Principal's Conversations: Tim Mitchell
Please join Principal John Bowers for his conversation with Tim Mitchell, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. They will discuss Tim Mitchell’s career and NHS reform.

Tim Mitchell is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at University Hospital Southampton. He has a subspecialty practice in otology and undertakes cochlear implant and other auditory implant surgery as part of the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service.

He has a major interest in training and assessment. He was a member of the Specialist Advisory Committees in Otolaryngology and Audiovestibular Medicine from 2012-2017. He has been a MRCS examiner since 2004 and was Chair of the Court of Examiners at the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2014-2017, with experience of examining in the UK, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Mr Mitchell has been a member of the Council of the British Society of Otology. In 2017, he was elected to the Council of RCS England, served as Vice President from 2020 to 2023 and was elected as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2023.

He has been a strong advocate for equality through the recruitment of female surgeons as MRCS examiners and through the support of Women in Surgery and Women in ENT Surgery. As Vice President, he led on the implementation of RCS England’s response to the Kennedy report. He is one of only 5 men to be awarded Honorary Membership of the Medical Women’s Federation.

Principal’s Conversations are generously supported by Robert and Lynne Krainer.
Date: 17 October 2024, 17:30
Venue: Brasenose College, Radcliffe Square OX1 4AJ
Venue Details: Amersi Foundation Lecture Room
Speakers: Mr John Bowers KC (Principal, Brasenose College, Oxford), Mr Tim Mitchell (Royal College of Surgeons of England)
Organising department: Brasenose College
Organiser: Kate Roberts (Principal's Office, Brasenose College)
Organiser contact email address: principals.events@bnc.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
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Audience: Public
Editors: Kate Roberts, Anu Dawson