Education and Training Committee

Committee Terms of Reference

Elected Members
	Rob Poulter Chair 2025 - 2027
	Kalpesh Vaghela Committee Member 2024 - 2026 Kalpesh is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. He completed his orthopaedic training in London on the Percivall Pott rotation followed by fellowships at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby and the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. His main interests are medical education, complex trauma and wrist arthroscopy.
	Hugh Wright Committee Member 2024 - 2026
	Carol Chan Committee Member 2025 - 2027
	Tereze Laing Committee Member 2025 - 2027 Tereze Laing is a hand and plastic surgeon at Addenbrooke's, Cambridge with interests in congenital hand differences, spasticity and small joint arthroplasty. She enjoys the variety and teamwork of hand surgery and is enthusiastic about teaching and supporting trainees as the develop their skills.
	Katherine Browne Committee Member 2026 - 2028
Invited Members
	Alan Middleton Interface Committee in Hand Surgery Chair
	Peter Willett Public and Patient Initiative (PPI) Representative Peter had an academic career and is now Emeritus Professor of Information Science at the University of Sheffield. He has a personal interest in hand surgery and acts as the patient representative on the Committee
	George Hourston BOTA Trainee representative
	Kiron Koshy PLASTA Trainee representative Kiron is an ST7 Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery within the North East Deanery. He is the PLASTA representative for the BSSH Education and Training Committee as well as the Instructional Course Committee. Kiron is passionate about Hand and Nerve Surgery and will be commencing the Hand and Nerve Fellowship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in 2025.
	Ella Donnison BAHT representative