After qualifying from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1981 Mike initially followed a surgical career path before moving into Accident and Emergency Medicine. During his training he worked in Canterbury, Sheffield, Leeds and London gaining wide clinical experience across many specialties including general, paediatric, plastic, cardiothoracic and orthopaedic surgery, paediatric and general medicine, intensive therapy, psychiatry and general practice. He has been a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital since 1992.
Mike has taken an interest in health care management since he was in training completing the Open University Health Services Management course. Subsequently he took on many local, regional and national management roles; projects included hospital design and health care IT development and implementation. In 1999 he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Health in England to lead a £115M modernisation programme for Accident and Emergency (A&E) services in England.
Mike is "Recognised Teacher" of the University of East Anglia Medical School and most recently has taken particular responsibility for coaching and mentoring trainee doctors and undergraduates in difficulty.
Mike joined MIAD (the medical education, consultancy and development company within Strontium) as an Associate Trainer in 2008, taking particular responsibility for courses around Supporting Doctors in Difficulty and Career Development. He was appointed as Medical Director to Strontium in 2009.
Away from medicine, his interests are rugby, particularly refereeing, and watercolour painting.