LOCATION:

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Blood Donor Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9BQ

I began my medical education at Balliol College, Oxford (2010-13) where I obtained an undergraduate degree in Medical Sciences, before moving to University College London to complete my clinical studies (MBBS with distinction, 2013-2016). I moved back to Oxford for an Academic Foundation Program followed by Core Surgical training. I then completed a DPhil in Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford (2020-2023, supervised by Professors Peter Friend and Simon Knight), running a first-in-human trial of prolonged Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) of the kidney prior to transplantation (Normothermic Kidney Perfusion Phase 1, NKP1). This trial was funded by the National Institute for Health Research and hosted by the Oxford Transplant Centre, and was awarded the British Transplant Society’s Medawar Medal for best clinical paper in 2023.

I subsequently secured a post-doctoral NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship. This ran alongside the early phase of my higher surgical training and enabled me to continue my research into the use of NMP for ex-situ treatment of kidneys prior to transplantation, concentrating on the use of nitric oxide. I was awarded the 2025 Patey Prize by the Surgical Research Society for this work.

I took up an NIHR Clinical Lectureship in 2025, and continue to work on clinical translation of renal NMP for the assessment and treatment of kidneys prior to transplantation.