
Meet The Team
Office Bearers

Dr. Vinod Gadiyar
BIDA National Treasurer
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine.MBBS, MD, DA, MSc (pain)FCARCSI, FFPMCAL

Dr. Suresh Chandran
BIDA ARM Chairman
FRCP (London) Divisional Clinical Director for Medicine, Royal Oldham Care Organisation, Northern Care Alliance. Director for Acute Internal Medicine in Health Education North West.

Dr. Sanjiv Sinha
BIDA National Vice President
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Dr Chandra Kanneganti
BIDA National President
MBBS, FRCGP, PGc (Med Ed) MSc (Medical Leadership)
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Dr Ashish Dhawan
BIDA National Chairman
Consultant Cardiologist
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Mr Amit Sinha
BIDA National Secretary
MB (Hons) MS FRCSG FRCS (Tr&Orth) MCh (L’pool)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Executive Committee Members
BIDA Deputy
Secretary
BIDA Vice Chairman

Dr. Sanjay Arya
BIDA Hospital Doctors' Forum Chairman
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine.
MBBS, MD, DA, MSc (pain)
FCARCSI, FFPMCAL

Dr. Leena Saxena
BIDA Women Doctors' Forum Chair
General Practitioner
MBBS, MS Obst & Gynae, DFFP
GP Appraiser
LMC Member
Chairman, Wigan BIDA Division

Dr. Gurkaran Singh
BIDA Doctors in Training Forum Chairman
FY2 - East Midlands NHS Foundation Trust

Dr. Preeti Shukla
BIDA GP Forum Chair
General Practitioner Blackburn
M.B.B.S, D.R.C.O. G nmrcgp
CCG Primary Care Lead
LMC Member at Penine LMC
BMA and GPC Member

Dr. S Sarker
BIDA Past President & BIDA National Chairman (2008-2014)
Retired General Practitioner Merseyside MBBS
BIDA National Chairman 2008-2014

Dr. S Bhattacharyya
BIDA Executive Committee Member
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
MBBS; FRCS(Eng.); FRCEM
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Mukresh Hemmady
BIDA Sports & Culture
Co-ordinator
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Writhington Hospital

Dr Shika Pitalia
BIDA Executive Committee Member
Director SSP Health Director, Pall Mall Medical, Manchester
Dr Anita Sharma
BIDA Executive Committee Member
General Practitioner, South Chadderton Health Centre, Oldham GPwSI Gynaecology, Oldham Family Doctor Association Educational Lead, North West NICE QSAC GP Member

Dr Birendra Sinha
BIDA Immediate Past President
General Practitioner Merseyside
MBBS, MRCP(IRL)MRCP(UK)
BIDA National Treasurer 2011-2017
Dr. JJ Raj Muthiah
BIDA Executive Committee Member
International Clinical Fellow Dept of Cardiology Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, London
Ravish Katira
BIDA Executive Committee Member
Consultant Gastroenterologist
MBBS, MD, FRCP(Lon), FRCP(Ed)
Based at Rochdale Infirmary & Royal Oldham Hospital Northern Care Alliance NHS

Dr. Rakesh Sharma
BIDA Executive Committee Member
MD; MRCGP
He is the Clinical Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in East Lancashire CCG and is also the Executive Member of Lancashire and Cumbria LMC
Dr Uday Kanitkar
BIDA Executive Committee Member
MBBS, FRCS, FCPS, FRCEM, PGCME
Divisional Medical Director
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Honorary Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University
Specialist Advisor CQC in Urgent and Emergency Care

Mr. Sai Pillarisetti
BIDA Student Wing President
5th Year Medical Student
Anita Sanghi
BIDA Executive Committee Member
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Barts Health NHS Trust

Mr. S Bhattacharyya
M.B.B.S MD (GENERAL MEDICINE) CCST
Gastroenterology, FRCP(Lon) FRCPI, AGAF
Consultant Gastroenterologist

Dr. Sunil Bagewadi
BIDA Deputy Treasurer
Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical director, Royal Oldham Hospital Northern Care Alliance NHS trust Paediatric training programme director for Health Education North West Regional adviser- RCPCH North West

Dr. Alka Trivedi
General Practitioner Trainer and Appraiser
Training Programme Director-Health Education England.
MBBS(Hons); MS; FRCS; MRCGP

Dr. Leena Saxena
BIDA ARM Vice Chairman
General Practitioner, Merseyside

Dr. Amit Sinha
BIDA Media & Communications Lead
MB (Hons) MS FRCSG FRCS (Tr&Orth) MCh (L’pool)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
BIDA Journal Editor