ICSM Education Awards

Nominations are welcomed via the new online nomination form. Please note that all nominations must include student citations, even if the nominator is a student, to evidence student support. Nominations can be made in the following categories:

Nominators will need to provide their own contact details and details for the nominee. They will also need to provide the following two citations:

Part A: Citation from the nominator
Detail of at least one example of the nominee's significant contribution to the support or delivery of undergraduate education in the School of Medicine.
Please note: Nominations made by students must also include additional student citations in Part B.

Criteria to assess the application will include:

• Continuing commitment to the provision of high-quality teaching or support
• Demonstration of exceptional practise or innovation
• Activity or effort 'above and beyond' expectations

Part B: Student Support
Include the name, year group and email address of the student
Citations from students in support of the nomination. We ask ideally for a minimum of two student citations.

Citations are advised not to exceed 250 words, especially when submitting more than the minimum requirement of two.

Nominees who have won an award in the previous three years will normally not be considered.

If you have any questions about the nomination form or your submission, please get in touch with the team here.

Many congratulations to our 2024 winners!:

Supporting the Student Experience

• Dr Wafa Khamri
• Ms Rachael Waddington
• Dr Shyam Sundar Budhathoki

Excellence in Tutoring

• Dr Andrew Frankel
• Dr Christopher Harvey

Teaching Excellence

• Dr Andrew Mitchell
• Dr Emma Carrington
• Dr Mark Sullivan
• Dr Paula Ordonez Suarez
• Dr Rupali Acharya
• Ms Georgia Simmons
• Team Winners: Charing Cross Hospital Undergraduate Team
  • Dr Sankalp Tandle
  • Dr Harriet Shearman
  • Dr Aoibhinn Kelly
  • Dr Yiu-Jong Nam (Maggie)
  • Dr Monjur Showkat
  • Ms Jane Gois

Teaching Fellow Excellence

• Dr Harry Kingsley-Smith
• Dr Katie Allan
• Dr Michael Zervos
• Dr Tamlyn Peel
• Team Winners: Chelsea & Westminster Undergraduate Clinical Education Fellows
  • Dr Kallpana Dhas
  • Dr Rebecca Murphy Lonergan
  • Dr Hira Sajjad

Distinguished Teacher Award
Dr Brent Bartholomew

Head of School Award
Professor Margaret Callan

Many congratulations to all our 2023 winners:

Teaching Excellence 

• Dr Aula Abbara
  Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease

• Dr Josefin Ahnström
  Senior Lecturer, Department of Immunology & Inflammation

• Dr Brent Bartholomew
  Director of Clinical Studies, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

• Professor Jim Crawley
  Professor of Haemostasis in the Department for Immunology and Inflammation

• Mr Bosko Dragovic
  Obstetrics & Gynaecology Consultant (retired), Northwick Park Hospital

• Dr Simon Erridge
  Research Postgraduate, Department of Surgery and Cancer

• Dr Paula Fagan
  O&G Specialty Registrar, Northwick Park Hospital

•  Dr Mark Lethby
  Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at West Middlesex Hospital

• Miss Roshni Patel
  Consultant in Obstetrics, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
  & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine

• Dr Yasmin Razak
  GP, West Ten GPs – Golborne Medical Centre

• Dr Yousuf Salmasi
  Cardiothoracic Registrar, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals
  Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Surgery and Cancer

Teaching Excellence - Team Award

• St Mary's Undergraduate Team:
  

  Dr Lina Alim, Mrs Jo Jones, Dr Sophie Baxter, Dr Emmanouil Dimitrakakis, Dr Jasmine Quraishi

Excellence in Tutoring

• Dr Rochan Agha-Jaffar
  Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  & Academic Tutor

Teaching Fellow Excellence

• Dr Deepak Barnabas
  Strategic Teaching Fellow and Deputy Digital Development Lead, Faculty Education Office (Medicine)

• Dr Silke Kerruth
  Senior Teaching Fellow, Faculty Education Office (Medicine)

• Dr Eleanor Sein
  Obstetrics and Gynaecology Teaching Fellow, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  Research Postgraduate,  Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

• Dr Shannon O'Floinn
  Clinical Teaching Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Northwick Park Hospital

Supporting the Student Experience

• Dr Alex Furr
  Learning Technology Lead, Faculty Education Office (Medicine)

• Ms Sharon Hübscher
  Programme Officer (Year 1 & 2, BSc Medical Biosciences), Faculty Education Office (Medicine)

Head of School Award

• Professor Mitch Blair
  Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Public Health

Congratulations to all our winners!

