Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership

Join the programme and benefit from the community of real-world med tech, entrepreneurship, and leadership experts as well as the unique opportunities on offer from the King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre ecosystem. We will assist you in becoming an inspiring and skilled leader; empower you to navigate contemporary healthcare system challenges' and help you drive impact across your organisation and beyond.

We are looking for candidates with the ambition to advance to senior leadership roles and the drive required to thrive in a dynamic and thought-provoking environment. 

Application Requirements:

The following outlines the typical requirement for applying to the programme, however, these may differ for future application cycles. 

• Supporting statement: This should explain your motivations for undertaking this programme, your post-programme goals, and the project ideas (clinical and entrepreneurial) you intend to bring to the programme. 
• Curriculum vitae/résumé: This should include a list of awards or publications. 
• Letter of recommendation: This should be provided by your clinical supervisor/Head of Department, showing their support for you to undertake the fellowship and how this will be financed (if they are supporting this).

Email KHPLeaders@kcl.ac.uk to find out details of the next programme. 

The fellowship gives access to original Harvard Business School cases, Harvard Business Publishing registration and guides fellows through preparations for consultant practice. Graduates also benefit from:  

1. Opportunities to make leadership contributions within Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT; 
2. King's Health Partners & King's College London affiliations and alumni network connections; 
3. A Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) competency sign-off in leadership and management. 

Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership Graduation ceremony

Following the successful completion of their innovation projects and participation in the Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership programme, Prokar and Petrut congratulated the class of 2023.

At our 2023 ceremony we thanked our fellows for their dedication to the programme. As our fellows begin implementing their new leadership and innovation skills, we look forward to seeing the patient benefits they bring into their clinical practice.  

Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram delivered an inspirational talk to the KHP Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership class of 2023. In her talk, she inspired fellows with her personal journey of surgical innovation and entrepreneurship. Moving from California to Beirut in the late 80s, she learned a lot about life and surgery.

The faculty for the Executive Fellowship in Leadership contribute a wide range of real-world med tech, entrepreneurship, and leadership expertise to the programme. 

• Prof Prokar Dasgupta OBE -  Prof Dasgupta has worked within the King's Health partnership for more than 20 years. He leads the outstanding robotic surgery programme at King’s College London and fosters strong surgical innovation and research partnerships with NHS partners locally and globally. He is acknowledged as a leading educationalist, starting a successful BSc in surgical science at KCL. 
• Mr Peter Gogalniceanu - Mr Gogalniceanu is a consultant transplant and vascular access surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a senior clinical lecturer at King's College London and a faculty member of the simulation and interactive learning (SaIL) centre at Guy's and St Thomas'. Peter's work focuses on a just culture and the translation of performance tools from safety-critical professions to healthcare.
• Prof Prashant Jha - Prof Jha is an editor, inventor and serial entrepreneur who heads the affordable medical technologies division at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences at King’s College London.
• Dr Claire Mallinson - Dr Mallinson is a Consultant Anaesthetist specialising in anaesthesia for children's complex deformity surgery. She was Director of Medical Education (Deputy Medical Director) for 12 years at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest under and post graduate training institutions in the country.
• Mr Joydeep Sinha - Mr Sinha is a specialist shoulder and upper limb surgeon at London Bridge Orthopaedics. He is one of our most experienced consultants at LBO, having been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London, since 1996. He is currently Joint CAG Leader for Trauma and Orthopaedics, Kings Health Partners.
• Miss Kay Thomas - Miss Thomas has been a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since 2006. Kay is an expert in the endoscopic management of bladder cancer. Her specialist interests include: Endourology (minimally invasive surgery) and stone disease; Cystinuria; and Endoscopic management of transitional cell carcinoma.
• Miss Dorothy Kufeji – Miss Kufeji is a consultant neonatal and paediatric surgeon and Guardian of Safe Working at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guys & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust. She is passionate about surgical safety and ensuring equity in healthcare delivery, and has a strong background in medical leadership, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education. Dorothy is also a Council Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 
• Mr Sunil Bhudia - Mr Bhudia is a consultant cardiac surgeon Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. He has interests in leadership, cutting edge cardiac surgery, virtual reality and mixed reality in cardiac surgery and teaching, human factors, team working and cardiac modelling.
• Mr Ashley Simpson - Mr Simpson is a consultant peripheral nerve injury surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Having previously worked for the European Space Agency in Cologne, Germany, he brings experience in leadership and innovation translated from the aerospace industry. He also has a passion for medical education, being the founder of the William Cheselden Club and Annual Scientific Meeting, representing Orthopaedic Training in South East London, and is the director and faculty on a number orthopaedic surgical skills courses.