Dr Brian Wang, a foundation year 1 doctor and RCP Student and Foundation Doctor Network representative for London, credits much of his professional development and achievements to the incredible mentors he had growing up.

Dr Abi Gupta, a consultant geriatrician in the West Midlands, was placed on the kidney transplant list just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK. Here, he tells his story of training to become a consultant while battling life-threatening illnesses.

To mark Transgender Day of Visibility, GP Dr Christine Mimnagh talks about the importance of transgender healthcare and education. 

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.