Podiatry 2023: Speakers O - Z

Jon has been a Consultant Rheumatologist since 2002, with clinical specialist interests in psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and juvenile arthritis.

He is a clinical academic rheumatologist with an international reputation in interventional and epidemiological spondyloarthritis research, over £7 million research grants and 110 academic publications. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at University of Nottingham and Honorary Professor at Keele University.

Jon leads a £2.5 million NIHR programme grant, improving referral pathways for patients with potential axSpA, from primary care into specialist rheumatology.

He has advised NICE committees for spondyloarthropathy clinical guidelines/quality standards and numerous drug technology appraisals.

He is a founder member/trustee of BRIT-PACT and steering committee member of BRITSpA, both charitable organisations promoting education and research in psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis.

Dr Aimie Patience is an Advanced Practice MSK Podiatrist at NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

Aimie completed her PhD at Glasgow Caledonian University looking at Achilles tendon pathology in psoriatic arthritis.

Sue has been a member of Council of the Royal College of Podiatry since June 2023 and chairs the Employment Support Committee at the Royal College. She has been a Staff Side rep with the College for over 20 years and has been involved in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workstreams along with working on policy development for Parkinson's Disease and other neurological conditions.

She has represented the College at the Trade Union Congress within the Midlands network. She works in both independent podiatry practice and within the NHS as a Freedom to Speak Up guardian where she works across two provider trusts and chairs the Midlands Regional guardians' network.

Lesley is currently working as a specialist registrar in podiatric surgery at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. She has delivered numerous guest lectures within the NHS and University of Huddersfield, and has a keen interest in research, particularly with a focus on pre-operative assessment and optimisation. Lesley is proud to be one of the founding members of the Podiatric Surgery Research Strategy group and also acts as the registrar representative for the Northern Deanery.

Dr John Reed has been a consultant dermatologist and honorary senior lecturer in Oxford since 2007 specialising in adult allergy, urticaria and skin cancer. He was the skin cancer lead for Oxford from 2009 to 2012, then clinical lead for dermatology in Oxford from 2012 to 2021.

He trained in dermatology in London and Oxford. During his training he successfully completed a PhD in immunology at University College London resulting in several publications in leading scientific journals. Following on from his research, he has developed a specialist interest in urticaria, angioedema and understanding the impact and burden of chronic urticaria.

His research activities include trials supporting the development of new treatments for urticaria and angioedema and understanding the impact and burden of chronic urticaria.

Selina Reidy joined West Yorkshire Police in 2006, where she has over 17 years’ experience in undertaking footwear mark coding and comparisons for both volume and major crime cases. As part of this role, Selina also provides training to police officers and staff across the Yorkshire and Humber region in footwear mark evidence.

In 2013, Selina qualified as a podiatrist and joined the Forensic Unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until 2020. This opportunity enabled her to expand her scope of practice to incorporate footprint comparison (excluding ridge detail), feet-in-shoes comparison and forensic gait analysis.

Selina was a Lecturer Practitioner in Clinical Podiatry at the University of Huddersfield between 2016 and 2019 and currently teaches on their Forensic Podiatry MSc module. She has been an external examiner for the diploma in Forensic Human Identification, Academy of Forensic Medical Sciences and an external supervisor for undergraduate forensic podiatry projects at the University of Northampton. She is currently engaged in collaborative research with Staffordshire University investigating footwear recorded under both visible and infrared light.

Selina was part of the working group that developed the Code of Practice for Forensic Gait Analysis and she currently chairs the writing group for the Code of Practice for Forensic Podology. She has presented at national and international conferences and is a professional member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.

David is an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon in Leeds, UK. He trained as a general and vascular surgeon in the Yorkshire region, UK and Adelaide, Australia. He was appointed to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a consultant vascular surgeon with interest in diabetic foot disease in 2010 and has developed the local MDT clinic, community foot protection team and research capacity locally since this time.

David has research interests in assessment of ischaemia and decision making around revascularisation and amputation; wound healing; early detection of infection. He was appointed as Associate Professor at University of Leeds in 2020 after being awarded a prestigious NIHR Advanced Fellowship to investigate diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis through the DOMINO-DFU study. He is the Chief Investigator for the UK NIHR HTA funded MIDFUT and DFU-REFORM studies, Co-Investigator for the UK NIHR HTA funded CODIFI2 trial and chair of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland Diabetic Foot Research Specialist Interest Group. He is a member of both NICE and IWGDF guideline committees. In addition, David has a keen interest in teaching with both regional and national roles in vascular surgery training.

Known as ‘The practice whisperer’ by his clients, Blake has spent the past 10 years working one-on-one with many of the UK’s top practices.

With 25 years of coaching experience behind him, Blake can cut through the fluff and identify exactly what course of action a practice owner must take to transform their practice.

Bring a pen and note down the actionable and specific advice that he teaches if you want the practice you always dreamed of.

Adam is a current member of the RCPod Council. Qualifying in 2009, he worked for the NHS for several years in community and acute settings, while setting up his independent practice in his hometown of Prestonpans.

The practice covers all aspects of podiatry, while attempting to push what we can do as a profession and creating a supportive environment for his team of seven podiatrists, including himself. Using modern equipment such a Class 4 Lasers, Shockwave, inhouse orthoses creation and gait analysis technologies, they aim to offer a world class service for all who attend, as well as supporting podiatry colleagues and students at any opportunity.

As a clinician Duncan spent 27 years developing and running the gold standard multidisciplinary clinic in Hairmyres Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire.

