Somain Verma

Somain is an ST2 Ophthalmology trainee in the East Midlands. He is an enthusiast of the implementation of technology and innovation within medicine. He has a deep passion for education and teaching.

Formal contribution to Ophthalmology SAQs for Medical Student Final Examinations at University of Leicester in 2023.

Education Fellow for Ophthalmology at Northampton General Hospital for Medical Students, from 2022 to present.

Formal teaching of Internal Medical Trainees in Common Ophthalmological Conditions for Medicine at Northampton General Hospital in 2023.

Formal and informal contribution to the Undergraduate Medical Education Programme in 2021 at St. Peter’s Hospital.

Founder and Academic Lead of “Introduction to Surgery and Anaesthesia” Course. Designed in 2018 to teach medical students about surgical skills, as well as applying for surgical training.

A member of the K+ Programme for 5 years, where I mentored 6th Form students who were applying to Medicine and Dentistry, successfully ssisting them with their applications.

Clinical Excellence award for compassionate care in 2021.

Passed the Duke Elder Examination in 2020.

Won the National BSIR Annual Meeting Essay Award in 2018, with Grant for entry to the BSIR Conference in Bournemouth.

Won the ASiT Regional Event Grant for a surgical teaching course for pre-clinical medical students in 2018.

4 formal publications:

• Annotating Temporal Relations to Determine the Onset of Psychosis Symptoms.
• Generation and evaluation of artificial mental health records for Natural Language Processing.
• Identifying perinatal self-harm in electronic healthcare records using natural language processing.
• Developing a Natural Language Processing tool to identify perinatal self-harm in electronic healthcare records.

Article submissions including:

• Writer for EyeNews Journal – Article on Oculomics due in June Issue.
• Pending publication of a series of Case-Reports linked to ENT and Ophthalmic Surgery.

• I have a keen interest in technology and digital solutions within my personal life, as well as my professional life. I am a Digital Champion for digital tools at my trust, offering support with implementation and review of digital systems in use.
• I am also an ORCHA (The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps) Clinical Expert, which involves close work with the ORCHA network and their goal to increase the safe use of digital tools within healthcare.
• In my spare time, I enjoy honing my physical body, whether that is with regular gym training, or with playing badminton. To unwind, I often enjoy long walks, or playing video games.