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Our Team

PEOPLE

Our Founders

Whilst working as a healthcare assistant during the pandemic, a colleague asked if I could support her daughter with her application. Together we talked through her personal statement, tweaking and rephrasing some of the outstanding experience this student had. On receiving 3 interviews we zoomed together, going through the key skills required to be a Doctor, techniques for answering questions, ethical debates, my experiences as a medical student and plenty of mocks! This incredible student received three contextual BBB offers for medicine and subsequently secured the grades and is now a first year medical student and the first in her family to attend university. Realising the potential for medical students to support students who may not otherwise have access to expensive courses or friends/family who are Doctors our small team reached out to friends who worked for TeachFirst, mentoring students and designing sessions to help them excel in their medical applications. Following the success of this initiative we started our 'Meet the Dr' series, an opportunity for students to hear from clinicians in a diverse range of careers and ask them questions about the reality of the job. We are proud to have supported over 150 students and continue to enable, support and inspire students from non-selective state schools to pursue and excel in their ambitions to become a Doctor. Additionally, we are now a registered charity and hope to further our impact with this status over the coming years.

Dr Megan Pode

Founder & Chair of Trustees

Dr Frank Hartley

Director of Operations

Dr Megan Pode

Founder, Chair of Trustees

Paediatric Emergency Medicine, North West
Dr Frank Hartley

Co-founder, Director of Operations

F2, Manchester
Lauren Wilson

Managing Director

Year 5 Medical Student, Aberdeen
Rhiannon Craig

Managing Director

Year 4 Medical Student, Nottingham
Dr Abigail Rowland

School Lead Director

FY1, Glasgow
Meena Rabi

Schools Lead

University of Manchester
Alicia Falconer

Volunteer Lead

Year 4 Medical Student, Edinburgh
Dr Hannah Roberts

Safeguarding Director

F1, Manchester
Alistair Carter

Interview Co-Director

Year 4 Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex
Dr Roland Pecson

Interview Co-Director

F1
Alice Thomas

Events Lead

Year 5 Medical Student, Manchester
Amber Cairney-Witter

School Outreach Team, and Regional Lead

Caoimhe Shannon

Director of Education

Year 4 Medical Student, Nottingham
Harsha Menon

School Lead

Year 3 University of Nottingham
Ella Spencer

School Lead

Year 3 University of Nottingham
Fatima Asim

Director of Social Media

Year 5 Medical Student, Aberdeen
Dr Isobel Rowland

School Lead

F1, Scotland
James McCourtney

Recruitment Lead

Year 4 Medical Student, Aberdeen
Kelley Chen

Junior Director (Regional Leads and Communications)

Year 3 Medical Student, Leicester
Dr Robyn Westerman

School Lead

FY1, Manchester
Younis Abdulla

Operations Secretary

Year 3 Medical Student, Aberdeen
Hope Stevens

Volunteer Lead, and School Lead

Year 4 Medical Student, Nottingham
Dr Maisha Hayat

Safeguarding Director

F1, London
Molly Broadway

Junior Director (Secretaries & Operations)

Year 3 Medical Student, Birmingham
Catherine Rodgers

Junior Director (Mentoring), and School Lead

Year 4 Medical Student, Liverpool
Amelia Clarke

Operations Secretary

Year 4 Medical Student, Birmingham
Dr Lewis Davidson

Mentor Recruitment Lead

F1, Scotland
Jennifer Kerr

Education Director

Year 2, ScotGEM
Amy Healey

Events Director

F1, Wales
Khubi Desai

Interview Director

Year 5 Medical Student, Leicester
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