Hugh Gifford

About me:

I am a final year MRes-PhD student. My goal is to improve the care of critically ill patients in the African continent, where the burden of life-threatening fungal disease is massive. I am currently on Out Of Programme Research (OOPR) secondment from my Specialty Training (ST7) in Intensive Care, Respiratory, and Internal Medicine in Scotland.

Qualifications:

SCE Respiratory Medicine (2021) Specialty Certificate Examination, Royal College of Physicians

MRes Medical Mycology & Fungal Immunology (2021) Distinction; Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Performance; Biosciences Prize

FFICM: Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2020) Higher Specialty Training Qualification

DTM&H: Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (East African Partnership, 2017) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

MLitt: Master of Letters (Scripture and Theology, 2016) University of St Andrews

MRCP (UK): Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (2014) Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

BM BCh: Clinical Medicine (2010) University of Oxford

BA, MA: Medical Sciences (Infection & Immunity, 2007 and 2014) University of Oxford

Career:

Level 2 Thoracic Ultrasound (2020) Royal College of Radiology/British Thoracic Society

FUSIC: Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (2020) Intensive Care Society/British Society of Echocardiography

Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine Specialty Training (2015-) Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth; Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France

Youth Worker (2014-15) City Church Dundee

Honorary Clinical Teacher (2013-) University of Dundee

Acute Care Common Stem (Acute Medicine) 2012-2015 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth

Foundation Doctor (2010-2012) Horton Hospital, Banbury; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Grove Health Centre, Broughty Ferry