Johann Malawana

Johann Malawana
Education Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Years active 2005–present
Known for Chair of the Junior Doctors Committee of the British Medical Association
Medical career
Profession Doctor
Field Obstetrics

Johann Malawana is a British obstetrician who was the Chair of the Junior Doctors Committee of the British Medical Association (BMA) from September 2015 to July 2016. He is a registrar in obstetrics.

Early life

Malawana grew up in Gants Hill, London and was educated at Ilford County High School.[1] He studied at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, graduating with a medical degree in 2005.

Medical politics

Malawana was president of Barts and The London Students' Association 2002–03.

In 2003–05 he was University of London Union Medical Students Officer and founded the London Medical Student newspaper as part of the campaign around Modernising Medical Careers.

In 2004 he was elected the Deputy Chair for Education of Medical Students Committee of the BMA.

He was an appointed member of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) 2008–10 and the General Medical Council (GMC) 2009–12.

From 2007 to 2010, after the introduction of Modernising Medical Careers and the MTAS debacle, he was the Chair of the Education and Training team for Junior Doctors Committee of the BMA. As part of the subsequent negotiations he is credited with devising the first version of the Interdeanery Transfer system.[2]

At the end of September 2015 he was elected chair of the Junior doctor's Committee of the BMA.[1] A contract dispute began to unfold during that time, affecting junior doctors in England. In November 2015, he was named by the Health Service Journal to be the 78th most influential person in the English NHS.[3]

Malawana resigned from the position of chair of the JDC on 5 July 2016.[4]

Personal life

He is married to a GP, with whom he has a son.[1] He previously ran a photography business in his spare time.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Urwin, Rosamund (22 October 2015). "Junior doctors' leader Johann Malawana on Jeremy Hunt's contract changes: 'We're not ideologues — we have been pushed'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "BMA – Inter-deanery transfers | British Medical Association". www.bma.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  3. ↑ "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Triggle, Nick (5 July 2016). "Ministers 'looking to impose doctor contract'". BBC News.
  5. ↑ Gentleman, Amelia (27 November 2015). "Junior doctors' leader Johann Malawana on NHS strikes: 'No doctor wants to do what we are being pushed into'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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