DIP HIV Revision Course 2025
Monday 28th April 2025
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
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Speaker Biographies
Dr Liz Okecha
Dr Liz Okecha is a Consultant in Genitourinary and HIV Medicine as well as Clinical Lead for St Helens Sexual Health, Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals. Dr Okecha has recently been appointed key opinion lead for St Helens HIV fast track cities and in early 2024 became Chair of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) HIV & blood borne virus special interest Group and Co-Chair of the BASHH HIV prevention group. Within the Royal College of Physicians, Dr Okecha is the GUM and HIV Representative for the Joint Specialty Committee for Infectious Diseases. She has a keen interest in Education and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education during her higher specialist training. She is a Faculty Registered Trainer for contraception, STI foundation Trainer for GUM and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol.
Dr Stuart Flannagan
Dr Stuart Flanagan is a Consultant in GU/HIV & Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Medicine at CNWL NHS Trust’s Mortimer Market Centre in Central London, and Honorary Consultant at University College London Hospital. He is the Viral Hepatitis Lead for CNWL Trust, and the NCL ODN Primary Care Lead for Viral Hepatitis. Stuart is also Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He completed an MD(Res) on Viral Hepatitis testing in Primary Care, and has research interests in Viral Hepatitis, BBV screening, Future HIV Services and Digital Care.
Stuart is the current Chair of the BHIVA Guildelines Subcommittee and past chair of the BASHH HIV/BBV Special Interest Group. He is Clinical Lead for NHS London’ Hepatitis B Pathways Task & Finish Group and Medical Advisor to the board of CAPS-Positive Faith Charity. Stuart has been a medical broadcaster for the BBC (BBC Radio 1 Surgery, CBBC’s Newsround, BBC Breakfast). He has written and presented BBC Radio 4 documentaries including The Path Of Least Resistance, on antimicrobial resistance, available to listen to via BBC Sounds.
Dr Marta Boffitto
Dr Tristain Barber
Professor Margaret Kingston
Consultant Physician in Genitourinary Medicine for 22 years in tertiary inner city teaching hospital practice, specific clinical areas of expertise; management if syphilis, management of HIV in pregnancy. Chair of the BASHH CEG and lead author of the BASHH guidelines for the management of syphilis and of syphilis in pregnancy. Director of Undergraduate Medical Studies, University of Manchester
Dr Laura Byrne
Dr Lisa hamzah
Dr Lisa Hamzah has been an HIV and Sexual health consultant at St George’s Hospital since 2019, which covers a large area with referrals of complex cases of HIV from South West London and Surrey. She has active research interests in advanced HIV and complications of HIV. Lisa supports the HIV/BBV SIG as course facilitator for the DipHIV Revision Course. She has no declarations of interest.
Dr Zoe Ottaway
Dr Zoë Ottaway is Specialist Registrar in HIV and Sexual Health at Kings College Hospital, London. She is currently appointed as a Clinical Research Fellow, undertaking her MD(Res) in the HIV and Sexual Health Research Group, within the Department of Infectious Diseases, at Kings College London. Her current research focuses on the impact of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on people of black ethnicities living with HIV in the United Kingdom. She is BASHH HIV/BBV SIG trainee rep and also sits on the BHIVA ‘not in care’ guidelines writing group.
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