who's who
Junior Doctors Committee
Naomi Pritchard: Chairperson
ST3 anaesthetics, North East London Rotation
My role involves coordinating the various JDC portfolios, representing them on CMF's Board of Trustees, and attempting to keep some sort of order at JDC meetings.
I have been involved in CMF since medical school days, and know it as a fantastic bunch of people intent on seeing God and His values brought into our medical practice.
I especially love working with the junior doctors as it is such a challenging time of uncertainty, transition and hard work, but brimming full of opportunities for God to direct our lives, and there's loads of things we as a committee can do to provide for our fellow trainees and GP colleagues to help Him guide our steps through these years.
Outside of medicine, I love travelling and am a bit obsessed with skiing. My favourite way to spend an evening is hearing good friends round my dinner table enjoying good food, company, and the odd gin and tonic.
Lucy Duckworth: Portfolio - Secretary
I graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 2006. I am currently a core medical trainee in West Midlands. Having completed my medical membership exams I am taking a new direction in August, when I will commence GP training, which I am really looking forward to. I love to bake and in the last few years I have taken up playing the piano.
My role as JDC secretary is predominantly administration and communication. I compile the agenda prior to meetings, and am responsible for minutes. I also communicate with committee members between meetings.
Anne Hounsell: Portfolio - Prayer
Hi, my name is Anne and I am in charge of the prayer portfolio. I live in Cambridge and currently work in the local adult hospice as a specialty doctor. I am hoping to join the palliative care training scheme soon, and would like to continue in this specialty long term. I also help teach medical students as a clinical supervisor.
I enjoy swimming, reading and sailing, as well as cooking for friends (especially baking cakes!). I am in the process of trying to learn to knit! I help lead bible studies for our 20s-30s group at church.
The prayer portfolio involves producing quarterly prayer letters and helping in this area at the junior doctors' conference. An annual prayer day has been set up, which we are hoping to develop further this year.
Sarah Maidment: Portfolio - BMA Liaison
I'll be starting GP training in the Oxford Deanery in August.
I'm mad keen on road biking - particularly if it involves big hills and big miles. I also enjoy tea and cake, playing my flute in the band at church and a good game of Scrabble.
Role on the JDC committee: BMA Liaison - I liaise with CMF members on the BMA Junior Doctors Committee so that we can be praying for topical issues. Where possible, I attend national BMA conferences as a representative. I aim to increase CMF junior doctors' awareness of the work of the BMA and encourage them to get involved.
Andrew McArdle: Portfolio - Students
I'm a trainee paediatrician based in London and share the role of liasing with and supporting the student's committee with Clare. I am part of St Alban's church in Fulham and enjoy cycling, and obsessively tracking my energy efficiency with a giant spreadsheet.
Student Portfolio
Our role as student links on the JDC is to liase with and support the student's committee. We are particularly involved in easing the transition between being students, graduation and starting as an FY1. This involves providing resources, involvement in the students' conference and being a personal link & support.
Clare Mason: Portfolio - Students
I work with Andrew on the Student Portfolio.
I trained at Leicester University and am currently an FY1 in Kettering. I go to Knighton Free Evangelical Church in Leicester and am involved in youth work there.
I enjoy playing the violin, baking, and sailing.
Gemma Sheridan: Portfolio - Graduates
I am currently a trainee in Obs & Gynae in Mersey Deanery having spent several years in General Surgery. I am also studying for a diploma in Clinical Leadership.
I sing in an acapella choir and enjoy walking in North Wales.
My portfolio is graduates. I liase with the CMF graduates committee who coordinate CMF's support for consultants and GPs. I also work with PRIME to keep the junior's committee up to date with developments.
Chidimma Onwere: Portfolio - Open House
Career: Obs & Gynae SpR (ST5) at Northwick Park Hospital
I love singing - especially in my church choir. My other favourite hobbies are restaurant hopping, watching movies, and chatting .... a lot!
My role involves co-ordinating and liaising with existing Open House Groups and starting new groups where needed. We will be updating the current information and integrating this into the website to make Open House more accessible for juniors.
Open House is a valuable resource to help us sustain and develop our walk with Christ as junior doctors with all the challenges we face, providing support and fellowship.
