Saarah Ebrahim
Co-Founder
Saarah is a General Surgery trainee in the North West London deanery. After obtaining a First Class Honours in Biological Sciences and completing a dissertation at Addenbrooke's, Cambridge in Immunology, Saarah went on to study Medicine at The University of Aberdeen. Her elective was spent undergoing a clerkship at the Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She was awarded the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society Scholarship for her publications and international presentations within Burn Surgery.
During foundation year one she held the position of Mess President and sat on the BMA Local Negotiating Committee and was awarded 'Foundation Year One Doctor of the Year' as voted by her fellow peers. As part of her foundation training programme she spent eight months in General Surgery and obtained a competitive Core Surgical Training post within the East of England deanery. Saarah was appointed to the position of Core Surgical Trainee representative for East of England and STEER (Surgical Trainees in East of England Research Collaborative). She has also held the role of an RCS England ambassador. After CST, she took time out of training and worked as a locum Breast Surgery Registrar at the Royal Free London Hospital. She was successfully shortlisted for higher surgical training in four specialties before ranking highly at national recruitment and taking up a training post in General Surgery at the North West London Deanery with the view to subspecialise in Oncoplastic Breast and Reconstructive Surgery.
Haseem Raja
Co-Founder
Haseem is a ST5 ENT trainee in the North West deanery. He graduated in Medicine from The University of Manchester in 2018 with several awards and prizes. He was successful (competitively) in obtaining a full scholarship to complete a Master’s degree in Oncology at the world-renowned Christie Hospital, gaining the award of Distinction. His work has been presented nationally and internationally, including the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress.
Haseem completed his foundation training at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, obtaining a national award in Paediatrics and gaining exposure to a wide range of surgical specialities. Ranked as one of the highest applicants for the 2020 CST process, he secured a highly competitive ENT run-through post in central Birmingham.
Haseem is passionate about teaching and mentoring students/junior colleagues to achieve their goals.
Sharukh Zuberi
CST and ST3 General Surgery Course Lead
Sharukh is a General Surgery trainee in the North West London deanery. ​He graduated from Imperial College London in 2019, including a first-class Honours degree in Medical Management. ​
Under the guidance of ACE Medicine & Surgery, Sharukh excelled in both his Portfolio and CST Interview in 2022. He ranked 2nd in National Selection, securing a highly-competitive, Plastics-themed CST post at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.​
More recently, Sharukh has ranked 2nd in National Selection at ST3 General Surgery applications with perfect scores in both portfolio and interview. He will be taking up his first choice post in the North West London deanery.
Janso Joseph
Faculty Lead
Mr. Janso P. Joseph is a Locum Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust and Chief Medical Officer at Rhazes AI. He completed a post-CCT Fellow in Minimally Invasive, Robotic, and Bariatric surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School after having completed hisCCT in General Surgery from the East of England Deanery.
He is passionate about surgical education, and an advocate for increasing diversity in surgery. He is married to another general surgeon, Anokha O. Joseph. Together, they have written a surgical textbook 'Smashing the Core Surgical Training Interview: a holistic guide to becoming a surgeon' that is now available to purchase online!
Sarah Puthur
Conference Lead
Sarah is a Foundation Year 2 doctor in the North West deanery.
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Sarah completed a dual degree medicine programme where she obtained a First-Class Honours degree in BSc (Medicine) from the University of St Andrews. She went on to study Medicine at the University of Manchester where she graduated in the top 10% of her class in 2022.
Sarah has always appreciated the role of mentors in shaping her experiences, right from medical school to her days as a new foundation doctor. Hence, she has been actively involved in peer mentoring and teaching since her days as a medical student.