Junior Doctor of the Year Finalists' Showcase

Junior Doctor of the Year

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Rewarding the doctor in training who has done most to improve the world we live in or to inspire others.

Champion: Edward Davies, Editor, BMJ Careers

Yannick Bejot is a research fellow in Neurology at the University of Burgundy, France. He has made a significant contribution to stroke research at an unusually early age. His research is principally on the epidemiology of stroke and given that it is less than five years since he started his training in neurology it is remarkable that he has 27 first author papers with a large number published in high impact journals. He has managed to gather together andlead a significant research team whilst training.

Philip Hyde is a trainee in paediatric intensive care. He has taken advantage of all the training opportunities possible and his contribution to the British Association for Immediate Care has been remarkable. He is now using his experience and expertise to lobby for major improvements in pre-hospital care and this has led to an SHA funded Pilot Project.

Vivian Elwell is a neurosurgeon who has made significant contributions to both basic and applied neuroscience. She is also a very committed teacher and contributor to undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks. She has an exceptional portfolio including important work on trigeminal neuralgia and improving patient safety.

Richard Lyon is a trainee in Emergency Medicine He has been involved in a vast amount of additional out of hours work, improving survival rates from out of hospital cardiac arrest in the Edinburgh area. He has overcome the challenge of his father’s early death, his mother having cancer and taking on the responsibility of looking after his two younger siblings and still volunteers for several health groups including the Red Cross and local ambulance service.

Cristian Gragnaniello is a neurosurgeon from Naples. His innovative ideas such as using indocyanine green to distinguish cancellous from cortical bone and a novel model to simulate tumours at the base of the skull have been spotted by the University of Arkansas, which has selected his two methods for patenting.

Douglas Noble is a Public Health doctor who has worked with the CMO on various projects. One of his particular contributions has been in relation to radiotherapy. The output of this work includes a WHO technical manual and Medical School Curricular Guide to Patient Safety. He has also made a significant contribution and commitment to the Jian Hua Foundation (the ‘Build China Foundation’ founded in 1981) and has raised £50k towards a project aimed at improving rural Chinese medicine.

Philip Smith is an Academic Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology based at University College London (UCL) Hospitals. He has written various books for medical students and junior doctors, and has also taken a role in setting up an innovative course for teaching PACES within UCL Hospitals. Dr Smith is Royal College of Physicians Associate Tutor and represents his peers on the Trust’s Medical Education Board.

Evan Wood is a resident in internal medicine from Vancouver, Canada. He has a remarkable research record including first author papers in JAMA, Lancet and NEJM whilst a medical student He has worked with a very difficult and disadvantaged group of patients – drug addicts – and has made a significant difference to their rate of HIV infection and over dosage. All this after failing to get into Medical School at the first attempt and being attacked by those who do not see drug addiction as a health problem.

Oliver Warren is surgical registrar from London. He has made a significant impact through his contribution to the development of clinical leadership – an increasingly important area as emphasised in the NHS Next Stage Review. He designed and led the implementation of ‘Prepare to Lead’, a leadership development programme for junior doctors in London, and has been appointed to the Emerging Leader role on the National Leadership Council.