In the past only doctors could prescribe medicines. Recently a number of changes have been made to the prescribing laws which allow health professionals (nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists) to prescribe medicines in their specialist area following a period of extended training.

The overall aim of non medical prescribing is to improve patient access to medicines and as a result improve NHS services.
 

GMC Number: 4739263

Year of first qualification: 2000, University College London

Specialty: Acute Medicine

Clinical interests: Patient safety, clinical leadership and service design

Secretary: Lisa Williams

Telephone: 0117 414 1141

GMC Number: 6148689

Year of first qualification: 2000

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interest: Vascular and interventional radiology

Secretary: Alex Bessant

Telephone: 0117 414 9007

Dr Peter Mezes gained his Diploma in Medicine in 2000, became a Specialist in Radiology in 2010 and gained his European Board of Interventional Radiology qualification in 2012.

Dr Mezes areas of interest includes endovascular interventions (peripheral arterial disease, endovascular aneurysm repair, venous intervention, venous and haemodialysis access, transarterial embolisation including uterine fibroids).

His non vascular interventions interests includes upper and lower gastrointestinal stenting, percutaneous biliary procedures, percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteric stenting, percutaneous image guided biopsies.

Professional memberships:

• British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR)
• Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE)
• European Society of Radiology (ESR)

GMC Number: 6051926

Year of first qualification: 2002, University of Bristol

Specialty: Medicine for Older People

Clinical interests: Acute frailty, Parkinson's disease and related disorders

Secretary: Zoe Waller

Telephone: 0117 414 1130

GMC Number: 4715069

Specialty: Care of the Elderly

Telephone: 0117 414 6438

GMC Number: 6025705

Year of first qualification: 2001, University of Bristol

Specialty: Acute Medicine

Clinical interests: Ambulatory Emergency Care

Secretary: Lisa Williams

Telephone: 0117 414 1141

Dr Louise Powter has been a consultant physician at North Bristol NHS Trust since October 2013.

She has an interest in Ambulatory Emergency Care. She is also an IMPACT (Ill Medical Patients Acute Care and Treatment) and Advance Life Support instructor.

She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and the Society for Acute Medicine.

GMC Number: 4406071

Year of first qualification: 1997, University of Bristol

Specialty: Gastroenterology

Clinical interests: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Secretary: Sally Bale

Telephone: 0117 414 6352

Dr Ana Terlevich is the endoscopy training lead for North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT). 

In addition, she has specialist interests in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, nutrition, small bowel disease and Enteroscopy, including wireless capsule enteroscopy and double balloon enteroscopy.  

GMC Number: 6139269

Year of first qualification: 2005

Specialty: Radiology

Clinical interest: Abdominal and trauma radiology

Secretary: Janette Burnett

Telephone: 0117 414 9014

GMC Number: 6130706

Year of first qualification: 1999, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Specialty: Histopathology / Cellular Pathology

Clinical interest: Breast, skin, soft tissues

Secretary: Alison Johnson

Telephone: 0117 414 9830

Dr Demetris Poyiatzis obtained his medical degree at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary in 1999. Following graduation he decided to pursue a career in pathology. During his residency years, he developed a special interest in tumour pathology and was actively involved in this area at the National Institute of Oncology in Budapest, Hungary.

During Dr Poyiatzis's training in the UK as a Specialist Registrar in Histopathology he was mainly based at Southmead Hospital Bristol but the post involved rotations in both Teaching and District General Hospitals which included Bristol Royal Infirmary, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, and Weston General Hospital. He successfully completed both the FRCPath part 1 and FRCPath part 2 examinations.

He currently works as a Histopathology consultant at Southmead Hospital Bristol and has developed special interest in Breast, Soft Tissue, and Skin pathology. He also reports breast cytology. He participates in general and specialist EQA schemes and also participates in audit work.

Research in Functional Urology

Functional Urology includes very common conditions like urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and benign (non-cancer) prostate disease.

The Bristol Urologial Institute is involved in research that is trying to understand how we can improve the quality of life of men and women who suffer from these conditions. The research spans from laboratory research to try to understand exactly how the brain controls the bladder through new questionnaires and what are the best tests to use for diagnosis, to what is the best operation for incontinence in men. Some of our research funding comes from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-Health Technology Assessment (HTA) program.

Research in Urology Cancers

The BUI is the busiest urology cancer centre in the country. We are centre of excellence for robotic and open surgery for the treatment of prostate, bladder, renal, testicular and penile cancer.  However, research is an essential part of our work so that advances can be made that bring our patients better outcomes from their disease.

We strive to ensure that our research projects address important questions  which exist concerning all aspects of the treatment of patients with these cancers. We are involved in basic science research with our colleagues in both University of Bristol and the University of the West of England