Annual conference 2022: Speakers O - Z

Prof Nat Padhiar BSc (Hons) MSc PhD CSci FRCPodS(Lon) FHEA FFPM RCPS(Glas)
Consultant Podiatric Surgeon, Honorary Clinical Professor of Podiatric Sports Medicine, Queen Mary University of London. Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Nat held the position of Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at The Royal London Hospital 1991-2011. He currently works in the private sector, The London Independent Hospital.

Nat Padhiar was part of the medical services for LOCOG during the planning stages and the Clinical Lead for Podiatry at The London 2012 Games and was based in the Polyclinic, Olympic Village in Stratford for the entire period of Olympic & Paralympic Games 2012.

He is also an Honorary Clinical Professor in Podiatric Sports Medicine, Internal Examiner, Course Director of Podiatric Sports Medicine and 2 Module Leader in the Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine (CSEM), William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary, London University.

In his professional capacity he has been part of the medical team and has attended World Student Games (1991), Commonwealth Games (2002), Island Games (2003), Everest Marathon (1993,1995), Mongolian Sunrise to Sunset Marathon (2001-2003), Daily Telegraph/British Brain & Spine Foundation London Marathon Team (1999-2007), London Triathlon (2005) and London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games (2012).

Suzanne was the first Allied Health Professional (AHP) to hold a substantive Director of Nursing post in both providing and commissioning organisations.

She became Chief Executive of a Primary Care Trust, where a particular highlight was having responsibility for delivering health resilience and ‘blue light’ services during 2012 Olympic sailing events held in Dorset.

She subsequently gained authorisation for a large Clinical Commissioning Group, before moving to her current post with NHS England, where she was appointed as CAHPO in 2014.

Her vision to utilise crowdsourcing in the development of the strategy AHPs into Action (NHS England, 2017) has been recognised as ground-breaking in policy development.

Mark qualified as an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) within the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in 1990. Following several operational tours to Belize, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and the Falklands, he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer within the Tri Service Royal Defence Medical College for ODP training where, following attendance on the Stanmore BCC course in 1995, he developed, implemented, and led the Tri Service Orthopaedic Practitioner Conservative Fracture Management Course.

Following 15 years in the military Mark joined 3M as a clinical specialist for the Orthopaedic Immobilisation business where he taught country wide on functional stabilisation principles and combi-casting techniques and six months in an honorary contract at Oxford University Hospital placing Vascular Access Lines. He also maintains his ODP HCPC registration through clinical practice at weekends managing a complex of four operating theatres.

Mark has continued to be involved in the British Orthopaedic Association British Casting Certificate Exams in Stanmore since 1995 as a patient model, holder and examiner and has kept involved and up-to-date in orthopaedics through attendance at conferences and study days.

Mark is currently appointed as the British Orthopaedic Association National Casting Training Advisor.

Johnathan is a recently retired full career army soldier and late entrant Officer, who reached the rank of Major. He served in the Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers between 1988 and 2020 as an aircraft technician and professional engineer. He has been deployed globally in support of numerous operations and notably, completed seven tours in Iraq, where he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service, and two tours in Afghanistan. Johnathan’s last role prior to retirement was Chief Aircraft Engineer (Army) for Remotely Piloted Air Systems.

Johnathan is currently studying podiatry as an Apprentice with Plymouth University while working within a busy private practice in Dorchester, Dorset.

Dr Cath is Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine, and an award-winning Private Practice business and marketing expert.

She helps clinicians to grow highly profitable practices that attract their ideal clients and is founder of the Private Practice Ninja Academy.

Emma qualified from Durham in 1998 and has worked in the NHS for almost 24 years. 

She is currently the Professional Lead for Podiatry at East London Foundation Trust, Deputy Therapy Lead in Bedfordshire and Chair of East of England Podiatry Prescribing group.

Emma is Chair of the Royal College of Podiatry Apprenticeship Group and as an accredited coach Emma enjoys facilitating others with their personal growth. Her proudest moment was being invited to Stormont in Belfast to deliver a presentation on the apprenticeships to the Health Minister Robin Swann where she was able to share her experiences developing podiatry apprenticeships in England.

Rachel graduated from Salford University with a first degree honours in Podiatry in 2016 having previously studied Law and History at degree level. She went on to study the Forensic Podiatry MSc at the University of Huddersfield graduating in 2020 with a distinction.

Rachel works full time as a Specialist Podiatrist at Sheffield Podiatry Services, specialising clinically in Diabetes. She has also worked alongside the forensic podiatry team in Sheffield since completing the Forensic Podiatry MSc.

Rachel is an active member of the Forensic Podiatry Special Interest Group and the Royal College of Podiatry. She has published in Podiatry Now and the Journal of American Podiatric Medical Association.