Kapil Sugand, Trauma and Orthopaedics Registrar; Surgical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK,Miriam Berry, Consultant Nephrologist, Birmingham, UK,Imran Yusuf, Ophthalmology Registrar; MRC Research Fellow, Oxford University, UK,Aisha Janjua, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar; NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Warwick University, UK,Chris Bird, Consultant in Emergency Paediatric Medicine, Oxford, UK

Besides being the Editor-in-Chief of the inaugural Oxford Handbook of Medical School, Dr (Mr) Kapil Sugand is an orthopaedic registrar based in London, author, research scientist, educator, media personality and a philanthropist with a passion in medical education. He is currently doing a PhD in trauma simulation to train future surgeons safely and his plethora of work has been featured in international media, conferences and journals. This handbook will be his fourth book as editor. He also founded and chairs a widening participation scheme on reducing the education gap nationwide to promote careers in healthcare. For all his contribution to the field of medicine and education, his biography was featured in the renowned Marquis Who's Who of the World since 2013.

John R. Apps (Chapter 54: Getting ahead)
Paediatric Registrar, ST5, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Research Associate, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London; Honorary Clinical Fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK

Bilal Azhar (Chapter 42: UGI and HPB)
Vascular Surgery Registrar, London Deanery, London Postgraduate School of Surgery, UK

James R. Bentham (Chapter 26: Paediatrics)
Assistant Professor and Consultant Paediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Yorkshire, UK

Miriam Berry (Chapter 3: Preclinical medicine; Chapter 5: Intercalated degrees; Chapter 21: Nephrology; Chapter 48: Assessments; Chapter 50: Clinical exams; Chapter 54: Getting ahead)
Consultant Nephrologist, Birmingham, UK

Chris Bird (Chapter 3: Preclinical medicine; Chapter 7: Going clinical; Chapter 26: Paediatrics; Chapter 45 Practical procedures; Chapter 46: Basic investigations)
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK

Lesley Black (Chapter 17: Genitourinary medicine)
GP Registrar, Severn Deanery, Bristol, UK

Deborah Bowman (Chapter 47: Ethics and Law)
Professor of Bioethics, Clinical Ethics and Medical Law at St George's, University of London, UK

Lois Brand (Chapter 53: Making decisions)
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Elsa Butroos (Chapter 54: Getting ahead)
GP ST3, Oxford Deanery, UK

James Butterworth (Chapter 34: Colorectal surgery)
Surgical Registrar ST5, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Cancer and Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK

William Butterworth (Chapter 34: Colorectal surgery)
Core Surgical Trainee, General Surgery, Princess Royal University Hospital, London, UK

Nandini Datta (Chapter 6: Going clinical)
Senior Resident Medical Officer, Emergency Department, Gosford Hospital, Central Coast Local Health District, Australia

Fungai Dengu (Chapter 42: UGI and HPB)
Surgical Registrar, Oxford Transplant Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

Harveer Dev (Chapter 3: Preclinical medicine; Chapter 8: Cardiology; Chapter 43: Urology; Chapter 41: Vascular surgery)
Wellcome Trust PhD Fellow & Honorary Urology Registrar in Urology, Cambridge University, UK

Kathryn Drysdale (Chapter 14: Gastroenterology)
Hepatology Clinical Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Tegwen Ecclestone (Chapter 56: Career planning)
Core trainee, Northern Deanery, UK

Daniel Fitzgerald (Chapter 56: Career planning)
Academic Foundation Doctor, South East Scotland Programme, UK

Neil Gupta (Chapter 44: Radiology)
Consultant Radiologist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK

Ruofan Connie Han (Chapter 49: Preparing for clinical exams)
ST4 in Ophthalmology, Oxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

Adam Handel (Chapter 50: Clinical Exams)
Clinical Lecturer in Neurology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

Ayad Harb (Chapter 39: Plastic surgery)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, University Hospital North Midlands NHS Trust , UK

Amy Hawkins (Chapter 55: The elective)
Specialty Trainee in Palliative Medicine, London, UK

Catherine Hearnshaw (Chapter 50: Clinical Exams)
ST7 Paediatrics, Royal Derby Hospital, UK

Alexander J Hills (Chapter 37: Oral and Maxillofacial surgery)
Specialist Registar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, UK

Thiagarajan Jaiganesh (Chapter 12: Emergency Medicine)
Consultant in Adult & Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, St George's, University of London, UK

Aisha Janjua (Chapter 50: Clinical exams; Chapter 51: Written exams)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Warwick University, UK

Mhairi Jhugursing (Chapter 9: Critical care)
Consultant Anaesthetist, West Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

Irfan Jumabhoy (Chapter 2: Studying at medical school; Chapter 53: Getting ahead)
Core Surgical Trainee, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

Raghunath Kadiyala (Chapter 13: Endocrinology)
Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury, UK

Sheirin Khalil (Chapter 52: Other assessments)
GP Specialty Registrar, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK

Harry Krishnan (Chapter 50: Clinical Exams)
Specialist Trainee Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northwest Thames Rotation, UK

