It is time to celebrate the success of more IBMS members. Below are those who passed IBMS exams last year.
In addition to the names stated below, there were 262 candidates who passed one of the Certificate of Expert Practice (CEP) qualifications with the following numbers for each of the qualifications:
Laboratory Information Technology and Clinical Informatics – 17
Leadership and Management – 61
Molecular Pathology – 18
Point of Care Testing – 36
Quality Management – 73
Training – 57
Higher Specialist Diploma (HSD)
The following individuals passed the HSD exams that they sat in September 2023.
Cellular Pathology
Cátia Candido – The Doctors Laboratory - Northwick Park Hospital
Benjamin Eggington – Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
Valentina Frailis – Harrogate District Hospital
Mark Housley – Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
Rebecca Simmons – Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
Hope Travers – Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead
Clinical Chemistry
Scott Creswell – Countess of Chester Hospital
Samantha Cunnington – Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
Laura Fretwell – Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
Ashley Kaye – Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Philip Logue – Antrim Area Hospital
Jessica Merrills – Rotherham General Hospital
Nathan Timbrell – Synnovis at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
William Van Den Bron – Nottingham University Hospital Trust
Haematology
Alison Brooks – Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Alanna Masson – Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Zoe Pickering – Manchester University Foundation Trust (Trafford)
Charlotte Sutherby – Hull Royal Infirmary
Leadership and Management
Shabir Chucha – George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton
Thomas Davis – Kettering General Hospital
Vanessa Grant – Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Thomas Salter – Hull Royal Infirmary
Marianne Stocking – University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Laura Wright – Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Medical Microbiology
Dionne Coyle – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Sarah Drydale – Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Nicola Hull – Craigavon Area Hospital
Dale Nesbitt – Craigavon Area Hospital
Robert Oxley – Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Justina Spyrka – Calderdale Royal Hospital
Transfusion Science
Philippa Everton – Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby
Cassandra Hemmings – Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Cytology
The following individuals were successful in passing the written and microscopy exams held in 2023.
Advanced Specialist Diploma (ASD) in Diagnostic Cytopathology
Iain Birse – Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead
Isobel O’Donnell – Altnagelvin Area Hospital
Susan Smith – Path Links, Lincoln County Hospital
Histopathology Reporting
To achieve this qualification candidates have passed the Stage A, B and C portfolios and exams at Stages A and C.
ASD in Dermatopathology Reporting
Judith Rich – Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jemma Wood – Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
ASD in Gastrointestinal Histopathology Reporting
Cheryl Fyfe – Harrogate District Hospital
Jade McAlinn – Royal Free Hospital, London
Mary Mc Elroy – Altnagelvin Area Hospital
Fiona Morgan – University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Amanda Rainbow – Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Jacqueline Strachan – Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Julie Watson – Royal Stoke University Hospital
James Woodland – Royal Surrey County Hospital
ASD in Gynaecological Histopathology Reporting
Sandra Iles – Charing Cross Hospital, London
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