Chair – Indranil Chakravorty
Indranil Chakravorty MBBS PhD FRCP
Dr Indranil Chakravorty
Chair, BAPIO Institute for Health Research
Indranil is a Consultant in Acute & Respiratory Medicine at St George’s University Hospital, London and Director of Medical Education. He is a Senior Lecturer at St George’s University of London and School of Postgraduate Medicine at University of Hertfordshire. He has a strong passion for medical education and expertise in quality assurance, governance and strategic leadership. He was the regional training program director for core medical training in South West London (2010-2015), followed by his role as the Deputy Postgraduate Dean in North London for Health Education England (2012-20). He has been a member of the question writing group for MRCPUK and chair of UK and International MRCP PACES examinations for the Royal College of Physicians of London. He was awarded the Royal College of Physicians London – President’s medal in 2019, for promoting excellence and quality assurance of medical education. He has conducted peer reviews of postgraduate education (HEE, London) and Faculty of Medicine at University of West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago (2018) He has research interests, publications and international lectures in the following areas;
Indranil is a Consultant in Acute & Respiratory Medicine at St George’s University Hospital, London and Director of Medical Education. He is a Senior Lecturer at St George’s University of London and School of Postgraduate Medicine at University of Hertfordshire. He has a strong passion for medical education and expertise in quality assurance, governance and strategic leadership. He was the regional training program director for core medical training in South West London (2010-2015), followed by his role as the Deputy Postgraduate Dean in North London for Health Education England (2012-20). He has been a member of the question writing group for MRCPUK and chair of UK and International MRCP PACES examinations for the Royal College of Physicians of London. He was awarded the Royal College of Physicians London – President’s medal in 2019, for promoting excellence and quality assurance of medical education. He has conducted peer reviews of postgraduate education (HEE, London) and Faculty of Medicine at University of West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago (2018) He has research interests, publications and international lectures in the following areas;
- Health economics, diffusion of innovations and health services research (Doctor of Philosophy, University of Warwick).
- Respiratory diseases – He has designed, raised funding and conducted research in sleep disorders, respiratory infections, asthma, COPD, mucociliary clearance (East & North Herts NHS Trust/ University of Hertfordshire 2005-10)
- Medical Education including technology enhanced learning (Heath Education England & St George’s University of London)
- Promoting patient safety and reducing harm by team building, tackling undermining and differential outcomes in the NHS (HEE, North London)