Kar-Hung Kuet (Chapter 10: Dermatology)
Specialist Registrar, Department of Dermatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Mong-Loon Kuet (Chapter 35: ENT Surgery)
Ophthalmology Specialist Trainee, Department of Ophthalmology, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK

Suhas S. Kumar (Chapter 7: Anaesthetics)
Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich UK

Lily Li (Chapter 40: Trauma and orthopaedic surgery)
Specialty Registrar, Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Trust, Barnet, UK

Firas Maghrabi (Chapter 20: Infectious diseases and tropical medicine)
Clinical Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, The National Aspergillosis Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe hospital, Manchester, UK

David Metcalfe (Chapter 8: Cardiology; Chapter 830: Respiratory medicine; Chapter 841: Vascular surgery)
NIHR Clinical Fellow and Trauma and orthopedics Registrar, University of Oxford, UK

Yasmeen Mulla (Chapter 4: Preparing for pre-clinical exams)
Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Department of General Surgery, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering, UK

Biplab Nandi (Chapter 38: Paediatric surgery)
Lecturer in surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi; Consultant paediatric surgeon, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi

Fiona Napier (Chapter 3: Preclinical medicine; Chapter 7: Anaesthetics; Chapter 13: Endocrinology; Chapter 14: Gastroenterology; Chapter 21: Nephrology; Chapter 22: Neurology)
Consultant, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

Arjun Odedra (Chapter 5: Intercalated degrees; Chapter 53: Getting ahead)
GP Specialty Trainee, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK

Nicola Okeahialam (Chapter 6: Going clinical)
Specialty Trainee Year 1, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK

Vishal Patel (Chapter 32: Breast surgery)
Breast and General Surgery specialist registrar, North West London Deanery, UK

Benjamin Pinkey (Chapter 6: Going clinical)
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation trust, UK

Emma Prower (Chapter 11: Elderly care)
Intensive Care Registrar, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

Tasneem Rahman (Chapter 19: Immunology and allergy)
Specialist Registrar in Immunology and Allergy, Department of Immunopathology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

Ahmed Ramadan-Sudek (Chapter 36: Neurosurgery)
Senior Neurosurgical Registrar, Jason Brice Fellow in Neurosurgical Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, UK

Fatima Ravat (Chapter 2: Studying at medical school)
Postgraduate MSc Student, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Imran Raza (Chapter 34: Colorectal surgery)
Specialist Registrar in Colorectal and General Surgery, University College Hospital, London, UK

Isabel Rodriguez-Goncer (Chapter 20: Infectious diseases and tropical medicine)
Senior Clinical Fellow in Infectious diseases, The National Aspergillosis Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe hospital, Manchester, UK

Shahbaz Roshanzamir (Chapter 11: Elderly care)
Consultant Geriatrician and General Physician, Department of Ageing and Health, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK

Hazim Saddideen (Chapter 39: Plastic surgery)
Microsurgical Reconstruction Fellow, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK

Ashraf Sanduka (Chapter 28: Pathology)
Consultant, Department of Histopathology, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

Guy Schofield (Chapter 27: Palliative medicine)
Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Wellcome Trust Society and Ethics Fellow, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, UK

Katherine Schon (Chapter 16: Genetics)
Specialist Registrar and Academic Clinical Fellow, Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Medical Genetics Service, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Eshan Senanayake (Chapter 33: Cardiothoracic surgery)
Specialty registrar, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Stephanie Slater (Chapter 51: Written examinations)
SHO Medicine

Carmel Stober (Chapter 31: Rheumatology)
Locum Consultant in Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Amit Sud (Chapter 18: Haematology)
Clinical research fellow, The Institute of Cancer Research / The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Kapil Sugand (Chapter 1: Starting as a medical student; Chapter 3: Preclinical medicine; Chapter 5: Intercalated degrees; Chapter 8: Cardiology; Chapter 12: Emergency medicine; Chapter 15: General practice; Chapter 30: Respiratory medicine; Chapter 34: Colorectal surgery; Chapter 41: Vascular surgery; Chapter 49: Preparing for clinical exams; Chapter 50: Clinical exams; Chapter 53: Making decisions; Chapter 54: Getting ahead)
Trauma and Orthopaedics Registrar and Surgical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK,

Quen Tang (Chapter 40: Trauma and orthopaedic surgery)
Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northwest Thames Rotation, department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Hannah Tharmalingam (Chapter 24: Oncology)
Oncology Registrar, Department of Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK

Jemma Theivendran (Chapter 29: Psychiatry)
Specialist Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, St George's, University of London, UK

Sri Thrumurthy (Chapter 8: Cardiology; Chapter 30: Respiratory medicine; Chapter 41: Vascular surgery)
University College London Hospitals NHS Trusts, UK

Alex Tsui (Chapter 22: Neurology)
Specialist Registrar, Clinical Research Fellow, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, UK

Laura Watson (Chapter 15: General practice)
GP, Beaumont Street Surgery, Oxford; Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Imran Yusuf (Chapter 1: Starting as a medical student; Chapter 2: Studying at medical school; Chapter 7: Going clinical; Chapter 50: Clinical exams; Chapter 56: Career planning)
Ophthalmology Registrar and MRC Research Fellow, Oxford University, UK