Meet our team

Consultant EM RIE & Flow Navigation Centre, Resident Doctor Rota Master

Debbi trained in both the West and  South East Scotland, and has been a consultant at the Royal infrmary of Edinburgh since 2019. Within the department she is lead for stroke and bereavement. She holds a link role between the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Flow navigation centre, and is also a member of the RCEM Scotland National Board.

Professor, Consultant EM & PHEM, Clinical Lead for Medic 1, MIO

Richard is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine. He splits his role between Edinburgh and Surrey when we is Deputy Medical Director of KSS HEMS and holds a Personal Chair at Surrey University. He is an active member of the UK International Search & Rescue teams, is a commissioned TA Army officer and was awarded an MBE by HM The Queen for Services to Emergency Healthcare.

Consultant EM RIE, Director of Clincal Skills UofE, yr 6 medical students, Yr 3 B Med Sci students, EM course for MSc in Critical Care

Janet is an EM consultant and Director of Clinical Skills at Edinburgh Medical Schhol. Within the ED she is module organiser for the year 6 medical student module and organiser of the year 3 B Med Sci course in EM. She is interested in the management of vulerable paitents in the ED.

Professor, Consultant EM RIE, Director of EMERGE

Matt is an NHS Consultant and Professor of EM. He is Chair of the RCEM Research Committee and leads EMERGE, a multidisciplinary clinical EM research group delivering frontline applied health research which is the leading recruiter of Emergency Medicine research participants in the UK.

Consultant EM RIE, Clinical Director RIE ED

Carlyn is an EM Consultant and current Clinical Director of the Emergency Department at RIE. She graduated from Edinburgh University in 2011 and completed EM training in South East Scotland. She helped to establish the Peer Support Service in NHS Lothian and is interested in staff wellbeing.

Consultant EM RIE, Major Trauma & Flow Navigation Centre, Major Trauma Lead, MIO

Lyle trained in South East Scotland and completed subspecialty training in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine in the East of England. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma at RIE, a PHEM Consultant with the Great North Air Ambulance, and ED Major Trauma Lead.

Consultant EM RIE & RHCYP, SES EM TPD

Gilly graduated from Aberdeen University and completed EM training with Paeds in the South East. Working as a Consultant in RIE and RHCYP and currently Training Programme Director for EM trainees.

Consultant EM RIE & Critical Care

Fraser studied pharmacology and medicine at the University of Glasgow before moving to Edinburgh in 2016. He completed his CCT in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine in 2025 and now works across both specialties at the RIE. He has a strong interest in clinical governance and workplace wellbeing and has held leadership roles including Chief Registrar for NHS Lothian and national FICM representative for EM–ICM trainees. He is an RCEM examiner, EM and ICM supervisor, and sits on the NHS Lothian Drug and Therapeutics Committee. Outside the hospital, Fraser has a specialist interest in stadium and event medicine.

Consultant EM RIE & Major Trauma

Scott is an EM and Major Trauma Consultant at RIE. His interests include resuscitation, major trauma, medical education, and human factors and systems thinking.

Consultant EM RIE & Flow Navigation Centre

Ed graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School in 2006 with an intercalated degree in Virology. He was appointed a consultant in Emergency Medicine in 2015. He is a Scottish Quality and Safety Fellow and until recently was the Education Lead for the programme and now works as a National Clinical Advisor for Unscheduled care, working for the Centre for Sustainable Delivery. He recently redeveloped the Flow Navigation Service for NHS Lothian, introducing a consultant led model of care. 

Consultant EM RIE & RHCYP, Lead for MIU

Toria is an EM Consultant in RIE and RHCYP having completed a PEM Fellowship in New Zealand. She has a diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine and is interested in all things running and triathlon as well as balancing work, training and raising children.

Consultant EM RIE & RHCYP, Consultant rota master, Well-being Lead

Emma-Beth graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School and is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine.  She leads the staff well-being team in RIE ED and is a trustee for Medic One charity which supports education in the ED. 

Consultant EM RIE, RHCYP & Flow Navigation Centre, Lead for Orthopaedics

Krishna Murthy trained in Emergency Medicine in South East Scotland having graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School in 2004. He was appointed to a substantive Consultant post in 2013 and divides his clinical practice between adults at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. When not at work he enjoys snowboarding and being a father and husband to his loving family.

