Clinical Directors Day

Dr Robin Proctor is a consultant radiologist with a special interest in musculoskeletal radiology who works in the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. He has held several leadership roles there including Deputy Medical Director during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Dr Proctor’s broad background in medicine includes several years as a General Practitioner and he has been a Fellow of the RCR since 2008. Prior to his current role he was a member of the RCR Equivalence Committee and the RCR representative for the national New Hospital Programme, having earlier been a subject matter expert for diagnostic imaging within that programme for NHS England. 

He has also been an elected member of the RCR Faculty Board for Clinical Radiology and was secretary of the British Society of Skeletal Radiologists. Dr Proctor has written numerous books that aid preparation for the FRCR examination in radiology. He was also involved in setting up the ‘Global Radiology’ project.  

Dr Proctor’s tenure as Medical Director, Professional Practice, Clinical Radiology at the RCR is 2024-2027.

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After completing her radiology training in London, Australia, Sheffield and Nottingham, Dr Halliday was appointed as a Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Nottingham University Hospital in 1998. She has a special interest in the imaging of suspected physical abuse and provides expert opinions for cases throughout the UK. She was Chair of the British Society of Paediatric Radiology from 2010-2016 and chaired the working group for the updated guidance for imaging in cases of suspected physical abuse in children.

In September 2017, Dr Halliday was appointed National Clinical Lead for the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme for Radiology, and the Radiology GIRFT report was published in July 2020. Dr Halliday took over as Clinical Director for Radiology at Nottingham University Hospitals in January 2021.

Dr Halliday's tenure as RCR President is 2022-2025.

Tania leads education and professional policy development. The Education and Professional Practice Directorate supports Fellows and members throughout their specialty training and post-qualification career development in clinical radiology or clinical oncology. The Directorate ensures the effective delivery and development of the RCR's education and professional practice functions, including:

• The provision of face-to-face and online educational opportunities and resources
• Promoting careers in the specialties to students and junior doctors
• Processes for recruitment to specialty training
• Setting the curricula for training
• Setting and running examinations
• Quality assurance of training
• Developing and reviewing best practice guidance and standards
• Running the CPD scheme and revalidation 
• Supporting employers with recruitment and service reviews.

Dr Qaiser Malik is a consultant MSK radiologist and Clinical Director of Radiology at Mid and South Essex NHS Trust and the lead medical appraiser for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital.

Dr Malik graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer for University College London Medical School and the Clinical Lead for the East 2 Imaging Network. Qaiser also served on the RCR’s Scientific Programme Committee for seven years and was previously the RCR Newsletter editor for two years.

Dr Malik has a keen interest in musculoskeletal MRI and ultrasound (US), including US-guided procedures. He also specialises in imaging and treating sports injuries and has been involved in the care of elite athletes.

Dr Malik's tenure as Medical Director, Membership and Business at the RCR is 2023-2026.

Dr Priya Suresh completed her undergraduate training in India, followed by her MRCP in Manchester. Her radiology training was in Manchester and Plymouth, followed by a Fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.

Her work with RCR started in 2011 when she initiated READ and served as the Programme Director. Dr Suresh has also sat on several RCR committees including the Curriculum Committee, Specialty Training Board and Faculty Board. She has chaired the FRCR 2A MSK SBA and is currently the Lead for the MSK module of RITI and SIG Lead for the iRefer MSK guidelines. 

She is the Academy Lead for the Peninsula Radiology Academy, Training Programme Director and Teaching Lead for imaging and Honorary University fellow.

Dr Suresh's tenure as Medical Director, Education and Training, Clinical Radiology at the RCR is 2022-2025.

Dr Stephen Harden is a consultant in cardiothoracic radiology at University Hospital Southampton, having been appointed in 2005.

He completed undergraduate medical training at the University of Cambridge and St Thomas’s Hospital in the University of London. He trained in Clinical Radiology in Wessex and undertook further training in Germany and the USA. His consultant clinical practice includes cardiac and thoracic cross-sectional imaging and PET/CT.

Before his current role, Dr Harden was the Medical Director for Education and Training in Clinical Radiology at the RCR from 2019-2022. He chaired the RCR Clinical Radiology Professional Learning and Development sub-committee from 2017-2019 and has been an FRCR part 2A examiner. Previously, he was President of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, the first RCR travelling cardiac Professor, BIR Vice President, Head of Wessex School of Radiology and the senior cardiac editor for the British Journal of Radiology. 

Read our interview with Dr Harden and find out what attracted him to the specialty and why he wanted to get more involved with the RCR.

Dr Harden's tenure as Vice-President, Clinical Radiology at the RCR is 2023-2026.

I'm a Consultant Radiologist specialising in gynaecology and oncology imaging and Clinical Director for the imaging service at CUH NHS FT. I previously worked as a Consultant Radiologist at West Suffolk Hospital and prior to that I did a fellowship in abdominal imaging at McGill University Medical Center in Montreal, Canada.