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OVERVIEW

Meenakshi is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medical Education (SME). She leads anatomy teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate MBBS, Speech and Language Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and MRes Surgical Anatomy Programmes.

Her research interests are medical education, anatomy pedagogy, clinical anatomy, ultrasound education and supervises undergraduate and post graduate students.

After completing her MBBS in 2009, she obtained MD in anatomy at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. She has worked as a doctor in the NHS, UK and in India. She has previously taught anatomy and clinical skills at Durham University, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St. Christopher’s College of Medicine in the UK.

QUALIFICATIONS

• MBBS, Bangalore University, India (1999)
• MD (Anatomy), Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India (2003)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education, 缅北禁地, UK (2010)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (2010)

MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Bodies:

• British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA), Honorary Secretary . She is a Director, Trustee and BACA Ambassador of the north east region. She was the Deputy Secretary of BACA (2018-2021).
• Anatomy Associations Advisory Committee (AAAC), Chair (2024- current)
• Anatomical Society
• Human Tissue Authority (HTA) Person Designated
• General Medical Council
• AMEE (2013- 2018)
• ASME (2012- 2018)

Committees and Networks:

• 缅北禁地 Race Equality Network (NU-REN), Executive Committee member  
• 缅北禁地 Gender Equality Group member
• 缅北禁地 Race Equality Charter IAG (Implementation and Action Group) member
• Regional Racial Equality Forum member
• FMS Equality Project Strategic Oversight Board member

Meenakshi delivers anatomy teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across FMS and HASS faculty.

Module and MBBS Case Leadership

• MBBS Year 2 and A101 Case 24 Lead and anatomy lead
• MBBS Year 1 and A101 Case 3 co-lead and anatomy lead
• MRes Surgical Anatomy module lead
• Biomedical Sciences Anatomy module lead
• BSc Speech and Language Therapy and MSc Language Sciences Anatomy module lead

Academic adviser

• Currently Year 1 MBBS Academic Adviser. I have been an academic mentor for Year 2 and A101 MBBS students previously.

Postgraduate medical courses

• FRCR (Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists) Part 1 regional anatomy course, upper limb anatomy lead
• 缅北禁地 Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia (NUSGRA) international course, faculty
• 缅北禁地 Ultrasound Guided Advanced Regional Anaesthesia and Pain (NUSGRAP) international course, faculty

External examiner

• University of Manchester, Anatomical Sciences Programmes (2021-2025)
• MRCS (Membership of Royal College of Surgeons) examiner

Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award at Durham University in 2017

Nomination for the NUSU Teaching Excellence Award for outstanding contribution to teaching at NU in 2019

Vice-Chancellor's Education Excellence Award 2022- NU Anatomy

缅北禁地 Engagement & Place (Inclusive Education, Lifelong Learning and CPD) Award 2023- NU Anatomy

Other teaching activities

Post graduate clinical anatomy course organiser

Widening participation and outreach activities contributor

Meenakshi has published her work in anatomy and medical education journals. She is an Associate Editor of BMC Medical Education and acts as a peer reviewer for several other journals.

She has successfully hosted British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) conference in December 2019 at 缅北禁地. She was an organising committee member for the Anatomical Society first virtual conference, hosted by 缅北禁地 in January 2021.

She regularly chairs oral research presentation sessions at British Association of Clinical Anatomy conferences

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• Articles

  • Adds P, Ashwood N, Brassett C, Choudhury B, Clancy J, Dangerfield P, Gasmalla HEE, Ginty A, Hamilton DL, Swamy M, Taylor S. . Clinical Anatomy 2025, Epub ahead of print.
  • Pushpalatha K, Manjunatha B, Swamy M. . Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University 2023, 12(4), 43-50.
  • Aftab R, Bibby P, White P, Swamy M, Patten D, Saleh DB. . Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 2021, 75(1), 258-264.
  • Ferguson GR, Bacila IA, Swamy M. . BMJ Open 2016, 6(4), e010054.
  • Ikah DSK, Finn GM, Swamy M, White PM, McLachlan JC. . Anatomical Sciences Education 2015, 8(3), 221-229.
  • Swamy M, Sawdon M, Chaytor A, Cox D, Barbaro-Brown J, McLachlan J. . BMC Medical Education 2014, 14, 231.
  • Swamy M, Venkatachalam S, McLachlan J. . BMC Medical Education 2014, 14(1), 230.
  • Swamy M, Bloomfield TC, Thomas RH, Singh H, Searle RF. . BMC Medical Education 2013, 13(1), 20.
  • Swamy M, Searle RF. . BMC Medical Education 2012, 12(1), 99.

