for advanced training in Hepatology and include experience in a transplant (level 3) centre. These posts will form the ST6 year (primarily) for trainees branching into hepatology as part of the 2022 gastroenterology curriculum. The allocation process will now be region-based but there is flexibility if a trainee is happy to move regions. There is also flexibility for the 6 month/6 month posts in terms of whether one or both are filled from the same region (will depend on trainee interest from the two regions involved). All trainees interested in hepatology ATPs will be asked to complete the specific trainee information form. Of note the ATP year is not mandatory for NTN(A) hepatology trainees (typically ACL), who have had appropriate hepatology clinical experience, but they should otherwise make up minimum time in a transplant centre if not based in one.
Hepatology-ATP-information-2025-Updated.pdf
Trainee Information Form for 2025 Hepatology Placement
UK Level 2 (and 3) Hepatology Training Centres
PYR process for Hepatology trainees
View the full process details as well as hepatology subspecialty TPDs by region here.
Hepatology over the next 4 years
During the BSG’s 8th annual National Introduction to Gastroenterology Day at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Birmingham on Thursday 30th November 2023, Dr Bill Griffiths gave an update on hepatology training over the next 4 years.
Committee Members
Title | First name | Surname | Committee Position | Appointment | Term end |
Dr | Simon | Panter | Committee Chair | Appointed | 2025 |
Dr | Katie | Clark | Deputy Committee Chair | Appointed; TPD for IMT, Mersey | 2025 |
Dr | Umesh | Basavaraju | BSG Elected Councillor | Appointed | 2025 |
Dr | Dhiraj | Tripathi | Elected BSG Councillor | Appointed | 2024 |
Dr | Colin | Rees | President BSG | Appointed | 2026 |
Dr | Safa | Al-Shamma | BSG Secretary | Appointed | 2027 |
Dr | Shairoz | Samji | Workforce Lead | Appointed | 2025 |
Dr | Iona | Bell | Less Than Full Time Rep | Appointed | 2026 |
Prof | Anjan | Dhar | Committee Member - Chair of Education Committee | Appointed | 2025 |
Dr | Ricia | Gwenter | Chair, BSG Trainees Section Committee | Appointed | 2025 |
Dr | Gillian | Bain | Training Programme Director | Scotland | |
Dr | Ian | Beales | Chair of SCE/ESEGH exam board | ||
Dr | Carol | Blair | Committee Member | South East Scotland | |
Dr | Ed | Britton | Training Programme Director | Mersey | |
Dr | Georgina | Chadwick | Training Programme Director | NW Thames - shared | |
Dr | Fergus | Chedgy | Training Programme Director | KSS | |
Dr | Andrew | Claridge | Training Programme Director | Severn | |
Dr | Emily | Clarke | Co-opted BAPEN Representative | Co-opted member | |
Dr | Paul | Dunckley | Chair JAG Training Committee | ||
Dr | Neil | Fisher | National Recruitment Lead | West Midlands | |
Dr | Bill | Griffiths | Hepatology training rep | ||
Dr | Paul | Hagan | Training Centres Lead | ||
Dr | Lucy | Hicks | NW Thames - shared | NW Thames - shared | |
Dr | Matthew | Huggett | Training Programme Director | North Yorkshire | |
Dr | Alexandra | Kent | Training Programme Director | South London | |
Dr | Sampath | Kumar | Training Programme Director | South Yorkshire | |
Dr | Aida | Jawhari | Chair of SAC | ||
Dr | Adam | Lawson | Training Programme Director | East Midlands North | |
Dr | Joel | Mawdsley | Training Programme Director | South London | |
Dr | Sara | McCartney | Training Programme Director | NE London | |
Dr | Stephen | McClements | Training Programme Director | North West | |
Dr | John | McGoran | Training Programme Director | Northern Ireland | |
Dr | Jude | Morris | Training Programme Director | West of Scotland | |
Dr | Kathryn | Nash | Training Programme Director | Wessex | |
Dr | Andrew | Nelson | Training Programme Director | Yorkshire | |
Dr | David | Oliver | Training Programme Director | Northern | |
Mrs | BJ | Olsen | Committee Member - BSGNA Representative | Nominated | 2025 |
Dr | Rebecca | Palmer | Training Programme Director | Oxford/Thames Valley | |
Dr | Arun | Shankar | Training Programme Director | East of England | |
Dr | Vicky | Snowdon | Training Programme Director | East of England | |
Dr | Lawrence | Sunderraj | Training Programme Director | Wales | |
Dr | Louisa | Vine | Training Programme Director | Peninsula | |
Dr | Richard | Warburton | Training Programme Director | East of England | |
Dr | Eleanor | Wood | Training Programme Director | NE London |