Speaker Profiles
Learn a little more about our wonderful speakers.
Dr Paul McCroubie
Consultant Radiologist, Southmead Hospital
Proudly hailing from the West Riding of Yorkshire, Paul McCoubrie qualified from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 1996. He trained in radiology in Sheffield and Bristol and has been a Consultant Radiologist at North Bristol NHS Trust since 2004. He has a long-standing interest in medical education (MEd 2004), was Lead Anatomy Examiner for the Royal College of Radiologists (2011-15), RCR Human Factors Advisor (2016-18) and Head of the Severn School of Radiology (2016-2020). He is currently External Examiner for the Faculty of Radiology, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. His subspecialty interests include abdominopelvic radiology, nuclear medicine & PET. His first book, The Rules of Radiology was published in 2021 followed by it’s sister volume More Rules of Radiology in 2024
Dr Sharan Wadhwani
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham and Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester
Graduated from University of Leeds School of Medicine in 2004, completed specialist Radiology training in Manchester in 2012, Completed Fellowship Abdominal Imaging in Toronto 2013. Endoscopic Ultrasound in Cambridge 2016-18. Currently work across Worcestershire and Birmingham.
Endoscopic Ultrasound in both secondary care (Worcester) and a tertiary/quarternary (Birmingham) unit, one of the largest multi visceral transplant centres in Europe.
Education Officer for the British Society for Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiologists. Widely published including journal and textbook chapter publications. RCR/BSGAR representative on JAG stakeholder and training/quality committees.
Dr Andrea Howes
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Howes is a Consultant General Radiologist with sub-speciality interests in Radionuclide Radiology and Skin Cancer, both of which were entirely unplanned.
She trained in Clinical Radiology in Merseyside and has been a Consultant Radiologist at the former St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (now Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) for 21 years.
She has been the radiology lead for skin cancer in Cheshire and Merseyside for almost 18 years and co-chaired the regional Skin Cancer Network Group from 2013-2016.
Outside of work she can generally be found running or crocheting.