Consultant EM RIE, Education Lead, EM Simulation Co-Lead, LED Lead

Shirin trained in the University of Wales Medical School and has worked in Scotland, New Zealand and England before starting her emergency medicine training in South East Scotland. She is the Education Lead and Simulation Co-Lead for the ED.

Consultant EM RIE, Associate Medical Director RIE

Dave has been working in Emergency Medicine since 1998 at the Old RIE, spent a year working in New Zealand in 2005, and was appointed as a consultant in EM in 2006.  He has been in leadership roles including TPD, CD, AMD, National Clinical Advisor to CMO, and Deputy CMO since 2009.  He is the Lead for the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management in Scotland, and when not working is ferrying his kids around or on his bike.

Consultant EM RIE, Undergraduate Lead RIE, FRCEM OSCE Lead examiner

Katy trained at Edinburgh Medical School and has worked in emergency medicine in North East England, South East Scotland and Australia. She has an interest in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, and oversees medical student placements at the Royal Infirmary as the undergraduate lead. She is the RCEM lead examiner for the FRCEM OSCE and has previously lead the MRCEM Primary exam. 

Consultant EM RIE & RHCYP, Clinical Governance Lead

Lynsey is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Paediatric Emergency Medicine. She graduated from the University of Glasgow and worked in Australia before completing EM training in South East Scotland. She is involved in departmental clinical governance. 

Consultant EM RIE, Clinical Director of Unscheduled Care Transformation, Appraisal Lead, MIO

Dave graduated from Edinburgh University in 2009 and continues to have a keen interest in teaching and examining undergraduate medical students there. He trained in Emergency Medicine in the South-East Scotland Deanery before being appointed to a substantive Consultant post at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Consultant EM RIE & Acute Medicine

Ross is a Consultant in Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine and is the Lead for Ambulatory Care.

Professor, Consultant EM, Clinical Director for R&D

Qualified from Edinburgh University in 1989; postgraduate training in emergency medicine in Scotland and Yorkshire. Consultant in Emergency Medicine in Leeds and in Edinburgh since 2001. Currently, research director for the Emergency Medicine Research Group, Edinburgh and College Professor of Emergency Medicine. Current research interests include chest pain assessment and sepsis.

Consultant EM RIE, Assoc Medical Director for SAS

Gareth Clegg leads the Resuscitation Research Group at the University of Edinburgh. The group’s interests include the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, non-technical skills in time critical resuscitation, and the implementation of the ‘Chain of Survival’. The group is also the home of the ‘Save a Life for Scotland’ partnership and the ‘Language of Resuscitation’ social sciences collaboration.

Consultant EM RIE & RHCYP

Angela was educated in North Yorkshire and graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993. She joined the South-East Scotland Emergency Medicine training programme in 1999 and undertook additional training in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Consultant EM RIE & SJH, SES EM POCUS Lead, ID Lead, UoE Yr 6 EM Module co-Lead

Consultant EM RIE & Frailty

Consultant EM RIE, ED Airway Lead

Consultant EM RIE & Flow Navigation Centre, MIO, College Tutor

Consultant EM RIE, Deputy Director Medical Education

Sara is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and has spent her career working in the NHS. She has held a number of leadership roles and is currently the Deputy Director for Medical Education in NHS Lothian. Sara's interests lie in Mental Health, Trauma Informed Care and Staff wellbeing. She is a member of EDs at the Deep End.

Consultant EM RIE & SJH, EMTP Lead

Consultant EM RIE & Flow Navigation Centre, Patient Safety Lead

MC went to Glasgow University and moved to Edinburgh in 2006 for EM training. she has been deputy or lead examiner for a variety of the RCEM exams since 2013. 

Consultant EM & PHEM, MIO, Department Sedation Lead

Antonia splits her time between working as an EM Consultant at the RIE, and as a PHEM Consultant at Great North Air Ambulance Service. Out of hospital she maintains a keen interest in expedition medicine.

Consultant EM RIE, ICM & Major Trauma. Clinical Director of Major Trauma Services and VIce-Chair Scottish Trauma Audit Group

Dean is a consultant in critical care, emergency medicine and major trauma. He is the clinical director for major trauma services within NHS Lothian and is also the vice-chair of the Scottish Trauma Audit Group. He takes responsibility for the hospital medical controller role and is also an examiner for the European Diploma in Intensive Care.

