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John is usually found sailing offshore or somewhere in the Alps. At other times he might be found either with his three children down in Pembrokeshire or trying to run the acute medical unit in Princess of Wales (POW) Hospital in Bridgend. After starting his acute medicine training in the East of England, he transferred to sunny South Wales in 2012 and the rest as they say, is history. His special interests include medical education and attending as many conferences as possible. He is also the RCP College tutor and Internal Medicine Simulation training lead for POW.

Caz is usually found running around a badminton court or relaxing with a spot of yoga. Having recently completed her dual training in Acute Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Caz is hugely excited about developing her future career in both specialties. She is a founding member of WAPS and was delighted when those around her humoured her eye for detail and elected her WAPS Treasurer earlier this year. Caz is passionate about simulation training and was one member of a small faculty who recently travelled to Switzerland to run the first MedicALS course in the country.

Madhu enjoys, in no particular order, knitting, running, skiing, random gins and the coast. Once graduating from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 2008, she never felt the need to leave Wales. She completed the ACCS programme in Wrexham and is now coming to the end of her registrar training. Her clinical interests include leadership, echocardiography, simulation-based training and unashamedly promoting AIM. Despite loving hospital medicine, she took time out of training from 2018-19 as a Clinical Leadership Fellow with Health Education and Improvement Wales, being hosted by the GMC in Cardiff.

Chris enjoys cycling, badminton, and bacon. Chris trained in acute medicine in Wales and was appointed as a consultant acute physician at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in 2013. His clinical interests include echocardiography, ambulatory care, and venous thromboembolism. He is the current Welsh representative of the Society of Acute Medicine.

When not being an AIM consultant in the Royal Gwent Hospital, he is usually found outside; whether running, hiking, camping, or just chasing his children around the park. As a general rule, prefers ale to lager, and has yet to find a cheese he won’t eat. Having come through Acute Medicine training in Wales he is proud to now be Training Programme Director, with his main area of focus being around education, recruitment and retention, with half an eye on the new IM curriculum. Tom believes WAPS will become a powerful vehicle for our specialty, and supports driving things forward in the future.

Lliwen’s main hobbies are playing badminton, crocheting and teaching others how to pronounce her name. She graduated from Cardiff University in 2012 and has spent her medical training touring Welsh hospitals. She is half way through her acute medicine training, currently working in the University Hospital of Wales, before embarking on a stroke fellowship year in August. As well as being the Wales acute medicine trainee rep she is proud to be the first Welsh TakeAIM fellow and enjoys promoting the specialty at all available opportunities.