Help as a Trainee

Zavira is a doctor working in Plastic Surgery, an Executive Coach running her own business and a Leadership Trainer. Born and raised in Aruba, she was trained in the Netherlands and is now working in London. As a leader on the local, national, regional and international level of the largest international student organisation, the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association and access to medicines organisation Universities Allied for Essential Medicines she has extensive experience in global health leadership. Having been involved with BFIRST for the past five years in Education and Membership, Zavira is currently the Chair of the Trainees Committee.

Emma is a Plastic Surgery Registrar based in Manchester. She previously worked in Malawi, Ghana and Myanmar. She is excited to help build global partnerships between UK and International surgeons and trainees.

Ye Ru is a Plastic Surgery Registrar based in the South West Deanery. She has served on the BFIRST Trainees Committee for the last 6 years. She is passionate about trainee involvement in global surgery projects

Siobhan is our membership coordinator. She is currently working as a Plastic Registrar in London and has had a keen interest in Global Health since University where she worked on a number of projects. She has spent time working abroad on a volunteer basis in different countries and she is keen to continue this work as she progresses through her career.

Ailbhe is an ST5 trainee in the North West deanery, currently working in Manchester. She developed an interest in fundraising and global surgery while at medical school in Dublin. This evolved into a role over the past two years on the fundraising sub-committee for BFIRST. This year she will be our events coordinator, running the BFIRST event and presence at BAPRAS,PLASTA Congress, GASOC, BFIRST and BSSH Overseas Day, amongst other events.

Say is a Plastic Surgery Registrar based in Plymouth. He has served on the BFIRST Trainees Committee for the last four year running as the BFIRST Fellowship Coordinator.

Rushabh is an ST3 plastic surgery registrar in the East of England deanery, currently working at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He hopes to support the BFIRST Trainees committee by bringing a new lease of life to the BFIRST social media accounts and increase member engagement and awareness of our activities through multiple social media platforms.

Emma is a Plastic Surgery Registrar based in Manchester. She previously worked in Malawi, Ghana and Myanmar. She is excited to help build global partnerships between UK and International surgeons and trainees.

Rebecca completed her Plastic Surgery specialty training in London, followed by the European Diploma in Hand Surgery and a period of Hand Fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, prior to moving to the United States to be with her family. She is involved with the research and teaching programmes within the Division of Hand Surgery at New York University Hospital, whilst remaining actively involved with both the BFIRST and BSSH Global Partnerships Committees. She served as the President of the BFIRST Trainees Committee in 2020/21 and has been involved with BFIRST since its conception in 2014, when she co-founded the trainee membership body, BFIRST Trainees. She went on to launch the BSSH Overseas Trainee Committee in 2020, of which she is past Chair. Having previously spent periods of time working in India, Uganda and South Africa, she is passionate about Global Reconstructive Surgery and is keen to promote opportunities for early exposure to working within low- and middle-income countries, forming lasting partnerships, and to see global surgery formally incorporated in the UK Plastic Surgical Training Curriculum.