Clinical and academic leadership

Our Team

Meet the experienced clinicians, educators and healthcare leaders who bring specialist knowledge and real-world insight to Rila.

Our faculty

Learn from leading healthcare professionals

Our team combines clinical practice with academic expertise to support relevant, high-quality postgraduate medical education.

Professor Ram Dhillon

Professor Ram Dhillon

Consultant Surgeon, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Professor Ben Lovell

Professor Ben Lovell

Consultant in Acute Medicine, University College London Hospital

Professor Tony Narula

Professor Tony Narula

Emeritus Consultant Surgeon, St Mary’s Hospital, London

Professor Rodney De Palma

Professor Rodney De Palma

Consultant Cardiologist, High Wycombe Hospital, Bucks & St Barts Hospital, London

Professor Rhonda Meys

Professor Rhonda Meys

Consultant Dermatologist, Guys & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London

Dr Brian Clapp

Dr Brian Clapp

Consultant Cardiologist, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Dr Rod Hughes

Dr Rod Hughes

Rheumatology consultant and general physician at St. Peter’s hospital Chertsey

Dr Sonia Alg

Dr Sonia Alg

GP at a training practice in Eastbourne

Dr Richard Frederick De Butts

Dr Richard Frederick De Butts

MRCP MBChB BSc DTM&H | Acute medicine consultant | Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham

Dr Richard Baxter

Dr Richard Baxter

A lecturer and course organiser in Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery Education

Professor Mark Emberton

Professor Mark Emberton

Reader in Interventional Oncology for Royal Free and University College London School for Medicine

Mark Feneley

Mark Feneley

Consultant Urologist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Whittington Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College

Dr Bhushan Ghoorbin

Dr Bhushan Ghoorbin

MBBS DFFP MRCGP DipMedEd | GP Programme Director – St Helier Hospital Carshalton

Jonathan Hughes

Jonathan Hughes

PhD FRCS | Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat / Head and Neck / Thyroid Surgeon at University College London Hospitals

Mr. Christopher Bentley

Mr. Christopher Bentley

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Lead Clinician in Ophthalmology at the Central Middlesex Hospital London

Alam Hannan

Alam Hannan

Mr. S. Alam Hannan is a consultant at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, plus honorary clinical senior lecturer at UCL Medical School

Dr Richard Keen

Dr Richard Keen

Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore

Professor Philip Bloom

Professor Philip Bloom

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Eye Hospital, London

Dr Jonathan Botting

Dr Jonathan Botting

Examiner for Diploma in Minor Surgery, RCGP Clinical Champion for Minor Surgery, Committee Member of NICE & DH guidelines on Skin Cancer Surgery

Dr Aseem Kashif

Dr Aseem Kashif

MBBS FRCS(Edin) FRCSI DSM | Assistant GP Lanark Medical Centre Ground Floor Maida Vale London

Professor Kevin Shotliff

Professor Kevin Shotliff

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Hospital, London

Professor Asif Raza

Professor Asif Raza

Consultant Surgeon, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Dr Rabinder Seyan

Dr Rabinder Seyan

General Practitioner & Educational Lead, Sutton CCG, London

Dr Rakesh Patalay

Dr Rakesh Patalay

Consultant Dermatologist, Guys & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London