Diplomas gallery

Congratulations to all our Fellows and Members who were presented with diplomas and awards in December, January and February

Friday 13 December 2024

Admission to Fellowship ad hominem

Professor Christopher M Halloran BSc MD FRCS

Professor of Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool

Professor David G Healy FRCSI

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St Vincent’s and Mater Misericordiae University Hospitals, Dublin 

Editor-in-Chief, The Surgeon (Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland)

Professor Rakesh Uppal FRCS

Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Barts Heart Centre

Director, Barts Life Sciences

Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, WHRI, QMUL, London

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery

Awad Ali Mohamed Ahmed Alawad

University of Gezira, Sudan

Melvin Joy

University of Aberdeen

Christophe Louis George Thomas

Newcastle University

Bincy Merin Zacharia

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Diplomas of Fellowship in Ophthalmology

Fatima Azzam Mohammad Shahin

October 6 City University, Egypt

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Yasser Naz Safdar

Newcastle University

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Paediatric Surgery

Iyad Zarifa

University of Aleppo, Syria

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Plastic Surgery

Rong Rong Khaw

University of Manchester

Martin Van Carlen

University of Aberdeen

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery

Munnan Al-Najjim

University of Mosul, Iraq

Robert Andrew Cooke

University of Manchester

Euan James Harris

University of Dundee

Ghazal Hodhody

University of Manchester

Kenneth Kin-Hoo Koo

University of Manchester

Sivashankaren Munuswamy

Calicut University, India

Ranith Sreekumaran Nair

University of Kerala, India

Maria Loredana Popescu

University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania

Aashish Raghu

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Avinash Kumar Rai

Goa University, India

Anuhya Vusirikala

University of Leicester

Diplomas of Joint Surgical Colleges' Fellowship in the Specialty of Neurosurgery

Abdullah Alramadan

King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Jay Garrett Evans

George Washington University, USA

Aristomenis Konstantinos Exadaktylos

Martin Luther University, Germany

Aebhric O'Kelly

Excelsior University, USA

Martine Scott

Nottingham Trent University

Professor Rakesh Uppal, awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ad hominem

Professor Rakesh Uppal, awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ad hominem

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Ophthalmology

Abiola Kemi Lawal

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Otolaryngology

Mohamed Hussein Mohamed Hassan Alalem

Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Surgery in General

Zahraa Adil Abdullah

University of Baghdad, Iraq

Alaa Ata Elmanan Elsiddig Awadalla

University of Khartoum, Sudan

Muhammad Hassan Azad

Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Pakistan

Alice Copperwheat

University of Leicester

Avijit Dewanjee

University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Muhammad Umair Khalid

University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Sunday Oyedele Oyeniyi

Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine

Kar May Phoon

University of Sheffield

Yasser Naz Safdar

Newcastle University

Zain Saleh

Baqai Medical University, Pakistan

Diplomas of Membership of the International Postgraduate Deanery

Syed Mohsin

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Diplomas in Immediate Medical Care

George Smith

University of East Anglia

Fellowship in Dental Surgery Without Examination

Dr Santosh Kumar Bangalore Balaram MDS

Registrar Periodontist & Implantologist, 

New Abha Dental Specialty Center, Mahboula, Kuwait

Dr Simon J Stone BDS FDTFEd PhD

Senior Clinical Lecturer, Honorary Consultant in Endodontics

Director of Clinical Studies, Newcastle University

Diplomas of Membership in Endodontics

Shihanah Al Othman

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Saudi Arabia

Saleh Abdullah A AlGhamdi

Umm Al-Qura University College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

Omar Saeed A Alqahtani

King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Afiq Azizi Bin Jawami

University of Indonesia

Peng Hui Teng

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Diplomas of Membership in Orthodontics

Ameirah Ali Abbas Abdulrahman Alblooshi

Ajman University, United Arab Emirates

Bushra Obaid Mohamed Ibrahim Alhammadi

University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 

Shaima Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Almaeeni

Ajman University, United Arab Emirates

Abdulaziz Ibrahim Abdulaziz Almedleg

Alfarabi Colleges' in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Omar Ali Mohamed T Alshaibi

