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Dr Sashi
Shashikanth
Dr
Shashikanth , a Sri-Lankan born British national, was trained at
Belarusian State Medical
University ( formerly Minsk State Medical
Institute ) and
University
College London School of Medicine. He completed his pre
registration House officer posts at University College & Middlesex
Hospitals and North Middlesex Hospital In London, He did further hospital
training in various London Hospitals and did his
GP training in Oxford
. During his training period in Oxford ,he also worked part
time in the A&E department of Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital .
He practised as a GP in Oxford for a year before
moving
to West London. He worked as a part time GP in Hillingdon and during this
period he was employed as a primary care physician in Hillingdon
Hospital A&E department. He has a special interest in Emergency
medicine. His work in Hillingdon Hospital- 'A Primary care model in
A&E' -was presented at the NHS
modernisation agency conference in London in 2002 .
He became a full time GP in Watford following retirement of Dr Tim
Robson in 2003. He maintained his interest in A&E medicine by doing
sessions at A&E department of Watford General Hospital .
He left Watford to take a challenging post in Hillingdon and became a full time GP in Hillingdon from 1/10/2005 .
Dr Shashikanth represented trainee GPs in Oxford and
formed the first GP Registrars Committee for Oxford Deanery in
2000-2001 with then Dean Dr Neil Johnson. Later he represented
Oxford Non Principal GPs at the Oxford Divisional BMA( British
Medical Association-Doctors' trade union). He is the
founder/ex-chairman/web editor of Hillingdon Independent GP Group ,
a mutual support educational group for sessional GPs. This
growing peer support group which was found in 2002 has 100
members ,majority of whom are recently qualified GPs. In the past ,
he has been an elected member of the Local Medical Committee
for GPs in Hillingdon and has served in its executive committee.
He has a strong academic interest. He frequently attends courses and
educational meetings . He is an approved supervisor for retainer GPs
. He is a member
of Royal College of General
Practitioners. He was a founder member of course committee of
Cert/Dip./M Sc in Urgent Care at
Brunel
University , West London. He completed his Diploma in Urgent
Care in 2011 . He is currently doing a Certificate in
Diabetic Care at Warwick
Medical School .
He was a member of Hillingdon Practice Based Commissioning Board (PBC)
with responsibilities to reshape the urgent care in the Hillingdon
Locality. He led a group of GPs working in Hillingdon A&E
department to help the
hospital to cut down waiting times and admissions. At present he
works in Hillingdon Hospital A&E department as an Honorary GP
, a post which linked to the urgent care PG degree.
He is a member of consultant to consultant referral
screening panel of PCT. He moderates the e-discussion forum for Hillingdon
GPs and has shown extensive interest in networking among colleagues. On 1.4.2009 , Dr Shashikanth was appointed as the
Lead GP for CPD ( Continuing Professional Development) by Hillingdon
PCT. He organises GP Masterclasses for local GPs to facilitate
continuing professional development . In September 2009, he was
chosen as 'GP of the year ' by peers.
His charity work involves helping Point Pedro hospital ,Northern
SriLanka which is in a TSUNAMI hit region. He does regular
live programmes on health promotion for the most popular UK
based International Tamil satellite TV called
Deepam TV. Click
here for
latest programme on swine flu in Tamil .
His hobbies include travel, music, films and internet.
Dr Shashikanth
lived and studied in Minsk for 6 yrs.
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Dr Iman Velji MRCGP
(Female GP)
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