About Us

Providing specialist point-of-care ultrasound education and training in Northwest England and beyond.

Our Team

Organisers

Mark ZY Tan

Anaesthetics/ICM Trainee
NIHR academic clinical fellow

Mark has mentored practitioners of all grades since 2015. He is a FUSIC mentor, FAMUS supervisor, and holds level 1 emergency ultrasound accreditation.

Harry Bamber

Anaesthetics trainee

Harry is a FUSIC mentor and has been involved in organising and training in the Northwest.

Annemarie Brunswicker

Thoracic surgery trainee

Annemarie is accredited in focussed echo and lung US. She regularly trains other surgical trainees in US for procedures.

Evangelos Boultoukas

Consultant Intensivist

North Manchester General Hospital

Evangelos is a veteran trainer in POCUS around the UK. He is a FUSIC/FAMUS supervisor

Chris Craig

Consultant Respiratory Physician

Wythenshawe Hospital

Chris leads the pleural service at Wythenshawe hospital

Nick Hopley

Intensive Care Medicine Trainee

Nick is level 1 BSE accredited in echocardiography

Faculty

Our faculty consists of experienced trainers from a range of specialties. We can facilitate accreditation pathways including FUSIC, FAMUS, BTS, EMUS, and CACTUS. Some are listed below:

Judith Lyons: Respiratory consultant
Nishant Cherian: EM/ICM trainee
Farhan Ahmed: EM/ICM trainee
Ollie Hill: EM/ICM trainee
Kamal Berechid: Anaes/ICM trainee

Simon Hayward: Specialist physiotherapist
Sam Latif: Anaes/ICM consultant
Alistair Cranfield: Anaes/ICM consultant
Zeeshan Malik: Anaes/ICM consultant
Jan Hansel: ICM trainee. NIHR ACF