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The Committee

Rob Hirst

EMTA Co-Chair, Curriculum Rep, TSC Exams & Education

Rob Hirst

HST
Bristol

Rob is the outgoing Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN) Fellow, and during this time worked with EMTA to redevelop the EMTA Survey. He is the EMTA representative to the Curriculum Sub-committee. Rob has an interest in education (currently battling through an MMed dissertation), research, and technology. Additionally, you may hear him hosting the RCEMLearning podcast. Rob became Co-Chair of EMTA in 2024

Joanna Quinn

Treasurer
Global EM Rep

Joanna Quinn

HST
West Scotland

Jo is a LTFT trainee. After completing undergrad and core training in East London, she took two years out of training to pursue her interest in global health. She was recently appointed as the new EMTA Global Emergency Medicine Rep. Her other interests are public health, health inequalities, and medical education. Jo took on the Treasurer role in 2022.

Sida Mao

ACCS Careers Rep

Sida Mao

ACCS
East Midlands

Sida joined EMTA in 2023 as ACCS Careers Representative. He is currently ACCS Emergency Medicine ST1 in the East Midlands. He completed his medical training St Georges University of London and prior to that completed his Masters of Chemistry degree at the University of Southampton. He is currently the Regional Co-Representative representative for his current ACCS Cohort. During his foundation training in West Yorkshire, he developed an interest in medical leadership. He completed The Healthcare Leadership Academy programme in his FY1 year. In his FY2 year, he was elected the Deputy Chair of the BMA Yorkshire Regional Junior Doctors Committee and appointed the Chair and Lead of the International Healthcare Leadership Academy Conference in 2019 at Amnesty International HQ, London.

Vacant

Devolved Nation Rep - Scotland

Vacant

This position is currently vacant. If you are interesting in becoming the Scotland Rep for EMTA contact emta@rcem.ac.uk

Kiran Ravichandran

EDI Rep

Kiran Ravichandran

HST
North West England

Kiran is an EM trainee based in the North West of England. He joined EMTA as the EDI representative in 2023.

Trisha Gupta

PEM PAG

Trisha Gupta

HST
South East England

Trisha is a LTFT EM trainee and EMTA Rep to the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Professional Advisory Group

Frances Balmer

Website & Environmental Rep

Frances Balmer

HST
North West England

Frances joined EMTA in 2022 as the rep to the Environmental Specialist Interest Group, aiming to integrate Sustainable EM into our everyday practice to help tackle the impact of climate crisis on health and inequality. In July 2022 she took on the role of Website Lead to improve communication and discussion between EMTA and EM trainees.

Lara Somerset

Safer Care Committee Rep

Lara Somerset

HST
South West England

Lara is an ST5 in Severn, having moved to the Southwest after training in Sheffield. She was one of the trainee representatives to the EMLeaders National Faculty and Steering Group with the programme completing in 2021. Having been on the EMTA committee for a time she moved into the Secretary role in March 2021 with the aim of focusing on compassionate leadership. She now sits on the RCEM Safer Care Committee and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. She is working on publicising the RespectED campaign and collaborating with other specialities, professionals and wider NHS organisations to do this. Lara was the EMTA Co-Chair from 2022 -2024.

Dale Kirkwood

EMTA Co-Chair
Survey Lead, QA&I, ATDG Rep

Dale Kirkwood

HST
North West England

Dale was the first EMTA Secretary focusing on improving EMTA’s internal governance, communications, and transparency. He has interests in quality improvement, education and leadership and is current Co-Chair of the Quality Assurance and Improvement subcommittee, part of the Quality in Emergency Care Committee (QECC). Dale became Co-Chair of EMTA in 2024. Dale is currently leading the development of the next iteration of the EMTA survey 2021-24 using GMC data and past Survey results to inform it for greater granularity. He also developed the EMTA fellowship app to improve access to fantastic educational opportunities around the UK. Previously Dale has been the Chair and Deputy Chair of the BMA North-West Junior Doctors Committee during the height of the dispute, part of the National committee of Sexpression:UK (Charity) leading communications and branding and established a highly active local branch teaching Leicester pupils and fundraising for local LGBT/HIV charities.

