Dr Rohit Chitkara

Phone: +447920263374
Email: ro.chitkara@googlemail.com

Personal Details
DOB 08/08/1989
Nationality British

Professional Experience
Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust & Imperial College London Sept 2016 Present
Clinical Teaching Fellow & Honourary Lecturer

Co-ordinating, producing, innovating and delivering small group and lecture-based teaching
sessions to Imperial College medical students across medical specialities.
Designing written and practical University summative assessments and curriculum changes.
Personal tutor delivering pastoral care to eight first year undergraduate medical students.
Currently conducting analysis of financial implication of third runway at Heathrow on
Hillingdon Hospital. Aiming to present to hospital directors and at a national Quality
Improvement Symposium.
Involved with IT department in rollout of new hardware and electronic records to improve
clinical efficiency and accuracy. Main role is to facilitate and improve engagement amongst
clinical staff, particularly doctors.
Member of committee for the Trainees in the Association for the Study of Medical Education
(TASME). Currently organising annual conference on Medical Education, with over 100
delegates expected to attend. Involved with logistics and obtaining sponsorships.

Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia 2015 2016

Monash Medical Centre & Dandenong Hospital
Hospital Medical Officer

East Anglian NHS Foundation School 2013 2015

Peterborough City Hospital & Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge
Foundation Doctor

Obtained first place job rotation in highly competitive deanery of 275 doctors.
Took on responsibilities not normally expected of a foundation doctor including leading
cardiac arrest resuscitations and presenting to psychiatric tribunals.
Led an initiative through audit and data analysis to improve clinical efficiency and patient
safety by implementing new system to create and deliver the weekend surgical handover
o Invited to present initiative at the London Surgical Symposium in 2014.
Member of team in a large multi-centre clinical trial (BeneMin) investigating the role of an
antibiotic in treating symptoms of psychosis. Helped team become the only centre out of six
to achieve recruitment target.
 Education
University College London 2007 2013
MBBS & BSc (Hons) in Clinical Sciences, First Class Honours

Awarded Deans List in 2011 following nomination by course director for outstanding
achievement during BSc.
Elective Project Prize (awarded to one person out of a year group of over 400) for essay on
selective sex abortion in India.
Presented original scientific research on inflammatory markers in bronchiectasis (a
respiratory disease) at a national Respiratory conference attended by over 2000 delegates.
Published chapter on pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in
an online revision textbook Medicine by publisher Elsevier.
Co-chair of Global Medicine Society. Devised and organised new initiatives such as an
online resource and a symposium for elective placements. Symposium now an annual event
due to success.
Heavy involvement with teaching initiatives;
o Member of Sexpression; delivering sexual education to 12-16 year old students at
schools across North London.
o Tutor in the Peer Assisted Supervision Scheme; teaching pre-clinical students in
small group tutorials prior to their summative exams.
o Mentor in Target Medicine; a student-led widening participation scheme.
Delivered workshops and coached A-level students from non-selective state schools
applying for undergraduate medicine.
Directed and performed in a play during the Hindu Societys annual variety performance.
Held at the Queens Theatre in the West End to an audience of over 1000.

Merchant Taylors School for Boys, Liverpool 1997-2007

A Levels Chemistry (A), Spanish (A), Biology (A), General Studies (A)
AS Level Maths (A)
GCSEs 8 (A*) 1 (A)

Additional Information
Other Skills competent across the full Microsoft Office Suite. Basic coding (HTML &
CSS).
Hobbies & Leisure travelling, gastronomy, playing football & cricket, photography,
drama. Former writer and editor of restaurant blog www.meatabolic.blogspot.co.uk