Author: Kenneth Wong

Dr Kenneth Wong is a Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in Heart Failure and Imaging, and the Heart Failure and Imaging Research Lead, for the Lancashire Cardiac Centre. He was Academic lead for the Images in Disease course in Hull York Medical School. He has taught numerous medical students and physician associates in clinic/ward.  Professor Shernaz Walton has worked as a Consultant in Hull and East Yorkshire since 1997. In 2016, she was awarded Honorary Professorship, by Hull York Medical School in recognition of her longstanding clinical career with a significant national and international teaching and research contribution in dermatology. She is the principal investigator of several clinical studies in Hull as part of the research portfolio of the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). Her own research interests are in the field of Acne and Psoriasis and has authored several publications on these. She has 200 publications, including 3 books and several chapters in textbooks of Dermatology. Dr Simi Sudhakaran, is a GP Partner and Clinical Research Lead for Modality Hull Division and Clinical Director for Modality LLP Outpatients Services in Hull. She also works as a Specialty doctor in Dermatology at Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.  She co-authored the dermatology book ‘Treatment of Skin diseases’ published in 2019. She was awarded the GP Research Fellowship by the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network in 2019. She is also the current ‘Research News’ columnist for the Primary Care Dermatology Society quarterly bulletin. She enjoys being a HYMS (Hull York Medical School) Tutor, Foundation Trainer, and mentor for HYMS Derm Soc.  Professor John Cookson is currently Development Dean for a new medical school, University of Worcester UK.  In the past he has worked as a consultant physician in respiratory medicine and was Professor of Medical Education and Undergraduate Dean at the Hull York Medical School.