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Emergency Medicine

Dr Andrew Brett

Specialty
Emergency Medicine

Qualifications

  • MB BS Kings College London 1989
  • MRCP(UK) 1994
  • FRCEM 2000
  • FRCP 2004
  • Postgraduate Diploma Sports and Exercise Medicine 2009 

Background
Short Service Commission British Army 1990-1997.
Higher specialist training Mersey Deanery 1997-2000.
Specialist Register and consultant since 2000.
Clinical Director of Unscheduled Care Group since 2017.


Dr Spencer Cheung

Specialty
Emergency Medicine

Qualifications

  • 1995 MBBS Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • 2000 Diploma in Remote Care
  • 2001 MRCS A&E
  • 2004 Diploma in Immediate Medical Care
  • 2012 FRCEM

Background
Previously worked as Medical Officer for the British Antarctic Survey, as a cruise ship’s doctor and as an Expedition Medic for an adventure company in Salisbury.

Also experience in Australia in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care.

Special interests
Resuscitation, critical care, trauma, oncology, IT, audit and research.
Event and expedition medicine.

Contact
01305 255809


Dr Tom Dickinson

Specialty
Emergency Medicine

Qualifications

  • BSc (hons) University of Liverpool
  • FdSc Paramedic Science, Teesside University
  • BMBS, University of Nottingham FRCEM 2023

Background
I did my higher specialist training in Bristol region before moving to Dorset.

Special interests
I have a special interest in leadership and management, service development, education, and patient safety.


Dr Tamsin Ribbons

Qualifications

  • MB BS St George’s Hospital Medical School, London 2001
  • BSc in Medicine with Management, Imperial College, London 2000
  • MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, 2004
  • DA (SA), College of Medicine, South Africa, 2006
  • FCEM, College of Emergency Medicine, UK 2011

Background
I have worked in a variety of specialties in a variety of countries, in both the developed and developing world. In particular, two years in South Africa has given me ample experience of major trauma that is fortunately relatively rare in the UK.

Special interests
I am committed to improving emergency care both in the UK and abroad. Within emergency medicine I have a special interest in trauma and acute medicine.

Contact
01305 255807


Dr Kevin Samarasingha

Qualifications

  • BM Southampton University 2000
  • MRCP 2006
  • FCEM 2011

Contact
01305 255542


Dr Colin Smith

Qualifications

  • BMedSci, University of Southampton
  • Bachelor of Medicine, University of Southampton
  • Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
  • Fellowship of Royal College of Emergency Medicine
  • Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care

Background
I graduated from the University of Southampton in 2012 (BMedSci, BM) and completed Foundation Training in Liverpool, followed by ACCS training. I undertook Higher Emergency Medicine Training in Wessex (2017-2018) before taking time out of training to complete a Fellowship in Intensive Care and Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine, earning a Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine (DRTM).

I completed my Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) training with the Wales Air Ambulance (EMRTS) between 2019-2021, obtaining the Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care.

I returned to Wessex and completed my Emergency Medicine training in 2023.

I currently split my time between the Emergency Department at Dorset County Hospital and Wiltshire Air Ambulance.


Dr Rob Török

Qualifications

  • MBBS Guys and St Thomas’s 1995
  • Dip IMC RCS Edinburgh 1997
  • Primary FRCA 1998
  • MRCS A&E 2000
  • FRCEM 2005

Background
I joined the team at DCH in 2007 and have enjoyed involvement in the evolution of our service and the Trust from that time. Having fulfilled two terms as Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine I have divided my professional time between the Emergency Department and working with the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as part of their Critical Care Team since 2013.​

Contact
01305 255542


Dr Rachel Wharton

Qualifications

  • FRCEM, 2007
  • Diploma of Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2005
  • MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2001
  • MBBS, University College London, 1998
  • BSc Physiology, 1996

Background
Previously Senior Registrar for New South Wales Emergency Newborn and Paediatric Transport Service, Australia
SpR posts at Portsmouth Hospitals, Newham University Hospital, Helicopter Emergency Medicine Service, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals, Royal London Hospitals, University College London Hospitals and Homerton University Hospital.

Special interests
I have subspecialty training and in Paediatric Emergency Medicine which is an area of particular interest of mine. 

Key members of the team
The Emergency Department has a number of very skilled and experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioners working across the majors and minors areas. 

Contact
01305 255809

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