Rebecca Yates

Training Standards Rep
(HST)

Rebecca Yates

HST
Yorkshire

Rebecca joined EMTA as one of the EMTA ACCS representatives sitting on the ICACCST and RCEM Exams and Education committees, before becoming TSC Rep in 2022. Rebecca completed foundation training in Wales and was awarded Best Foundation Trainee 2018. During her junior clinical fellow year in Leeds she was co-creator of the Leeds ED positive feedback and Leeds ED fight club projects. Rebecca has been a scholar with the Healthcare Leadership Academy and is currently Vice President of the Yorkshire Society of Emergency Medicine. She is currently taking an OOPT year in Medical Education

Matthew Williams

Devolved Nation Rep - Wales

Matthew Williams

HST
Wales

Matthew joined the EMTA committee in 2023 as the Devolved Nations Rep for Wales.

Emma Cox

Sustainable Working Practices Rep

Emma Cox

Emma is a LTFT and works as the Chief Product Officer at Medics.Academy, a digital medical education start-up. She is passionate about improving working conditions, training and healthcare systems. She is also an honorary lecturer for UCLan, a NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur and a Governor for the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Chelcie Jewitt

Women in EM SIG Rep

Chelcie Jewitt

HST
North West England

Chelcie is the EMTA Rep to the RCEM WEM SIG. She is the co-founder of Surviving In Scrubs, a group set up to raise awareness of sexism and sexual assault in healthcare.

Mathu Santhakumar

PEMISAC

Mathu Santhakumar

HST
East of England

Mathu is an international medical graduate and EM/PEM dual trainee in the East of England. She joined EMTA as the PEMISAC rep in July 2023.

Ashna Agarwal

EMTA App Rep
Social Media Rep

Ashna Agarwal

Ashna joined EMTA as the EMTA App Rep in June 2023

Vacant

RCEM Learning Rep

Vacant

This position is currently vacant. To apply contact emta@rcem.ac.uk

Kuldeep Kaur

Secretary
Service Design & Configuration

Kuldeep Kaur

HST
East of England

Kuldeep is dual training in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care in the East of England. Due to her passion for change and improving medical education, she joined EMTA in 2018 as RCEM Education & Exams Rep. She then became involved with the TSC. Later she took on a new role as EMTA secretary in October 2022, and became the Service Design & Delivery Rep in May 2023.

Bex Talbutt

ACCS Rep
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Bex Talbutt

ACCS
North West England

Bex is one of two EMTA reps sitting on the Intercollegiate Commitee for ACCS Training, responsible for the delivery of the ACCS programme. She also sits on the TSC

Vacant

Devolved Nation Rep - Northern Ireland

Vacant

This position is currently vacant. If you are interesting in becoming the NI Rep for EMTA contact emta@rcem.ac.uk

Josephine Mo

Mental Health Rep

Josephine Mo

HST
North East England

Jo is a born and bred Geordie; she graduated from Newcastle University after obtaining previous degrees in Psychology, a Masters in Neuroscience, where her research was centred around cognitive bias and perceptions of body image and eating disorders, and a Diploma in Medical Sciences. During her medical school years, she was the first president and co-founder of the ‘Mind The Gap’ society at Newcastle University, which strived to promote knowledge, understanding and wellbeing of mental health. As well as this, she organised national conferences with this society, working closely with mental health charities and the RCPsych. She has also previously been awarded and completed a three-year fellowship with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Her interests include raising awareness of mental health in EM, bridging the gap between psychiatry and emergency medicine, research and education and the wellbeing of EM trainees.

Nishant Cherian

POCUS SIG Rep

Nishant Cherian

HST
North West England

Nish is an EM/ICM trainee and passionate about improving the quality of POCUS training in EM. He completed a PgDip in Medical Ultrasound in 2020 and more recently obtained a Certificate of Clinician Performed Ultrasound (CCPU) whilst working in Australia. He is also a FAMUS supervisor and faculty on various ultrasound courses. He has contributed FOAMed content via Twitter (@NishCherian), Life in The Fast Lane and RCEMLearning. Outside of POCUS, his interests include music, coffee and the outdoors... but mostly POCUS.

Charlotte Ashworth

PHEM PAG

Charlotte Ashworth

Charlotte is the EMTA Rep to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Professional Advisory Group

Hannah Baird

FMLM/GMC

Hannah Baird

HST
North West England

Hannah is currently OOPE undertaking a National Medical Directors Clinical Fellowship, placed with the Education team at the GMC. She has interests in education, leadership and QI having completed a master’s in medical leadership. She chairs the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM)’s trainee committee and was part of the EMLeaders national faculty. Hannah co-chaired the EMTA Conference 2021 and was the EMTA Co-Chair from 2022 -2024.

Vacant

Research Rep

Vacant

This position is currently vacant. To apply contact emta@rcem.ac.uk
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