In his role as Diabetes Foot Coordinator for Scotland he formed the Scottish Diabetes Foot Action Group (SDFAG) with the remit of improving services and outcomes for individuals living with diabetes across Scotland.

His current secondment as Diabetes Foot Coordinator for Scotland is for two days per week since his retirement from clinical duties in May 2018.

In his national role he has developed and implemented various initiatives that have transformed diabetes foot services and care delivery across NHS Scotland.

These initiatives include the traffic light system to define diabetes foot service delivery depending on Risk Stratification which has been adopted by Diabetes UK and NHS England, and is recognised across Europe and beyond. Working alongside the Scottish Care Information Diabetes(SCI-D), Duncan has developed and implemented a world renowned foot screening tool on SCI-D which is enhanced by the addition of an online training module www.diabetesframe.org

Duncan has also worked closely with the SCI-D team on the introduction of an Ulcer Management System for individuals with active ulceration and most recently a Foot Surveillance and Management tool to proactively manage those individuals who are currently at High Risk or In Remission of Active Foot Disease.

Duncan initiated the work to develop the Podiatry competency framework for integrated diabetic foot care 
which has recently been updated to the Capability framework for integrated diabetic lower limb care 
for the use of all health care professionals/workers involved in lower limb care of individuals living with diabetes.

Duncan has also developed and introduced the national campaign CPR for Feet, which is supported by the Scottish Government, with the ultimate goal of eradicating iatrogenic ulceration/harm for all individuals in hospital and all other care settings.

Duncan serves as an Executive Committee Member (Scottish Representative) of the Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK) and is an associate editor of the Diabetic Foot Journal.

In his spare time Duncan enjoys fishing, golfing and sailing in the summer, skiing in the winter and keeping fit all year round……… he has also been known to enjoy a ‘Glass of Red’ from time to time.

Mark Tagoe was appointed as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at West Middlesex University Hospital in 1992. He leads one of the most progressive NHS Departments specialising in foot and ankle surgery. In recognition of his commitment and contribution to education, Mark was appointed Honorary Visiting Professor to the University of Southampton. He is an international lecturer on foot and ankle pathology and innovative surgery with over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters.

Mark also holds an Honorary post as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary and is a Visiting Consultant Podiatric Surgeon for the Dubai Health Authority. At the Dubai Hospital he has helped establish the limb salvage surgery centre for the at-risk diabetic foot.

Past appointments include Vice Chairman of the Specialist Advisory Board (Podiatric Surgery) Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Dean of Faculty the Royal College of Podiatric Surgery, Regional Chair of the Southern Deanery, External Clinical Faculty Instructor to Kern Hospital USA podiatric surgical training programme, and Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster.

Dao Tunprasert is a Principal Lecturer and an Associate Subject Lead for Health and Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry) at the University of Brighton. She is currently studying for a PhD with a project titled Development and validation of Footwear Needs Questionnaire (FNQ) for people with prolonged standing related musculoskeletal symptoms.

She has recently presented her work on a conceptual review of footwear needs at the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Conference in France in April 2023.

Dao is also a 2022 Fellow of the Council of Deans of Health.

Donna Welch is the Podiatry Operations Manager and professional lead for City Health Care Partnership Community Interest Company (CHCP CIC) where she is responsible for the delivery of foot care services across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire. Donna has recently completed a 11-month secondment with NHS England (Formerly HEE) as the National Education and Training lead for Podiatry, working in collaboration with multiple stakeholders including NHS managers, faculties, national and regional teams, universities and the Royal College of Podiatry to deep dive into the challenges facing the profession, highlight areas of good practice and identify the priorities for NHS England.

Donna began her career as a podiatry assistant for Scunthorpe Community Health Services in 1991, before joining the first cohort to study BSc Hons in podiatry part-time at Huddersfield University, graduating in 2007.

Donna has a passion for developing the wider workforce, particularly valuing support workers and apprentices. She continues to work clinically as an independent prescriber with a special interest in the diabetic foot and wound care, acting as a clinical mentor and supervisor. She has authored a number of Diabetic Foot E-learning Modules, wound care articles and the Flexitol Diabetic Foot Screening Toolkit.

Clare graduated from the University of Brighton in 2011 and later completed her MSc in Podiatry with Clinical Biomechanics 2015. She has worked for Provide CIC in Mid Essex since qualifying, where she is now one of the podiatry team leaders with a specialism in wound care.

Clare is the Student Co-ordinator for placements and believes in recruitment of students and supporting newly-qualified podiatrists within the NHS setting. She has led projects on technology in the support of newly-qualified podiatrists. Clare works within the MDFT in the acute setting and across the community. She completed her non-medical prescribing in 2021 and is passionate about the use of this to enhance patient outcomes. She is a governor for Provide and believes in being the voice for the members.

Zoe Wilson is an MSK specialist podiatrist based in the Lake District in the North of England. Zoe graduated from the University of Salford in 2015 and completed her Master’s Degree in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery in 2017.

Since then, Zoe has built two successful private practices which have now been formed into one larger clinic, ZW Foot & Lower Limb Centre, Kirkby Lonsdale. An avid and keen professional Zoe launched her first course in February 2023, “An Introduction to Prescribing The Richie Brace”.

Zoe loves Podiatry and all that our profession has to offer the world! Zoe continually works towards delivering outstanding care to her patients and delivers a range of services including physiotherapy, podiatric surgery consultations, 3D Gait analysis, multidisciplinary consultations, diagnostic ultrasound, injection therapy, AFO therapy (Richie Brace) and CMFO (Custom made foot orthoses).

Zoe is actively involved in speaking on a national and international scale on specialist subject areas of Adult Acquired Flatfoot and Foot Drop.