"Best of Five" Clinical Scenarios for the MRCP Part 1

EDITORS

Dr Punit Ramrakha MA, (Cambridge), BMBCh (Oxon), MRCP (UK), PhD (London)
Consultant Cardiologist, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury and Hammersmith Hospital, London

Punit graduated from Cambridge (MA, 1st Class Hons.) and Oxford University (BMBCh) with many university prizes. He has trained in General Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, St Thomas.s Hospital and National Hospital Queen Square in London, before undertaking his cardiology training as a Registrar at the Hammersmith Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and St Mary's Hospital, London. He has a good foundation in Molecular Medicine and the Basic Sciences, and spent 4 years doing a PhD into endothelial adhesion molecules; he received University and International Awards for this work. He was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist in 2002.

Punit has extensive experience in writing and teaching: he is Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine 3rd Edition (OUP, 1993), the Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine (OUP, 1997), and QBase Medicine 1 (GMM, 1998). He has been teaching on courses for the MRCP and MRCPCH in London since 1994 and co-founded 123Doc Education in 2000.

Dr Iqbal Malik MBBChir, (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), MRCP (UK)
Consultant Cardiologist, St Mary.s Hospital, London

Iqbal trained at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, where he was a Scholar and gained a 1st class honours degree. He then completed his undergraduate education at Guy.s Hospital, London, winning several prizes along the way. His postgraduate education was on the Royal London Senior House Officer Rotation, before he became a Registrar in Cardiology at the Hammersmith Hospital. Having worked at several West London Hospitals, he was appointed as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at St Mary.s Hospital, London, in 2003. He completed his PhD thesis in 2003 looking at inflammatory markers in coronary heart disease. He has published several papers on the role of inflammation.

Iqbal has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education since 1995, teaching medical students, MRCP candidates and specialist trainees. In addition, he is involved in innovative training programs for general practitioners and non-medical specialists.

CONTRIBUTORS

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Chapter 1: Cardiology

Dr Iqbal Malik, MBBChir (Cambridge), MA (Cambridge), MRCP (UK)
Consultant Cardiologist, St Mary.s Hospital London

Chapter 2: Dermatology

Dr Vandana S. Ramrakha-Jones, MA (Hons), BMBCh (Oxon), MRCP (UK)
Specialist Registrar in Dermatology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Chapter 3: Gastroenterology

Geoff Smith, BSc MRCP (UK)
Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology, University College Hospitals
Honorary Research Fellow, St Bart's and the London School of Medicine, London

Chapter 4: Haematology

Dr Joanna Howard, MA (Cambridge), MBBChir (Cambridge), MRCP (UK), MRCPath
Consultant Haematologist, Central Middlesex Hospital, London

Chapter 5: Infectious Diseases

Dr David Wareham, MB BS MSc MRCP(UK), DipRCPath DTM&H DGM
Clinical Training Fellow and Honorary SpR in Medical Microbiology
Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentisty, Barts & The London NHS Trust, London

Chapter 6: Nephrology

Dr Ashik Sainu K.M., Registrar in Nephrology
General Medical Centre Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chapter 7: Neurology

Dr Parashkev Nachev, MA (Cambridge), BM BCh (Oxon), MRCP(UK)
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Imperial College, London

Chapter 8: Respiratory Medicine

Dr Harsha Kariyawasam, BSc(hons), MBBS MRCP(UK)
Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London