Dr Matthew Hoare (Robinson 1999) is a hepatologist specializing in the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite initially intending to pursue a different specialty, a six-month job as a Senior House Officer (SHO) in that field, made him realise it wasn’t for him. He quickly redirected his career plans and discovered a passion for […]
Profile: A child psychiatrist and champion of children
Dr Mike Shooter (Matriculated 1963 Catharine’s College; 1969 Clare College) MA MB BChir, CBE, FRCPsych, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCGP, FRCPI, FAMSingapore) Mike came to Clinical Medicine (St Catharine’s 1963, Clare 1969) almost by accident, via a history and law degree, newspaper reporting, teaching, and a host of other jobs. He applied to go back to university […]
Alumni give back to honour the legacy of clinician and mentor Theo Chalmers
Theodore Chalmers was an exceptional clinician, teacher and leader of UK medicine who worked to establish the Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine. Now, his legacy and impact on students and colleagues have been honoured with the naming of a lecture theatre at the Clinical School and a new annual medical student prize in his […]
Profile: Where Paediatrics and Cardiology Come Together
Dr Ronel Talker (Matriculated 2010; Downing College) MB BChir MA (Cantab) MRCPCH Ronel qualified in Clinical Medicine at University of Cambridge in 2016, during which he took a keen interest in paediatrics and child health through elective placements in Cambridge, London and Mumbai (India). He completed his foundation training before pursuing Paediatrics specialty training in […]
Tackling Racism in Medical Education
Against the backdrop of the inequalities exposed by the coronavirus and international Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, Cambridge medical students rallied for social justice and change with an open letter to the Regius Professor Patrick Maxwell and then-Dean, Dr Diana Wood. The letter highlighted the impact of […]
Research News: Palliative Care
Palliative Care, led by Dr Stephen Barclay, has yielded various publications, including some derived from the reflective essays that final year students produce as a course assignment. For example, former PhD student Erica Borgstrom published two papers using the reflective essays as her starting point: ‘Medical Professionalism: Conflicting Values for Tomorrow’s Doctors’ and ‘Constructing denial as […]
Profile: From Genetic Pathologist to Covid Campaigner
Dr Ian M Frayling (Matriculated 1977, Trinity Hall) MA MB BChir PhD FRCPath Hon.FFPath(RCPI) FEBLM Ian qualified in Clinical Medicine at Cambridge in 1982 and during his career has served as the only Genetic Pathologist in NHS service in the UK. Though semi-retired after taking early release from NHS Wales a couple of years […]
Meet Dr Paul Wilkinson, Clinical Dean
Dr Paul Wilkinson (Matriculated 1991, Churchill) Clinical Dean, Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry MA MB BChir PGCertMedEd DCH MRCPsych MD Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge Starting a new job can be stressful in the best of times but what about during a once-in-a-generation global pandemic? Dr Paul Wilkinson started in his new role […]
