Name : Ali. M. H. Juma.
Nationality : British
CCST : July 7th 2002
Training region : Mersey
GMC : Full registration. Number 3250293. I am on the
Specialist Register
Defence Organisation : Medical Protection Society. Number
152073.
Qualifications : MBBS London, July 1987.
FRCS Edinburgh, March 1992.
FRCS (Plast) Edinburgh, March 2002
Scholarships : The U.A.E International Scholarship for
Medicine, 1978.
Fellowships & relavent training :
Hand Fellowships at the Leicester Infirmary in 1995
and another at Withington Hospital in 1999, each for
six months, a total of one year.
Breast Reconstructive training at the Countess of Chester
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in April 2001 until March
end 2002 then a fellowship at the University of Gent,
Belgium. September 2002 for two weeks.
Appointments : Click here to View >>
Research :
Sixteen months of research experience at Stoke Mandeville Hospital as a Duke of
Kent Research Fellow investigating the reinnervation of split skin grafts and
flaps in the burned patient. I have published from this work.
More recently as a locum consultant at the Countess of Chester I supervised a
special study module medical student from Liverpool University in a research
project, which assessed the validity of the 512Hz tuning fork in fingertip
sensation instead of the more classical 256Hz tuning fork. I am involved in a
number of research projects in my present post.
General Experience :
I completed the last year of my SpR training in breast reconstructive surgery at
the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust at the end of March 2002. I passed
the FRCS (Plast) exam in March 2002 and obtained CCST in July 2002. My training
has provided a wide range of burns & plastic reconstructive surgical experience.
This included microsurgery and breast reconstruction. In addition I have spent
one year in two hand fellowships, which helps me to manage acute and non-acute
hand cases as part of my daily routine & on-call commitment within the plastic
surgery team.
I spent six months as a locum consultant plastic surgeon at the Countess of
Chester Hospital from April 2002 until September end 2002. This allowed me to
further broaden my experience in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and also
gave me an early start in supervising a few students from the Liverpool
University site. The post at the Countess of Chester also exposed me further to
breast reconstructive work, which has fortified my interest and increased my
experience and scope in working as a part of a team in breast reconstruction.
This post at the Countess of Chester Hospital allowed me the chance to manage
waiting list patients in an efficient manner. It also exposed me to a wide
spectrum of General Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in a team environment. I
was appointed as a consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at the Royal
Preston Hospital in November 2002.
I enjoy teaching immensely; my involvement has been since my early training days
in London. I have a good research background and I plan to pursue a pathway that
will not only allow me the privilege of supervising medical students and
postgraduate students but also to possibly achieve a successful postgraduate
degree in the future.
Achievements as a Consultant in the last two years :
I commenced as a full time consultant at The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 1st
November 2002 with the intent to develop a Breast Reconstructive service
including initially a team of two plastic surgeons, this was influenced by the
previous eighteen months that I spent at the Countess of Chester NHS Trust. More
recently and by competion I commenced my new post at the Countess of Chester NHS
Foundation Trust as a full time consultant in Plastic Surgey Breast and Breast
Reconstruction.
My achievements in my role thus far, i.e. in the last two years, including more
recently at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust as a consultant are
subdivided into a number of sections:
Teaching :
I have been responsible for the weekly teaching program for both SpR’s and SHO’s
and also in liaison with another colleague I am have organised SpR syllabus exam
technique teaching sessions.
I have supervised the nurse practioner for her clinical study module at the
University of Lancaster in my role as a mentor and preceptor a second student is
to follow in September. This is a new role, which includes regular six monthly
feed back from the University. I also supervise the SSM medical students in
their teaching module help to inspire them in writing projects.
I am now an examiner for the MRCS intercollegiate Edinburgh college exam for
surgery in general. And also a trainer on the MRCS course for the Mersey region
at Aintree University Hospital.
Teaching Posts : Click here to view >>
Projects :
In my role as a clinician I have supervised the nurse practioner at the Plastic
and Reconstructive unit at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in the writing and
finalising of information leaflets for the new Care Pathways for Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery. This is an ongoing process of which we have completed
the first phase. Although initially the project appeared to be time consuming
the benefit from such information sheets had become apparent especially when the
new consent form audit was completed.
Innovations & Inventions :
The Whiston tendon repair model, patent applied for September 2000 through Marks
& Clarks in Manchester. It is an educational tendon repair model. It was
designed to help in teaching trainees the basics of tendon repair and enhance
their abilities in different types of repairs prior to applying their practice
to human injured tendons. It can also be used in testing strength of different
sutures and suturing techniques. The pivotal idea is the transparent nature of
my design of the tendon that makes a highly useful tool. We also incorporated a
finger model with a stainless steel hand table.
Committees past and present : Click here to view >>
2004 Presentations : Click here to view >>
2004 Publications : Click here to view >>
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