Teaching Excellence - Clinical Teacher

• Dr Doris Abomeli
  Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  
• Dr Mandeep Baveja 
  Department of Primary Care and Public Health
  
• Dr Emma Hatfield 
  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  
• Dr Sam Nayrouz 
  West London Mental Health Trust
  
• Dr Kamran Pasha 
  Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
  
  
• Dr Alexandra Scarlett 
  Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  
• Dr Monjur Showkat 
  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  
• Dr William Lynn 
  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Teaching Excellence - Non-clinical Teacher

• Dr Paul Strutton 
  Department of Surgery & Cancer

Teaching Excellence - Teaching Fellow

• Dr Sophie Platts
  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Supporting the Student Experience

• Ms Jenna Mollaney
  Department of Primary Care, School of Public Health

Tutoring - Personal Tutor (early Years)

• Dr Aaron Vallance
  Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College School of Medicine

Tutoring - Imperial Tutor

• Dr Frances Klemperer 
  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust 

Tutoring - Medical Biosciences

• Dr Jahn Firth
  National Heart and Lung Institute

Distinguished Teacher Award

• Professor Shahid Khan
  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Associate Dean's Award

• Professor Karim Meeran
  Consultant Endocrinologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  Director of Teaching, Imperial College School of Medicine
  
  

Inaugural Lecture: Tick, no tock - Understanding abnormal heart rhythm

The 2018 Inaugural Lecture was given by Professor Ken MacLeod.

Heart attacks kill heart muscle. Due to modern rapid treatments and evidence-based therapeutic management, most people now survive their attack, but will remain at a higher risk of cardiovascular-related death than the general population. A major determinant of their prognosis is the size, location and architecture of the scar tissue that replaces the dead heart muscle. The scar tissue itself can disrupt cardiac conduction, while the loss of contractile myocardium induces cell remodelling processes that initially compensate for the reduced contraction but, frustratingly, predispose the remaining myocardium to arrhythmias. Over time, that compensation can break down, and the heart starts to fail in pumping an adequate supply of blood to the body while experiencing further arrhythmia complications. Indeed, heart failure-related death can be broadly split into deaths from ‘pump-failure’ and sudden cardiac death due to disorders of rhythm, with small numbers ascribable to other causes.

Ken MacLeod, Professor of Cardiac Physiology within Imperial’s National Heart and Lung Institute, believes the key to more effective management of these patients is a more complete understanding of cardiac arrhythmias, particularly at the cellular level. In his inaugural lecture, Ken will tell the cellular story of the formation of these arrhythmias and will illustrate why such knowledge is essential for logical drug development, and the careful repurposing of old drugs for new uses.

The 2017 event was recorded and is available to view on the College's Panopto service, for those with College login details.

Teaching Excellence Award – Clinical Teachers 

• Dr Sneha Bhatt, Brook Green Medical Centre - General Practice
• Mr Sanjay Purkayastha, St Mary's Hospital - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Shahid Khan, St Mary's Hospital - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Steve Metcalf, St Mary's Hospital - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Anton Gunasekera, St Peter's Hospital - Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Ashkan Sadighi, West Middlesex - Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Kewal Singh, Hillingdon - The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr John McSorley, Northwick Park - London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

Teaching Excellence Award – Non-Clinical Teachers

• Dr Keith Gould, Department of Medicine - Imperial College London
• Dr Graham Cooke, Infectious Disease - Imperial College London

Teaching Fellow Teaching Excellence Award

• Dr Anna Stienen-Durand, Chelsea & Westminster - Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Distinguished Teacher Award

• Dr Gareth Tudor-Williams, St Mary's Hospital - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Supporting the Student Experience Award

• Mr Glen Fernandes, West Middlesex - Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Dean's Award
The Associate Dean's award celebrates individuals who have supported education over their long career. This award is given at the special request of the Associate Dean/Head of Undergraduate Medicine.

• Dr John Platt, West Middlesex - Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The 2017 inaugural lecture, 'Food Fight: novel approaches to appetite control', was given by Professor Kevin Murphy, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine. 