Al Zintan University, Libya

Fatima Bineshaq

University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Diplomas of Membership in Prosthodontics

Ahmad Alhabashi

Ajman University, United Arab Emirates

Yun Shan Koh

University of Malaysia

Special Awardees from the December ceremony

Special Awardees from the December ceremony

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery

Raj Dean Aslam

University of Manchester

Turab Fatima

Riphah International University, Pakistan

Koren Rebecca Ferguson

Queen's University Belfast

Ana Doinita Ionescu

Newcastle University

Ho Ip

University of Birmingham

Ruqayyah Iqbal

Cardiff University

Pooja Shivaji Khedkar

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India

Rebekka Knox

Newcastle University

Mathkar Aditi Mahendra

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India

Lydia Payne

University of Liverpool

Navdeep Simran-Preet Kaur Shahi

University of Leeds

Beant Singh Thandi

University of Birmingham

Akash Thota

University of Bristol

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Trainers

Beverley Grace Bishop

University of Manchester

Diplomas in Implant Dentistry

Santanu Chatterjee

West Bengal University of Health Sciences, India

Diplomas in Orthodontic Therapy

Courtney Georgia Bellis

Bristol Dental School

Rebecca Louise Collett

Bristol Dental School

Katarina Drmac

Bristol Dental School

Reham Gad

University of Central Lancashire

Ellis Gillham

University of Central Lancashire

Abbey Louise Holberry

Bristol Dental School

Katie Amy Newberry

Bristol Dental School

Laylah Rajab Shlebak

University of Central Lancashire

Friday 31 January 2025

Admission to Fellowship ad hominem

Dr Patrick Byrne FRCPEdin, FRCGP, FRCP, MSc(Med Ed) 

Consultant Physician, Internal General medicine, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, Putney

General Practitioner, Palace Gate Practice, Kensington

Professor Sheona MacLeod FRCGP, FRCP, FFSEM

National Director of Education and Training
NHS England, Workforce, Training and Education 

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery 

Sandra Jane Campbell

Newcastle University

Sajith Pankajavihar Sasi

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India

Spoorthy Sudhakar Shetty

Manipal University, India

Delvene Soares

Ziauddin University, Pakistan

Atreya Mukund Subramanian

Manipal University, India

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Neurosurgery

Milan Makwana

University of London

Diplomas of Fellowship in Ophthalmology

Rahima Bhuiya

Sher-E-Bangla Medical College, Bangladesh

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Plastic Surgery

Kieran Atkinson

Newcastle University

Yi Yi Cho Thein

Yangon University, Myanmar

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Urology

Mohammed Ali

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Diplomas of Joint Surgical Colleges' Fellowship in the Specialty of Neurosurgery

Mariam Hamed Allehaibi

Umm Al-Qura University College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

Venkat Koyalmantham

Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, India

Muhammad Muzafferuddin

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Vinayak Narayan

Government Medical College Thrissur, India

Diplomas of Joint Surgical Colleges' Fellowship in Urology

Sarvajit Biligere Priyadarshi

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Spoorthy Sudhakar Shetty, presented with the Diploma of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery

Spoorthy Sudhakar Shetty, presented with the Diploma of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery

Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Roger Alcock

University of Edinburgh

Winston Fidelis de Mello

University of London

Zia Haider

Ayub Medical College, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Andrew William Kent

University of Edinburgh

Scott Jason King

Ambulance Service Paramedic College, Bristol

Bonnie Teague

King's College London

Wunna Tun

University of Medicine 1 Yangon, Myanmar

Andrew William Kent OBE, presented with the Diploma of Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Andrew William Kent OBE, presented with the Diploma of Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers

