Paediatrics in a Pandemic
We were excited to have hosted our annual conference virtually this year, making it completely free!
We understand that this has been an incredibly difficult year for everyone, and we wanted to give you something to look forward to. That's why we decided to make our conference FREE!
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There were multiple incredible speakers and some fantastic workshops - more info below!
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Thank you to everyone who came. It even went international!
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Watch our Instagram story highlights here, for a sneak peek of how the day went!
Conference Speakers
Dr Conway was a big hit at our last conference, with tales from his international humanitarian work. He works as a Paediatrician in London with training jobs at Whipps Cross University Hospital, The Royal London Hospital and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. He is a Trustee of the Nana Foundation and works in Malawi with the charity on medical camps. ​
Dr Sriskandarajah is an ST1 in Paediatrics in North London and will be leading an interactive workshop including a careers talk covering the reality of a life as a paediatrics trainee, how to boost your CV to achieve this and why you should choose a career in paediatrics!
Tope is a fourth year medical student at King's College London. With a strong research interest, he has published several letters in journals including the BMJ.
He is also a Research Officer on our committee this year - as part of this role, he has contacted paediatricians to set up several research projects for medical students, as well as organising a research series. We're excited to have him give a workshop about writing letters to editors!
Max Davie is a consultant community paediatrician, working in Lambeth as part of Evelina London Community services. He has a special interest in the assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions in school-age children, and in the mental health of paediatric patients more generally. He is Officer for Health Improvement for The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
I graduated from KCL and undertook my paediatric training in South London and Cambridge. I am currently a Paediatric Emergency Medicine GRID trainee with a keen interest in medical education and global health, having spent time working in Myanmar and Peru. You can currently find me working between the Emergency Department and the Medical Education team at the Evelina, or spending quality lockdown time with my family at home.
Dr Das is the named Doctor for Children’s Safeguarding at King’s College Hospital. She is a general paediatrician with a range of interests including rheumatology, chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms. Dr Das's current research interests are in paediatric safeguarding although her PhD work was in bioinformatics. She was recently awarded the Inspirational Leader Award at the King’s Stars Annual Awards.