• Book Chapters

  • Almen J, Parkes AE, Chaudhry A, Saunders EL, Scotcher K, Swamy M, Keenan ID. . In: Flora Gröning, ed. Enhancing Biomedical Education: Integrating Digital Visualization and 3D Technologies. Cham: Springer, 2024, pp.43-73.
  • Keenan ID, Green E, Haagensen E, Hancock R, Scotcher K, Swainson H, Swamy M, Walker S, Woodhouse L. . In: Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 14‒COVID-19 Technology and Visualisation Adaptations for Biomedical Teaching. Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp.1-19.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Keenan I, Green E, Swainson H, Scotcher K, Swamy M, Saunders E, White P. . In: Anatomical Society summer meeting. 2022, Glasgow and Virtual: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Parkes A, Chaudhry A, Saunders E, Swamy M, Keenan E. . In: Anatomical Society Virtual Summer Meeting. 2021, Glasgow, UK: Journal of Anatomy, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Swamy M, Kakwani R, Venkatachalam S. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) Virtual Conference. 2021, Virtual: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. In Press.
  • Raditya M, Swamy M. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) Virtual Conference. 2020, Virtual: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Munro S, Swamy M. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) virtual conference. 2020, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
  • Jarman B, Womack J, Koneti K, Swamy M. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) Winter Meeting. 2019, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Dangerfield P, Moulton A, Swamy M. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) Summer Meeting. 2019, Preston, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Gough M, Clowry G, Swamy M, Surash S. . In: British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA) Winter Meeting. 2019, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Swamy M, Ngu S, McCaughey S. . In: International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) conference. 2019, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Hamilton D, Manickam B, Swamy M. . In: 37th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) Congress. 2018, Dublin, UK: BMJ Group.
  • Illing J, Corbett S, Kehoe A, Carter M, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Finn G, Medford W, Ikah D, Rothwell C, Swan L, Page G, McLachlan J, Tiffin P. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Switzerland: An International Association for Medical Education.
  • Hesselgreaves H, Swamy M, Kehoe A, Illing J. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Switzerland: An International Association for Medical Education.
  • Swamy M, Putturaya S, Ballard P. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2017, Finland: An International Association for Medical Education.
  • Swamy M, Ngu S, McCaughey S. . In: Joint Summer Meeting of the British and European Associations of Clinical Anatomists. 2017, Coventry, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Illing J, McLachlan J, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Tiffin P, Finn G, Corbett S, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Kehoe A. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2016, Barcelona: Association for Medical Education in Europe.
  • Illing J, Corbett S, McLachlan J, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Tiffin P, Finn G, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Kehoe A. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2016, Barcelona: Association for Medical Education in Europe.
  • Swamy M, Sawdon M, Chaytor A, Cox D, Barbaro-Brown J, McLachlan J. . In: 13th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC). 2016, Singapore: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Ferguson GR, Bacila IA, Swamy M. . In: AMEE Annual Scientific Meeting. 2016, Barcelona: Association for Medical Education in Europe.
  • Swamy M, Venkatachalam S. . In: 17th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions 2016. 2016, Perth, Australia.
  • Illing J, McLachlan J, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Tiffin P, Carter M, Corbett S, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Ikah D, Finn GM, Swan L, Page G, Husband A, Kehoe A. . In: Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) conference. 2016, Perth, Australia: ANZAHPE.
  • Swamy M, Searle RF. . In: International Congress of Clinical Anatomy. 2015, Rouen, France: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Swamy M, Searle R. . In: The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) conference 2014. 2014, Brighton, UK: ASME.
  • Swamy M, Sawdon M, Chaytor A, Cox D, Barbaro-Brown J, McLachlan JC. . In: 16th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions. 2014, Ottawa, Canada: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).

• Reports

  • Illing J, Corbett S, Kehoe A, Carter M, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Finn G, Medford W, Ikah D, Rothwell C, Swan L, Page G, McLachlan J, Tiffin P. . 2018.
  • Illing J, Corbett S, Carter M, Kehoe A, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Sawdon M, Swamy M, Medford W, Finn G, Tiffin P. . 2017.
  • Illing J, Corbett S, Crampton P, Carter M, Tiffin P, Hesselgreaves H, Kehoe A, Sawdon M, Swamy M, IKAH D, Medford W, Page G, Finn G, Swan L, McLachlan J. . 2016.
  • Illing J, McLachlan J, Hesselgreaves H, Crampton P, Tiffin P, Carter M, Corbett S, Sawdon M, Swamy M, IKAH D, Finn G, Swan L, Page G, Husband A, Kehoe A. . 2015.