Peter James Driscoll

University of London

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Otolaryngology

Isra Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sudan

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Surgery in General

Hany Tantawy Abd Elrazeq Ahmed

Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Mahir Akram

University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan

Omar Adel Hamid Al-Saffar

University of Baghdad, Iraq

Anum Arif

Baqai Medical University, Pakistan

Sina Asadollahi

Belarusian State Medical University, Belarus

Holly Boyes

University of London

Matthew Robert Cant

University of Birmingham

Alex Patrick Carney

Keele University

Soniya Milind Chauhan

Teerthankar Mahaveer Medical College, India

Thomas Matthew Drake

University of Sheffield

Kate Homyer

University of Glasgow

Nia Jones

Swansea University Medical School

Junaid Khan

University of Lahore, Pakistan

Iqra Khanzada

Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Pakistan

Yi Min Khoong

Wuhan University, China

Jing Yi Kwan

University of Manchester

Lauren Laverty

Queen's University Belfast

Kathrine Kamlan Lee-A-Ping

St George's University School of Medicine, West Indies

Taofiq Olayinka Mohammed

University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Yasser Mohammedelfatih Musa Mohamed

University of Khartoum, Sudan

Thivagar Murugesan

The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India

Zarni Oo

University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar

Tashaba Qaiser Faizi

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Muhammad Zayed Qamer

University of Health Sciences Lahore. Pakistan

Praveen Surya Ravichandran

The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India

Chandrarajan Premal Shah

University of Edinburgh

Renuka Chowdary Tripuraneni

Annamalai University, India

Zaka Ul Rehman

Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Pakistan

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Anna Marie Joseph

Warwick Medical School

Diplomas of Membership of the International Postgraduate Deanery

Maram Alawad

University of Hail, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Gudal

King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Muhd Yusairi Bin Kamarulzaman

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Diplomas in Immediate Medical Care

Luke Daniel Tester

University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health

Jonathan Williams

St. Georges University of London

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Trainers

Shehab Ahmed Hamad Alraad

University of Mosul, Iraq

Trudee Ann Hoyte

University of the West Indies

Kaur Ghattaura, presented with the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery

Kaur Ghattaura, presented with the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery

Diplomas of Membership in Endodontics

Dana Masa'd Mustafa Ahmad

Jordan University of Science & Technology

Diplomas of Membership in Implant Dentistry

Simon Anthony Clavell Bate

University of Sheffield

Diplomas of Membership in Orthodontics

Amr Mohammed Khairy Hamed Soliman Alfrogy

Cairo University, Egypt

Daniah Hassan M Alkhayyat

King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Bayan Esmaeil Alyammahi

Ajman University, United Arab Emirates

Kabir Syed Gyasudeen

Gulf Medical University, United Arab Emirates

Osama Izzeldeen Khader

University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Wong Yin Mun

International Medical University, Malaysia

Diplomas of Membership in Prosthodontics

Momina Umar

National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery

Manique Kaur Dosanjh

University of Liverpool

Baveeta Kaur Ghattaura

First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague

Friday 28 February 2025

Admission to Fellowship ad hominem

Dr Duncan James Henderson MB ChB FRCA FRCP(Hon) 

Consultant Anaesthetist, St John’s Hospital at Howden, Livingston

Associate Postgraduate Dean (Foundation) and Chair, Scottish Foundation Board

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Professor Laura Viani BA FRCSI FACS(Hon) FRCSEng(Hon) FRCSGlas(Hon) FRCPI(Hon)

Consultant Otolaryngologist/Neuro-Otologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Past President, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Presentation of the Dundas Medal 2024

Postgraduate Programme in Palliative Care at the University of Glasgow

Dr Paul Keeley, Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Dr Joanna Prentice, Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Dr Catherine McCallum, Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Victoria Rizzo

University of Malta

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery 

Helen Ewan

University of Edinburgh

Carla Danelle Hope

University of Nottingham

Hussain Ibrahim

National University of Ireland

Dana Miriam Felice Photiou

University of Edinburgh

Alexander Phillip Vozza

Newcastle University

Diplomas of Fellowship in Ophthalmology

Su Su Hlaing

Yangon University, Myanmar

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Otolaryngology

Anastasha Herman

Hull York Medical School

Professor Laura Viani, awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ad hominem

Professor Laura Viani, awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ad hominem

