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Speakers

Please find below the speakers will present at  the study day in 2024 Speaker lineup may be subject to change. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr Mufaddal Moonim

 
 

Dr Marie O'Riordan

Dr O'Riordan is Consultant Histopathologist at Leicester Royal Infirmary. She undertook her specialty training in the East of England and East Midlands regions and now specialises in skin, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathology. She enjoys teaching and since becoming a consultant in 2020 has taught histopathology registrars, biomedical scientists and dermatologists.

 

Dr Angela Ralte

 

James Rosekilly

James Rosekilly graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Biomedical science in 2011 and completed his IBMS trainee log book during his degree whilst at West Suffolk NHS Trust.

A slightly unorthodox career route began in 2012 when he initially joined the KHP Cancer biobank at Guy’s Hospital as a research technician before advancing to eventually become the urology advanced practitioner, the role that he holds currently.

He specialises in the dissection of fresh urology, breast and thoracic specimens whilst being responsible for the day-to-day running of the urology section of the biobank. During the 100,000 genomes project he performed the dissection and sampling of all urology and thoracic specimens done at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS trust. On top of his routine biobanking work he continues to carry out fresh tissue dissections for many studies such as the Renal TracerX study as well as providing histology support to researchers all over King’s College London on landmark studies such as the Wellcome LEAP delta tissue project.

 
 

Charanjit Sihota

Charanjit Sihota graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Biomedical Sciences in 2002 and was extremely fortunate to secure a trainee BMS position within a histology department at a regional hospital.  Charanjit successfully completed the IBMS trainee log book and then became a practicing Biomedical Scientist.  With continued CPD and the completion of a Masters in Biomedical Sciences Charanjit went on to gain fellowship and chartered scientist status with the IBMS. 

In 2005 Charanjit went on to work for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, in the cellular pathology department as a BMS.   It was here that she achieved the IBMS Diploma of Expert Practice in Specimen Dissection in 2014 and started to specialise in this area alongside other responsibilities as a senior BMS within the Department.  This included dissecting a range of different specimen types, training of junior staff and actively participating in the Mohs service.  In 2017, she started working towards the IBMS Advanced Specialist Diploma in Dissection; Breast pathology and was successful in achieving this qualification in 2020.  I now work as an Advanced Practitioner in the cellular pathology department for University Hospitals NHS Trust.  Charanjit specialises in the dissection of complex breast, gynaecological and urology specimens. 

“I thoroughly enjoy my job and feel that I am making a beneficial contribution to the patient journey.  With the national shortage of pathologists, BMS dissection has allowed pathologists to spend more time reporting cases and improve departmental turnaround times.“

 

Dr Elza Tjio

Dr Elza Tjio is a consultant histopathologist based at Harrogate and District Hospitals NHS Trust. She qualified at St Georges' University of London and undertook training posts in Buckinghamshire, Oxford, the South West and completed histopathology training in Yorkshire.

She is a general histopathologist with regular throughput with regards to breast, bowel and gynaecological resection specimen dissection. 

She has a strong interest in training and education, and is a current college examiner for the FRCPATH Part 2 Histopathology exam. She is also current supervisor to a biomedical science colleague undertaking the IBMS Diploma of Expert Practice in Histological Dissection.

Her other academic interests include being deputy editor of the Association of Clinical Pathologists quarterly magazine, ACP News.

 
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