Consultants


Nadeem Aftab
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Colchester Hospital
I have worked in the Trust since 2009. I run a Parkinson’s clinic at both Colchester and Clacton hospital. I work closely with the Parkinson’s nurses to help provide holistic care to patients in hospital as well as the community.
I am also interested in developing frailty pathways for elderly patients to provide prompt comprehensive assessment of frail elderly patients and safe discharge to the patient’s own home.


Amanj Ahmad
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I completed my specialty training in Geriatric medicine and General internal medicine in London (Lister Hospital, Barnet Hospital & University College London Hospital & St Pancras Hospital, and North Middlesex Hospital).
I have been in the Trust since 2016. I have a keen interest in medical education and work as a Consultant on Woodbridge Ward, the Frailty Assessment Base and in the community at Felixstowe Hospital. My role involves enhancing integrated care and community care to support elderly care to live healthier and independent.
I have a special interest in Future Hospital, Hospital at Home, and Discharge to Assess, Interface Geriatrics and Frailty. I work with a multidisciplinary team of therapists and specialist nurses to support elderly people to live independently in the community.


Shazia Awais
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I have been working at Ipswich Hospital since December 2016. Prior to that I worked as Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at Colchester Hospital for 6 years.
I cover a large variety of medical conditions and conditions specific for older people like falls, frailty, confusion, multiple coexisting medical conditions and poly pharmacy (too many drugs).
I completed specialist training in the East of England and rotated through Ipswich Hospital, Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.


Sam Blows
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I graduated from Leicester Medical School in 2006. I completed my specialty training in Geriatric Medicine on the North Central London Deanery taking a sabbatical at Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
I have an interest in medical education and work as a Consultant on the Constable Suite, Frailty Assessment Base and in the community.


Julie Brache
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I have been a Consultant at Ipswich since 2005. I am the clinical lead for Older People’s services. My specialist interest is Falls and orthogeriatrics and I also run the Tilt Table service.
I am based on the Fragility Fracture Ward (Saxmundham) and work closely with orthopaedic and rheumatology colleagues to provide care for older people admitted with hip fractures.


Dan Coates
Older people's services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital and Bluebird Lodge
I graduated from Liverpool Medical School. I took up speciality training in Acute Medicine in the London Deanery for four years as a registrar which developed my passion in the care of the older person. I completed my second speciality training in geriatric medicine in the eastern region and joined the consultant team at Ipswich in 2018 as a consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine.
I currently work as a consultant in the Constable suite, our complex care unit, as well as involvement in community geriatrics at Bluebird Lodge and acute geriatrics in our Frailty Assessment Base. I have an interest in acute interface geriatrics as well as a keen interest in end of life care.


Elena Jamieson
Older people’s services (including frailty services) and Stroke
Ipswich Hospital
I am a specialist in movement disorders and Parkinson’s disease, providing comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people at the hospital and in the community. I work with GPs, community based nurses and therapists in the Ipswich area and provide patient’s home visits when required.
My research interests are vascular and lewy body dementia. I am the adult safeguarding lead at the Ipswich Hospital, specialising in medico-legal aspects of patient’s care.


Selina Lim
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I joined Ipswich Hospital in 2016, having previously worked as a Consultant in East Kent and in Croydon.
I am involved in community geriatrics at Bluebird Lodge Community Hospital and the Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team.
I also provide care home in-reach into local care homes, working alongside the CCG.


Ajith Pillai
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since 2013. I specialise in Geriatric Medicine. I trained in Yorkshire and the East of England.


Thilaka Prakash Rudra
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Colchester Hospital
I have been a Consultant since June 1989. I specialise in GI Endoscopy.
Teshk Shawis
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since August 1998.


Jane Shoote
Older people’s services (including frailty services)
Ipswich Hospital
I am a Consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine and am one of three Consultants based on the complex care unit at Ipswich Hospital.
I have a special interest in dementia and interface geriatrics and am also involved in community geriatric medicine at Bluebird Lodge Community Hospital and Felixstowe Community Hospital.