Professor Sanjay Sharma is a Professor of Cardiology at St George’s, University of London, and St George’s NHS Foundation Trust, and a Consultant Cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic London. His interests include heart muscle disease, sudden cardiac death in the young, and sports cardiology, for which he has an international reputation. He is one of the most prolific cardiologists in the world in his field of research and has over 380 publications on PubMed (Google Scholar h-index 102). He is the lead author of the international recommendations for ECG interpretation in athletes and co-chaired the 2020 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines in Sports Cardiology.

Professor Sharma leads a large tertiary inherited cardiac diseases programme serving southeast England. He is the Director of the largest sports cardiology unit in the UK, responsible for athletes with potentially serious cardiac diseases from the English Football Association, Rugby League, Lawn Tennis Association, and the English Institute of Sport. He serves as the Cardiology Advisor and Chairman of the Expert Cardiac Committee for the Football Association.

He is the Medical Director of London Marathon Events and has been commended for providing one of the world’s best medical services for endurance events. He was awarded membership of the Venerable Order of St John for his services to St John Ambulance in supporting the medical welfare of runners. Professor Sharma was the lead cardiologist for the 2012 London Olympics and provided medical services for all endurance sports.

Dr Rebecca Robinson is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Clinician whose practice spans from elite athlete care to rehabilitation in chronic illness and injury.

She is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Cumbria, looking at how increasing physical activity for patients with cancer can impact treatment outcomes, which is also an area of her clinical practice.

Rebecca practices in London, Manchester and Cumbria at Marylebone Health Group, UK Sports Institute, OrthTeam and North Cumbria Hospitals NHS Trust. Her clinical scope includes elite athlete care and managing patients with complex medical conditions, such as cancer, under-recovery, long-Covid, and female athlete healthcare.

Rebecca co-leads a working group on female athlete health, to support female athletes at all stages of their lives and careers, and the UK Exercise Oncology Group.

In her current sporting roles, Dr Robinson serves as Chief Medical Officer for Lancashire Women’s Cricket and as Team Doctor for GB Boxing with the UK Sports Institute.

Dr Hamish Reid is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine with Fellowships in the UK and Australasia. He has been Joint Clinical Director of Moving Medicine since its inception in 2018, leading the development of its resources. He was the first author of the “Benefits Outweigh the Risks” consensus statement, which has received 60 citations to date and an Altmetric score of 327. Hamish also leads the Active Conversations course and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

Having trained in the UK, he now lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand, with his family. Dr Reid is the team doctor for Crusaders Rugby, works with Pinnacle Sports Physicians, and serves as Medical Director for Proactive Healthcare. He continues to pursue his academic interest in physical activity and behaviour change through his role as a Visiting Researcher at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University.

Dr Ed Appleby graduated from the University of Oxford in 2018 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, alongside an intercalated BA (Oxon) in Medical Sciences. He completed his Foundation and Internal Medicine training in the North West, during which he gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2022, he secured a National Training Number in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

As a registrar, Ed currently works in Community Musculoskeletal Medicine at Cora Health, performs ultrasound clinics at Manchester Foundation Trust, and serves as the Academy and Women’s Team Doctor at Liverpool Football Club. He has also worked part-time with Super League Rugby and Championship football teams.

Dr Appleby is a strong advocate of the Physical Activity Clinical Champions (PACC) programme, particularly its rollout among resident doctors. He has delivered numerous PACC sessions to healthcare professionals across the North West. In 2024, he was elected to the Council of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine as the Trainee Council Representative.

Dr Davina Deniszczyc joined Nuffield Health as London Clinical Lead GP in 2010. During her time with the organisation, Davina has held a number of senior roles including Professional Head of Physicians, Wellbeing Medical Director, Charity and Market Development Director, and most recently Charity and Medical Director.

Having graduated from the University of Manchester in 2003, Davina trained as a GP and, in 2007, gained membership to the Royal College of General Practitioners. During her time as a GP, she worked in the NHS before going on to establish independent wellness clinics within some of her GP surgeries.

In her current role, Dr Deniszczyc is responsible for developing initiatives focussed on improving health and wellbeing across the full spectrum – from prevention through to cure – delivering significant and measurable benefits to more people. She also continues to practise as a GP one day a week.

Dr Ashley Ridout is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine and before that was a General Practitioner. She has a particular interest in the importance of physical activity and its promotion for the whole population, as well as the role of activity in prevention and management of long-term conditions.