Johann Malawana

Johann Malawana
Chair of Junior Doctors Committee BMA
Assumed office
26 September 2015
Preceded by Kitty Mohan/Andrew Collier
Personal details
Alma mater Barts and The London, University of London
Website www.johannmalawana.com

Johann Malawana is a British obstetrician who is the Chair of the Junior Doctors Committee of the British Medical Association (BMA).[1] He is a registrar in obstetrics,

Early life

Malawana grew up in Gants Hill, London and was educated at Ilford County High School. He studied at Barts and The London, graduating with a medical degree in 2005.

Medical politics

Malawana was president of Barts and The London Students' Association 2002−03.

In 2003−05 he was University of London Union Medical Students Officer and founded the London Medical Student Newspaper as part of the campaign around Modernising Medical Careers.

In 2004 he was elected the Deputy Chair for Education of Medical Students Committee of the BMA.

He was an appointed member of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) 2008−10 and the General Medical Council (GMC) 2009−12.

From 2007 to 2010, after the introduction of Modernising Medical Careers and the MTAS debacle, he was the Chair of the Education and Training team for Junior Doctors Committee of the BMA. As part of the subsequent negotiations he is credited with devising the first version of the Interdeanery Transfer system.[2]

He was named by the Health Service Journal to be the 78th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015.[3]

Personal life

He is married to a GP, with whom he has a son. He previously ran a photography business in his spare time.[4]

References

  1. "Campaign against new junior doctors' contract must not lose momentum". The Guardian. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. "BMA - Inter-deanery transfers | British Medical Association". www.bma.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. Gentleman, Amelia (27 November 2015). "Junior doctors’ leader Johann Malawana on NHS strikes: ‘No doctor wants to do what we are being pushed into’". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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