Dr Vikas Acharya
ENT Surgery | Medical/Surgical Education |
Healthcare Mentoring | Charity Work
Dr
Vikas
Acharya - BMBS MA MBA FRCS(ORL-HNS) FHEA MAcadMEd MFSTEd
Welcome to my website,
thank you
for spending the time to have a look at it - as you can see it is very basic and in its early stages!
I am currently a Post-CCT Fellow in Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, working at The Royal National ENT Hospital (UCLH) in London. My higher surgical ENT training was within the North Thames London rotation. I have a passion for medical and surgical education and often organise and teach on various healthcare courses for medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees and various healthcare professionals. This was solidified and enhanced by my learning process when I completed a Masters in Medical Education part-time, whilst working as a foundation doctor. I am particularly interested in overcoming barriers to learning in the workplace, simulation, practical skills enhancement and improving confidence and competence of junior doctors. Since graduating I have worked in various specialties, I have had experience as a core surgical trainee, a specialty trainee in neurosurgery and then in emergency medicine, but then finally found my home in ENT Surgery!
I am currently involved in a few ENT related organisations in various capacities:
- British Rhinological Society Juniors (President - https://sites.google.com/view/brsjuniors/home)
- Association of Otolaryngologists in Training (AOT North Thames Regional Rep) - https://aotent.org
They both have free educational resources, access to information and conferences/courses and is a good way to learn from about ENT and to start your stepping stone in planning a career in ENT, it's never too early!
One of my other interests is mentoring and coaching for those wishing to pursue a career in medicine, this includes those in secondary school and college, prior to applying to university. Particularly with personal statements and interview preparation. I also regularly help mentor foundation year doctors and junior surgical trainees with core and specialty applications, careers advice and extra-curricular and academic work to boost their portfolio, CV and interview preparation.
Since 2002, I have been involved in charity work both local to my home town of Luton and also in Exeter/Plymouth as a charity officer in our university surgical society. I am involved in various capacities with several organisations, please do click on the links below for more information:
If you are interested in any of the below domains, please fill in the contact form at the bottom of this page or click the website link:
I'm always interested in connecting with new people within and outside ENT Surgery, especially if it's related to medical/surgical education, teaching, training or charity work. Please get in touch if you'd like to work together on a new or existing project! You can follow me on Twitter or Instagram by clicking the icon links at the bottom, but I can't promise it'll be anything interesting.
