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Viyaasan Mahalingasivam

    • About Me:

      I am a kidney doctor based in London and I have recently started a PhD in epidemiology.

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      I am a doctor working at hospitals in East London. I specialise in nephrology (kidneys and things like dialysis and transplantation) and have been working as a consultant since June 2020.

      At the moment, I am doing a PhD based at the London School of Hygieine & Tropical Medicine so my time is split between doing research for my PhD and my work as a doctor. My research involves using GP and hospital electronic health records to investigate the long-term effects of COVID-19 on kidney function and other impacts (such as long-term survival, heart problems etc) on people who already had kidney disease to begin with.

    • My Typical Day:

      It depends on whether I am working as a doctor or doing my research. In my job as a doctor, I am usually at the hospital from around 8am to 6pm. I do my research mostly from home and usually work from 9.30am to around 7.30pm.

    • What I'd do with the prize money:

      I will use the prize money to be able to produce more eye-catching material to be able to engage young people with my research.

    My CV

    • Education:

      Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry (undergraduate) – 2004-2010

      London School of Hygieine & Tropical Medicine (MSc) – 2017-2019

      London School of Hygieine & Tropical Medicine (Phd fellowship) – 2021-2024

    • Qualifications:

      School:

      GCSEs – Biology, Chemistry, English, English Literature, French, History, Latin, Maths, Physics, Spanish – 2001/2002

      A-Levels – Biology, Chemistry, French (AS-level), Maths – 2003/2004

      Undergraduate:

      Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) in Molecular Therapeutics (intercalated) –  2009

      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – 2010

      Postgraduate:

      Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) – 2013

      Master of Science (MSc) in Epidemiology – 2019

      European Specialty Examination in Nephrology (ESENeph) – 2020

      Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Nephrology & General Internal Medicine – 2020

    • Work History:

      Part-time work as a student:

      Part-time sales assistant – Hammicks/Waterstones bookshops – 2002-2009

      Summer holiday admin assistant – GP practice – 2005

      Junior doctor training:

      F1/F2 – Newham/Royal London Hospitals, London – 2010-2012

      CT1/CT2 – Guy’s/St Thomas’ Hospitals, London – 2012-2014

      Specialty training in nephrology/general medicine:

      Locum ST3 – Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton – 2014-2015

      ST4 – Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford – 2015-2016

      ST5/ST6 – Royal London Hospital, London – 2016-2018

      Clinical Lectureship – Royal Free Hospital, London – 2018-2019

      ST7 – Whipps Cross Hospital, London – 2019-2020

      After completion of training:

      Locum Consultant Physician/Nephrologist – Whipps Cross/Royal London Hospitals, London – 2020-2021

    • Current Job:

      NIHR Research Fellow – London School of Hygieine & Tropical Medicine, London

      Honorary Consultant Nephrologist – Royal London/Homerton Hospitals, London

    • My Interview

      • What did you want to be after you left school?

        A doctor

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Not in serious trouble

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Have a lot of respect for independent hip hop artists like Akala and try and go watch when I can

        What's your favourite food?

        Rib-eye steak

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        To do well with the PhD, carry on with more research afterwards, more travelling

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