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Strategic CRST Committee

Strategic Committee and Advisors

Chair


Professor Iqbal Singh CBE FRCP  

Pro Vice Chancellor Medicine
Previously member GMC Council 
Chair BME Forum
Co-Chair of Review into learning review into GMC handing of Dr Arora
Member Honours Committee Health

Patron


Professor George Holmes DL 
Vice Chancellor University of Bolton

Advisors


Dame Clare Gerada, President RCGP

Professor Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Kevin McGhee, Chief Executive NHS Trust

Board Members


Professor Sanjay Arya FRCP
Medical Director WWL NHS Trust
Executive GTEC
Medical Director CRST 

Professor Zubair Hanslot
Pro-Vost University of Manchester

Professor Raj Murali MBE FRCS
Chair GTEC – Runs a Comprehensive Induction Programme and programme of pastoral care for internal medical graduates

Professor Gurpreet Singh MBE FRCS
Member of GMC FtP Panels – previously Chair
Non-Executive Director Southport NHS Trust
Dr Shashi Dharan
SAS Lead GTEC WWL

Professor Stephanie Singh
Director CRST
Co-Founder CESOP
Chair ACCIA North West

Professor Harni Bharaj MBE FRCP 
Associate Medical Director Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust

Robert Armstrong 
Ex-Chair WWL NHS Trust
Chair Belong

Professor Riswan Ahmed MBE FRCP
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Member CESOP Board

Sanjoy Bhattacharyya
Consultant A & E
Director Assessments Institute of Medicine Bolton
Deputy Chair MLA, previously FtP Panellist
PLAB Head Examiner

Dr ML Motupalli MBE MRCGP
Chair BIDA Blackburn Division 
Member GMC BME Forum

Professor Arturo Moraga
Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Member CESOP Board

Professor Nicholas Roberts
Consultant Physician
Previously Chair STC North West
Member ACCIA North West

Dr Philippa Stewart MRCP
Senior Lecturer Institute of Medicine, University of Bolton

Professor Chandra Kannegati CBE MRCGP
Chair BIDA
General Practitioner

Professor Ayaz Abbasi
Consultant A & E WWL NHS Trust
Trustee APPNE

Professor Sunil Shaunak OBE FRCP
Consultant in Infectious Diseases
Non-Executive Director MDU until Jan 2024

Professor Ambar Basu FRCP
Faculty Lead for Physician Associates University of Bolton

John Clapham
Chief Operations Officer, Institute of Medicine                                

Dr Helen Wall MRCGP
GP Partner Trainer
Clinical Director of Population Health Greater Manchester

Dr Sai Pillaresetti
Chair BIDA Student Wing
Lecturer Institute of Medicine, University of Bolton

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