Obesity is one of the most significant contemporary health concerns in the UK, affecting around a quarter of adults. In attempts to understand underlying mechanisms, scientists globally are looking to the biological systems that underpin appetite to explain why we over-eat, and to try to prevent obesity. As obesity levels rise, so has our understanding of how the gut senses particular foods to regulate hunger. In particular, amino acids – the “building blocks of proteins” – seem to help us feel full.

Professor Kevin Murphy has nearly twenty years’ experience in his field. In his inaugural lecture, he examined how the gut detects what you have eaten and signals to the brain to influence appetite, arguing that this relationship can determine our eating behaviour. Looking for novel approaches to controlling appetite by hijacking the pathways by which the gut detects protein, Professor Murphy is battling the obesity epidemic by studying what actually happens in the gut when you eat and the molecular mechanisms involved in satiety, and investigating how we can control appetite by hijacking the pathways by which the gut detects protein. The eventual aim is to make foods that are tasty and popular but which punch above their weight, leaving the consumer satisfied even though they have eaten fewer calories.

Teaching Excellence Awards 2016

Congratulations to our winners:

• Dr Jacob Addo (Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
• Dr Mahmood Wahed (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
• Dr Anjan Chakrabarty (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
• Dr Nina Salooja (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)
• Dr Ihab Ramzy (London North West Healthcare NHS Trust)
• Dr Evangelos Vasileiadis (The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
• Dr Tim Bullock (West London Mental Health NHS Trust)
• Dr Beena Gohil (Oldfield Family Practice)
• Dr James Warner (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust)

Teaching Fellow Excellence Award

The Teaching Fellow Excellence Award was introduced in 2016 to celebrate the achievements and calibre of the Teaching Fellows at our NHS Trusts. 

• Dr Catriona Hall (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)

Distinguished Teacher Award

The Distinguished Teacher Award recognises one excellent teacher who continues to deliver outstanding teaching above and beyond expectation and has previously been awarded a Teaching Excellence Award.

• Dr Abdul-Majeed Salmasi (London North West Healthcare NHS Trust)

Supporting the Student Experience Award

The ‘Supporting the Student Experience’ Award is given to one member of staff who has a primarily non-teaching role in supporting Imperial students within an NHS environment, who has shown an extra measure of dedication and has achieved excellence in supporting the student experience.

• Ms Annette Stanley (Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

Associate Dean Award

The Associate Dean's award was introduced in 2016 to celebrate individuals who have supported education over their long career. This award is given at the special request of the Associate Dean/Head of Undergraduate Medicine.

•  Professor Paul Abel (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)

Teaching Excellence Awards

• Mr Salah Atrah
• Dr Masum Khwaja
• Dr Michael Malley
• Dr Peter Wills
• Dr Laurence John
• Dr Caroline Oliver
• Dr Ros Lucy
• Dr Omid Halse
• Dr Esther Harazi
• Dr Rula Najim & Dr Nina Dutta (Joint Winners)

Commendations: Dr Anshul Deshraj, Dr Ihab Ramzy, Dr Johnny Swart, Dr Evangelos Vasileiadis

Distinguished Teacher Award

One exceptional previous award winner teacher recognised annually for continuing to deliver teaching above and beyond expectations.  With many outstanding nominations we are very pleased to announce that the 2014–15 Distinguished Teacher Award:

• Dr Zulfiquar Mirza

Supporting the Student Experience Award

The Supporting the Student Experience Award may be given to one member of staff who has a primarily non-teaching role in supporting Imperial students within an NHS environment, who has shown an extra measure of dedication and has achieved excellence in supporting the student experience.  The winner of the 2014–15 Supporting the Student Experience Award is:

• Mrs Karen Picken

Teaching Excellence Awards

• Dr Yiannis Ioannou & Dr Charles Stewart (Joint Winners)
• Ms Lisa McMillan
• Dr Paresh Mistry
• Dr Edward Won Ho Park
• Dr Eimear Brannigan
• Dr Alex Chan
• Dr Ronald Doctor
• Dr Saleh Okhovat
• Dr Ravinder Kooner
• Dr Elizabeth Pearson

Commendations: Dr Vineet Prakash, Dr Pooja Gulati, Dr Nia Williams, Dr Michael Malley, Dr Sian-Tsung Tan, Dr Amit Patel, Mr Salah Atrah, Mr Don McCrea and Dr Martin Hall

Distinguished Teacher Award

One exceptional previous award winner teacher recognised annually for continuing to deliver teaching above and beyond expectations.  With many outstanding nominations we are very pleased to announce that the 2013-14 Distinguished Teacher Award:

• Dr Naila Kamal

Supporting the Student Experience Award

The Supporting the Student Experience Award may be given to one member of staff who has a primarily non-teaching role in supporting Imperial students within an NHS environment, who has shown an extra measure of dedication and has achieved excellence in supporting the student experience.  The winner of the 2013-14 Supporting the Student Experience Award is:

• Mr Darren Pirson

Commendations: Ms Juliette Thompson, Ms Bee Vaitha-Smith

• Dr Suveer Singh - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Hugo Donaldson - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Carolyn Millar - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Christopher Schelvan - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Pallav Shah - Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Wojiek Rakowicz - The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Andrew Greenland - The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Christopher Kelley - The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Amar Sharif - The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Niraj Arora - West London Mental Health NHS Trust

• Dr Nicky Coote, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Michael Coren, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Zahid Dhakam, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Stephen Goldring, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Gira Patel, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Mary Roddie, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Stuart Rosen, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr James Shelley, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Nuttan Tanna, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Sarah Woodham, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Dr Stella Barnes, The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Moustafa Hafez, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Andrew Harris, Surrey Primary Care Trust
• Dr Jenny Lebus, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust
• Dr Sam Nayrouz, West London Mental Health NHS Trust
• Dr Michael Osborn, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Gillian Park, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Gulam Patel, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr John Platt, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Aaron Vallance, West London Mental Health NHS Trust

• Mr John Dooley, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Jeffrey Fehler, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Carolyn Gabriel, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Ewa Lichtarowicz-Krynska, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Zul Mirza, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Richard Morgan, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Prof Sudipta Purkayastha, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Miss Davina Richardson, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Abdul-Majeed Salmasi, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Ramawad Soobrah, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

• Dr Nagi Barakat, The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Musa Barkeji, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Hugh Bethell, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Sushen Bhattacharrya, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Raj Bhutiani, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Vassilios Papalois, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Bobby Prasad, Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Amrit Sachar, West London Mental Health NHS Trust
• Dr Simon Stewart, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mr Hamid Zadeh, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

• Dr Ed Abrahamson, Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
• Professor Edwina Brown, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mr Peter Dawson, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mr Mark Edwards, The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Ben Ellis, Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Ramy Fahmy, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Mary Hickson, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mr Don McCrea, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Kevin Murphy, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Lola Odebiyi, CNWL Mental Health NHS Trust

• Dr Graham Ball, Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Tim Heymann, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Richard Hooker, Kensington & Chelsea PCT
• Dr Charles Kaplan, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
• Ms Sharon Kitcatt, Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Wing May Kong, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Steve Koury, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Martin Lupton, Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Stephen Robinson, St Mary's NHS Trust
• Dr Naila Siddiqui, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

In posthumous recognition of contribution to teaching:

• Dr Oliver Smith, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

• Dr Jonathan Cooper, Ashford & St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Michael Pelly, Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Donald MacDonald, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Robert N Davidson, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
• Mr Robin Touquet, St Mary's NHS Trust
• Mr Christoper J Kelley, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Ms Elizabeth Owen, West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Derek Williams, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
• Dr Mark Downs, The Surgery, Munster Road
• Dr Claudia Wald, CNWL Mental Health NHS Trust

• Dr Hugh Davies, Central Middlesex
• Dr Iain Lindsay, Charing Cross
• Dr Deborah Cunningham, St Mary’s
• Dr Dafydd Thomas, St Mary’s
• Dr Mark Bower, Chelsea & Westminster
• Miss Sophie Renton, Northwick Park
• Dr Simon Dubrey, Hillingdon
• Mr JK Ng, Hillingdon
• Dr Simon Michaelson, Central & North-West London Mental Health Trust
• Dr Fiona Regan, Hammersmith Hospital

• Dr Dai Thomas
• Dr Jay Arnold
• Dr Rod Hughes
• Dr Lucy Abrahams
• Dr Chris Bench
• Ms Sheena Foxwell
• Dr Nikki Fowler
• Miss Harriet Owen
• Mr Roger Marwood
• Dr Tim Orchard

• Mr James Powles
• Dr Rimah El Borai
• Mr P McDonald
• Dr Michael Fertleman
• Dr David Perkin
• Dr Jeremy Levy
• Dr Stuart Rosen
• Ms Denise O'Donnell
• Dr Don Henderson
• Mr Martin Thomas