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery

Neil Ranjan Liyanagae Wickramasinghe

University of Edinburgh

Safa Mohamed Toum Ahmed Yousif

University of Khartoum, Sudan

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Urology

Rereloluwa Nicodemus Babalola

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Wesam Elbaroni

Al Fateh University, Libya

Lahiru Sachithra Siriwardena

University of Dundee

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Vascular Surgery

Mohammed Abdulghaffar Mohammed Fageer

Newcastle University

Diplomas of Joint Surgical Colleges' Fellowship in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery 

Javaid Iqbal

Islamia University, Pakistan

Talat Mahmood

University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare

Josette Morrison

University College Leiden, The Netherlands

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers

Carla Danelle Hope

University of Nottingham

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Otolaryngology

Mitanshi Manish Luhana

South Gujarat University, India

Dr Ricky Ellis, Recipient of the Syme Medal for 2024 

Dr Ricky Ellis, Recipient of the Syme Medal for 2024 

Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Surgery in General

Hussam Yousif Mohamed Abdel Malik

Upper Nile University, Sudan

Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Fattah

University of Aberdeen

Mayank Agrawal

University of Delhi, India

Talha Ahmed

Manipal University, India

Muhammad Salman Asif

University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Aamna Athwal

Baba Farid University, India

Funbi Anthony Ayeni

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Kristian Bugeja

University of Malta

Adam Patrick Malin Creissen

Newcastle University

Mollie Delaney

University of Sheffield

Hafs Elnagi Elhag

University of Medical Science and Technology, Sudan

Samantha Fairclough

Keele University

Sreemoyee Ghosh

Newcastle University

Kamran Hamid

Bahria University, Pakistan

Larne Robert Jones-Whiting

University of Limerick, Ireland

Shannon Kirsty Jordan

University of Liverpool

Haris Ali Khan

Riphah International University, Pakistan

Merin Mathew

Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India

Scott Robert Morrison

University of Edinburgh

Shaunak Patwardhan

Bharati Vidyapeeth University, India

Mohamed Abdelraouf Hassan Saadallah

Ain Shams University, Egypt

Yellamraju Saikaustubh

Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, India

Jennifer Tanya Salmon

Queen's University Belfast

Mostafa Sedky

Ain Shams University, Egypt

Sidra Shabbir

University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Aiza Bint E Shafqat

Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Pakistan

Muhammad Ehtesham Siddiqui

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Muhammad Zahid Siddiqui

University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Vinayak Prakash Thattaruparambil

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Nisha Thayananthan

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Diplomas of Membership of the International Postgraduate Deanery

Ibrahim Alshohayeb

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Ashwin Gondane

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India 

Diplomas in Immediate Medical Care

Georgina Keyte

Newcastle University

James Whittaker

University of Cumbria

Presentation of the Lister Medal for Surgical Sciences 2023-2024

Awarded to the Highest Placed graduate of the MSc in Surgical Sciences programme during an academic year.

Dr Enono Uduehe

Presentation of the Syme Medal 2024

Awarded to a Fellow or Member who has recently completed a period of study for a higher degree and is working to progress an academic career.

Dr Ricky Ellis

Admission to Fellowship in Dental Surgery ad hominem

Dr Brett Grant Duane BDS MPH PHD

Associate Professor in Public Dental Health, School of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Oral Medicine

Adam Hussain Bhanji

University of Manchester

William Christopher Harrison

University of Dundee

Thomas Edward Howe

University of Sheffield

Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Orthodontics

Daniel Tyler

Newcastle University

Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Trainers 

Joanne Ward

University of Leeds

Diplomas of Membership in Paediatric Dentistry

Alaa Hisham Hussein Bani Hani

University of Jordan

Soumiah Alkandari

Kuwait University

(L–R) Dr Joanna Prentice, Dr Paul Keeley and Dr Catherine McCallum, Recipients of the Dundas Medal for 2024

(L–R) Dr Joanna Prentice, Dr Paul Keeley and Dr Catherine McCallum, Recipients of the Dundas Medal for 2024

Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery

Arondeep Kaur

University of Manchester

Aleksandra Katarzyna Krawczyk

University of Liverpool

Rosie May Beatrice Marlow

University of Manchester

James Harry Sanderson Smith

University of Sheffield

Prawash Sunuwar

B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

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