About Us

Developmedica – a dedicated team!

Developmedica, formerly Apply2Medicine, was founded by Matt Green in October 2005 with the goal of supporting prospective and current doctors at every stage of their career. Developmedica has evolved from offering application and interview advice to establishing itself as the leading provider of non-clinical career support for medical professionals through a broad spectrum of services tailored to meet their learning needs, including: a diverse and unique range of books, development courses, and eLearning modules.

Developmedica has supported over 15,000 individuals to progress their medical career in the last two years alone.

In doing so it has addressed a clear shortfall in addressing the learning and development needs of doctors relating to career progression and non-clinical development. We are passionate about developing individuals and in doing so helping to improve the quality of healthcare provision in the UK. To that end, Developmedica only use the most experienced and highly qualified individuals to deliver our services (see below).

We are proud of our consistently high standards of educational excellence, and are full-time and committed to meeting the development needs of all healthcare professionals. Our core principle is making the interests of the individual our main priority and we are not sponsored by any pharmaceutical companies or other external interests.

We have a solution for everyone and offer blended learning at every step of your career to provide the assistance you require. Our commitment is to those we support and to proactively evolve alongside healthcare services in the UK. If you require a service that we do not currently offer – please tell us!

Matt Green






Tony Edgar

After completing his BSc in Biochemistry, Matt went on to complete an MPhil at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. This involved working closely with medical professionals on a number of projects developing novel drugs for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Since establishing Developmedica in 2005 Matt has been supporting prospective and current doctors to progress their career through providing application and interview advice together with helping doctors to develop their non-clinical skills including leadership, management, teaching and communication skills.

Tony, who has gained diverse experience within the field of medicine, works in a consultancy role advising Developmedica on present and future projects together with helping to deliver our range of development courses for doctors. Tony’s early medical career saw him working as an SpR in Radiology before working as a GP and then becoming a consultant in public health. Tony held a number of consultant public health positions, including a post as Director of Public Health, and since 2002 he has been a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. He has also gained considerable management experience through working as a Medical Director of a large NHS trust.

Bob Ghosh

Bob is an accredited consultant in widely varying specialties namely intensive care medicine, general (internal) medicine, neurology and clinical neurophysiology. He has also been the Director of Intensive Care at the Homerton University Hospital since July 2004 and is a Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians. Bob performs clinical duties in intensive care, which is his main specialty, and also performs research, clinical and educational duties in general (internal) medicine, neurology and clinical neurophysiology. Bob helps to deliver our range of Consultant Interview and Management Courses. 

Peter Livesley

Peter is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Emeritus) and a Special Lecturer at Nottingham University. He has held positions as Clinical tutor and Associate Medical Director (Education) at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust. Peter has a long standing interest in medical education, paediatric orthopaedics and cabinet making. He is a reviewer for the journal injury and one of the appraising examiners for the MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons of England. Peter has been a Special Lecturer for the University of Nottingham since 2006. Peter delivers our courses and also works in an advisory capacity. 
 

Uday Dandekar

Uday has gained over 20 years experience within surgery since qualifying from medical school in Mumbai, India. He has completed his Masters in general surgery and also cardiothoracic surgery and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of both Glasgow and Edinburgh. He has also worked in a clinical capacity in the USA having completed his USMLE and he is a practising cardiac surgeon, having achieved his cardiothoracic exit exams FRCS (CTh). He brings with him a wealth of clinical experience and is a keen teacher. He serves as a consultant for Developmedica’s interview skills courses, as well as on the advisory panel for developmedica.

Ian Smith

Ian is an experienced Training Manager with a Corporate background who specializes in course design, planning and implementation. He has broad knowledge of soft skills training and has designed and delivered a variety of Teach the Teacher programmes, amongst others, across a wide variety of audiences. His watchword is practicality and insists that programmes delivered on behalf of Developmedica are of the highest standard and have practical applications in the workplace. Ensuring customer satisfaction through high quality courses, venues and facilitators are his number one aim.

Tania Von Hospenthal

Her interest and career in the medical arena started in 2004 with the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman, working in the Clinical Advice Directorate as a Business Manager. She worked closely with 24 senior clinicians and nurses who provided clincal advice in a variety of medical complaint cases. This experience led to wanting to be able to make a change at a different level where the common theme of complaints stemmed from - consistant training standards for doctors. The next step was to be PMETB for the next three years, where she was involved in the initial set up of the Certification Directorate as the Interim Head of Certification and the development of the Article 14 (4), Article 14(5) and (5)(b) procedures and processes. From this position she moved to the Interim Certification Devlopment Analyst working on developing all areas of Article 14 including Specialty Specific Guidance, the assessment process of applications, reviews, appeals and training of PMETB staff and Royal Colleges as required. With this wealth of experience Tania is involved in providing our range of Article 11 and Article 14 PMETB support services.

Nicole Corriette

Originally from London and trained at University College London Medical School. She was awarded the University College and Middlesex Hospital Club Award for her achievements in pre-clinical medicine and also won the Smith-Kline and Beecham Prize Award for her achievements in her intercalated BSc. She graduated in 2003 with a distinction in her MBBS and a First Class Intercalated BSc in Physiology. Following her love for general practice she joined a Pan-London VTS scheme in 2005 and completed her registrar year on the Barnet VTS. In 2007 she completed her MRCGP with a distinction overall, and was one of only 20 candidates that year to achieve a merit in all four components. Subsequently she was nominated for the Fraser Rose medal by the RCGP. She is currently a partner in a large practice in Dunstable and also helps deliver GPST courses for Developmedica.

Gayathri Rabindra

Gayathri Rabindra is currently completing the GPST scheme Sidcup, having graduated from Royal Free and University College Medical School. She is passionate about teaching, both of undergraduates and in the developmedica workshops. She has also been an expedition doctor for a trip to Everest Base Camp, and hopes to develop further skills in expedition medicine. She is also a facilitator for the Developmedica GP Stage 3 courses.

Sarah Christie

Sarah has over 20 years corporate experience in various management roles, specialising in training, communication and customer service. Her particular field of interest lies in the area of personal beliefs and the impact they have on thoughts and behaviours. For the last 2 years Sarah has worked with NHS doctors, delivering programmes in leadership, assertiveness, communication, time management and interviewing skills. Sarah brings enthusiasm, commitment and humour to her training and as an accredited NLP Master Practitioner and qualified coach, Sarah is passionate about helping individuals re-connect with their own resources and potential for excellence.

Vikram Dave

Vik graduated from University College London in July 2001 and went on to become a GP registrar in Central London. He then worked as a GP locum for a year before becoming a portfolio GP. He is currently a salaried GP with a view to partnership in Victoria and works with Developmedica in an advisory and facilitator role for our range of GP support services.