I am a clinical scientist and founded the 3D Lab at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, where we provide advanced image processing and 3D printing services to support surgical planning and innovation. I am passionate about improving surgical training and patient care through cutting-edge technology.

My Fellowship will explore how world-leading centres in the USA and Australia are using full-colour, mechanically realistic 3D printed models for surgical education. These models offer an ethical, sustainable alternative to cadavers and animal specimens, and can replicate rare or high-risk anatomies for detailed, hands-on practice. With support from a recent NIHR grant, we now have the capability to produce high-fidelity anatomical models using advanced PolyJet printing technology.

I aim to learn how leading centres in the USA and Australia are using these models in practice, and how similar approaches can be developed and embedded within UK surgical training to improve outcomes for both trainees and patients.