Andrew Flatt: Portfolio - Publications
A microbiology ST3 in London and an Anglican by denomination, I have a big interest in theology. I enjoy reading C.S.Lewis and Leslie Weatherhead, and have particular interests in the Old Testament, and the development of Christian character. I live with my wife in Hampshire. For recreation I enjoy computer games and martial arts.
Publications Portfolio
CMF's publications are Triple Helix, the quarterly CMF journal, and Nucleus, its student counterpart, to which we contribute. We are also working on a junior's book for publication later this year. Throughout, we aim to inform on topical ethical issues and pastoral support in the light of Scripture.
Katherine Brown: Portfolio - Publications
My name is Katherine, I am co-editor of the Junior's Forum pages of Triple Helix and am working on the 'Junior's book' an Oxford Handbook style publication due to be released later this year aimed specifically at Christian Junior doctors. Please contact me if you would be interested in writing an article for Junior's forum or have any burning issues you feel we should explore.
I live and work in the North West and start paediatric training in August. I love musical theatre, watching sunsets and visiting beautiful places. I spend most of my spare time with friends and family, working as a respite foster carer for disabled children and am also in the band for a local amateur pantomime group.
Jesuloba Abiola: Portfolio - Conference
I am currently a Second Year Foundation Doctor in Oxford. I trained in London and am soon to start studying Dentistry in pursuit of a career in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. I am on the Conference Portfolio and have grown from the ministry of CMF since my time at medical school. I enjoy playing rugby, running, reading and hanging out with friends.
Being on the Conference Portfolio for me is exciting as it is a way of serving junior doctors by planning conferences and seminars on topics that we struggle with. It involves liaising with people from other portfolios and those who are experienced and knowledgeable in a wide range of issues.
Deborah Olakunbi: Portfolio - Conference and Welsh CMF Rep
I am an F1 from London, bred and trained, currently working in Abergavenny, South Wales' finest.
Here I have enjoyed knitting, planning to go for morning runs, playing with "Peter and the Hospital" and making Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Abergavenny like home.
As Welsh CMF rep I aim to bring together Christian junior doctors in Wales for continued support in living and working for Christ.
Being on Conference portfolio I support the work of organising the Junior Doctors Conference and MMC Conference.
Gillian McIlroy: Portfolio - Conference
Despite having now become a fully grown-up GP (in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex), I have continued on the JDC in my role as one of the conference organisers.
At present my main focus is organising the annual MMC day, a careers day which aims to provide support, advice and information for Christian junior doctors. I also help to organise our other main event, the annual National Junior Doctors' conference which is usually held on an autumn weekend in Hothorpe Hall, Leciestershire.
When I'm able to escape from the GP surgery I can often be found tramping on the South Downs or enjoying the Sussex coast!
Vic Parsonson: Portfolio - International
I'm currently an FY2 doctor in the West Midlands, about to take two years out of training to work in a missionary hospital in Madagascar.
I trained at Birmingham University, and am currently completing a part time MSc in palliative medicine. I go to St John's Church in Harborne. I've previously been involved in two CMF summer teams to Central Asia. I enjoy canoeing and language-learning, and am currently trying to master the Malagasy language in preparation for Madagascar later this year.
I have responsibility for the international portfolio. This includes sitting on CMF's international committee as the juniors' representative and giving a junior's perspective on the topics discussed. I am also involved with inviting international junior doctors to CMF events, particularly the Juniors' Conference each Autumn.
Hannah Crosthwaite: Portfolio - Scotland Rep
I'm currently an FY2 in Tayside, counting down the surgical shifts I have left. I've been in Dundee for 7 years, since the start of medical school, and it's soon going to be time to move on. In August I will start GP training (a 4 year programme) in Lanarkshire. Although it's a time of change and uncertainty, I'm really looking forward to what God has in store for me there and know that He will be ever-faithful. I'm currently a member of Logie and St John's (Cross) Church in Dundee and am involved in children's work there.
I've been involved in the CMF since my final year in medical school and was preyed-upon at the end of a busy week of nights(!) to join the committee last summer. The team is a great group of people and I'm excited and blessed to be part of it. My role involves encouraging Scottish Christian juniors to get involved in the CMF and the various events that take place, as well as trying to connect medics across the country. We had a fantastic weekend retreat to beautiful Loch Tay earlier in the year and we can't wait to do more of the same!