Consultant EM RIE & Major Trauma, Resilience/MI Lead, MIO

Matt V is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma. He completed a HEMS fellowship in South East England with KSS Air Ambulance in 2021 and continues to work in HEMS. He is a Major Incident Medical Officer for South East Scotland, the Scottish representative for RCEM Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR), and the Emergency Department Planning Lead for EPRR. Matt has a passion for teaching, although colleagues may note his fondness for quoting 90s films that few remember anymore.

Consultant EM RIE & ICM SJH, Co-Lead for EM Simulation

Consultant EM SJH and RIE

Rachel trained across Scotland becoming a CESR consultant in 2017. She has worked overseas in Nepal, South Africa and Antarctica and has an interest in Expedition and Humanitarian medicine. She is an active UKMED member and has been deployed twice to Bangladesh and Samoa.

Consultant in EM SJH and RIE, Clinical Lead for EMA & SDEC SJH, SJH ED junior rota co-ordinator

Aidan completed Emergency Medicine Training in South-East Scotland and has been a Consultant in NHS Lothian since 2022. Having initially trained in Medicine, and then undertaking an out of programme fellowship in Ambulatory Care during EM training he now has a dual role working as a Consultant in the Emergency Department and Acute Medicine. He has an interest in Ambulatory Emergency Medicine and is a member of the RCEM SDEC Special Interest Group. Additional interests include simulation and resuscitation as a Medical Director for Advanced Life Support.

Consultant EM SJH and RIE, SJH Trauma Lead

Stuart trained in the South East of Scotland becoming a consultant in 2024 after completing a fellowship in clinical leadership. He is the lead for Trauma at SJH.

Consultant in EM SJH and RIE. SJH Resus Lead. Consultant in Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine, EMRS North

Ross trained in South East Scotland after graduating from the University of Dundee, and was appointed as an EM consultant in 2021. He completed a post-CCT Fellowship with EMRS and was subsequently appointed as a consultant with the service in 2025. He is the Resuscitation Lead at SJH ED.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Lead for Scottish Trauma Network

Consultant EM SJH and RIE, NHS Lothian Flow Centre

Tim worked in Glasgow and Aberdeen before starting as a consultant in St John's in 2019. He likes cooking and football.

Consultant EM SJH and RIE 

Jasmine was trained in South East Scotland and became a consultant in 2012. She is the Patient Safety Lead in SJH.

Consultant EM SJH, RHCYP & Flow Navigation Centre; Clinical Director SJH ED

Jamie trained the East of Scotland Emergency then headed to New Zealand pick-up extra experience in Paediatrics and Retrieval Medicine to gain him sub-specialty PEM accreditation He returned to Scotland in 2020 to join NHS Lothian.  With an interest in rationalising and streamlining processes to help improve department efficiency Jamie has been inviolved and introduced various in-patient flow and community interface initiatives.  He has a love for the transfer of knowledge (and jokes) and teaches on various local and national resusitation courses.

Consultant EM SJH and RIE, SJH Consultant rota lead, ANP supervisor and educator

Dip started as a doctor in the West of Scotland region, before moving to the Lothians to complete Emergency Medicine training. He has been a consultant since 2019, and has an interest in education and digital tools for health. He is a director for Advanced Life Support and HMIMMS (major incident) courses. He is one of the deputy leads for examinations within the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

Consultant EM SJH and RIE, Associate Post Graduate Dean, Anaesthetics, EM and ICM, SE Scotland

Graeme was previously TPD for Emergency Medicine and now works as the Associate Post Graduate Dean for Anaesthetics, EM and ICM in SE Scotland.

Consultant EM SJH & RHCYP

Consultant in EM SJH and RIE, SJH Eduction lead, PEM

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Clinical Director, Trauma Lead

Governance Lead

Research Lead, Well-being Lead

Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Alastair graduated in medicine with distinction from the University of Newcastle in 2001.  He joined the South East Scotland Emergency Medicine Training Programme in 2005.  He completed his Emergency Medicine Training with Paediatric sub specialty certification in 2010.

ADME, College Tutor

Foundation Programme Director, QI Lead

Resident Doctor Rota Master, MI Lead, Complaints.

Assosciate Medical Director, Children's Services & Clinical Lead for Digital

Consultant Rota Master