Nadia is a PEM Consultant at BHRUT in London. Before graduating in medicine, she worked in BBC Radio. She grew up in Saudi Arabia with mixed heritage English and Yemeni, and has created a home and a sense of belonging in London. With Soft Landing she hopes to help others feel the same welcome and sense of belonging.  She loves singing and dancing and is happiest when she manages to persuade her children to join in with her. Going for walks with her dog in the wild are her other favourite thing. She believes in citizens taking direct action to make the world a better place. 

Neelakshi completed her post-graduation in Paediatrics from Kolkata, India, and moved to the UK to pursue her interests in clinical research. She works as an oncology GRID trainee. She is a member of her local Learning from Excellence team and advocates reporting ‘all that goes well in healthcare everyday’ to keep our patients safe. Neelakshi re-lives her childhood at work and attempts adulting elsewhere whilst exploring her migrant life through food, literature and long walks. As a member of the Soft Landing team, she is keen to support IMGs in utilising their unique strengths to learn new skills and transition successfully into the NHS.

Jaz completed her postgraduate training in Paediatrics and Child health at the university of Nairobi, Kenya before moving to the UK. She is working as AS/SAS in community paediatrics working through her CESR. She created a handbook to help IMG doctors like herself orientate themselves on joining the NHS. She is also the handbook lead for Soft Landing.

Grew up in Egypt and went to medical school there, worked in cairo in paediatrics and then joined NHS in Wales in 2019. Make the journey and difficulty I had when I first joined in easier – I think we all have an obligation to help others. To do this I started my own Arabic youtube channel for doctors wanting to work in UK. (Ahmed Eissa Youtube)

Following a successful CESR applications, he is working as a consultant paediatrician at Mersey, west Lancashire. He graduated from King Edward medical university and trained in Pakistan. I had been working in the middle East  as a Neonatologist before moving to the UK in 2018. After settling in the NHS, I chose the alternative Pathway for specialist register and was lucky to be successful in the first attempt, of course with the support of my colleagues. I had been working as RCPCH regional rep for SAS DOCTORS in the North East and Yorkshire regions and also been doing online teachings and webinars for membership exams and the CESR process.