COPES July NEWS 2021
Here are our ZOOM details for Saturday July 3rd at 10.00. We’ll be running until 10.40, with the option of extending afterwards. Meeting ID and Passcode by invitation.
We hope to be arranging a face to face meeting soon.
Watch out for further news.
Meet The Team – Miss Rai.
Miss Nirmala Rai is a Consultant Gynae Oncosurgeon at Southend University Hospital. She completed her general gynaecology training in busy hospitals in the North East of England and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. During this time she developed her skills in major gynaecological surgery, laparoscopic surgery and cancer surgery. She also worked towards and obtained the equivalent of a Diploma in Palliative Care for Specialist Doctors during her registrar rotations. She undertook research on – Biochemical markers and combination testing for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms and signs suspicious of ovarian cancer and was awarded an MD for her thesis on the same by the University of Birmingham. She then underwent subspecialty training in gynaecological oncology at St Bartholomew’s and Royal Marsden Hospitals for three years. Both these hospitals see large numbers of complex gynaecological oncology cases. She is well versed in both open and minimal access procedures for gynaecological cancers.She is a trained colposcopist and is a member of the BSCCP. She has an interest in vulval disease and runs dedicated clinics for vulval disorders. She is an avid trekker and rock climber and practices yoga daily. She has also run several marathons and half marathons and takes part in charitable events.
Welcome and we look forward to meeting Miss Rai at a COPES event one day.
Many of you will not know some of the hospital staff who operate behind the scenes and support us in the running of COPES. We will highlight these wonderful people from time to time and we start with a ‘Thank You and Happy Retirement’ wish for this lovely lady, Marilyn Whittick (Mal) who has been a wonderful clerical and organisational support to the CNS team and to us on the COPES committee when we got more involved with running COPES support, events and communications. There were times when we simply couldn’t have managed without her.
Thank you, Mal! Happy retirement!