Dr Kav Davoudi came to the UK as a teenager, having never been on a plane without his parents before and with very little grasp of the English language.

During the pandemic, clinical oncology registrar Dr Asadullah Anees Khan was struck by how many immigrant NHS doctors tragically died from COVID-19, and how their stories and experiences were only gaining recognition after their deaths.

To mark the UK’s first-ever East and South East Asian Heritage Month, Professor Cheng-Hock Toh, the RCP’s immediate past academic vice president, shares his story.

In her blog post for South Asian Heritage Month, Dr Yasmin Jeelani Drabu talks about the discrimination she’s faced during her career in the NHS.

For South Asian Heritage Month, physician associate, Maximin Indrajith Perera, talks about his journey into medicine – from Colombo in Sri Lanka, to Torquay in England.

For South Asian Heritage Month, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Dr Jamilla Hussain, talks about how her upbringing in a Pakistani community in Yorkshire, shaped her life and career.

For South Asian Heritage Month, Professor Pilane Ariyananda FRCP talks about his work empowering Sri Lankan medical students to educate the community.

For South Asian Heritage Month 2021, physician associate Sofia Mughal tells us how her Pakistani heritage has shaped her life and career.

For South Asian Heritage Month, consultant cardiologist Dr Arjun Ghosh talks about his childhood spent between London and Kolkata.

For South Asian Heritage Month 2021, physician associate (PA) Anusha Francis talks about the importance and value of her heritage in her journey towards becoming a PA.