Meet The Team
Tom Adams
Chair
Tom is an ICM and PHEM trainee in the East of England and an NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. His research interests span translational biology, clinical trials and systems engineering focussing predominantly on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and endovascular resuscitation. Before foundation training he worked as deputy research lead for the Xtreme Everest 2 expedition, living at Everest Base Camp for three months. During his PhD, he used a novel perfusion technique to revive transplant kidneys outside of the body, characterising the molecular injury patterns they sustain from prolonged oxygen starvation.
Dolly McPherson
Dolly is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner at the University Hospital Southampton and a Specialist Paramedic (Critical care) with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. She is a Foundation degree paramedic who has completed her MSc in Advanced Practice. It was through these studies that she developed a passion for research and writing, a passion that she hopes to bring back to the pre-hospital field. She has previous publications in the Journal of Paramedic Practice and Standby CPD with a special interest in emergency care of the older person and major trauma in the older person. It is her aim to add to the evidence base that currently inspires paramedic practice whilst learning from it herself.
Neil Flowers
I believe strongly in the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care as a leading organisation for supporting and developing PHEM as a sub-speciality. I am a Level 8 Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine and an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. As an advisor for the committee, I would like to continue to develop and support the faculty and help inspire and motivate allied health professionals to undertake research and audit. I am an honorary associate professor at the University of East Anglia.
Mike Eddie
Mike is a Registrar in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine in Wessex, a doctor with Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, and an Army Reserve Medical Officer with 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment.
He has worked in pre-hospital care for over 15 years, beginning as a Community First Responder and later qualifying as a Specialist Practitioner in Critical Care before completing PHEM training with DSAA.
Mike has a particular interest in pre-hospital research and the development of infrastructure to support collaborative research and clinical practice. He founded PHEMnet, was an Associate Principal Investigator for the SWIFT trial, and is currently involved in the development of the national PRANA registry.
Chris Wheeler
Chris completed the pre-hospital emergency medicine training programme with London's Air Ambulance in August 2024. His background is in emergency medicine and he is also a registered paramedic with over 10 years part-time experience, with brief placements with Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and the North West Air Ambulance. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Tameside General Hospital and lives in West Yorkshire. He is the North West Regional Lead for the SECURE project (Service Evaluation of Cross-Specialty UK Rapid Sequence Intubation Events). Chris’ main reason for joining the PHOTON committee was to help set up and deliver trainee-led research in pre-hospital care.
Naomi Dodds
Naomi is an ST7 anaesthesia trainee in the North of Scotland, recently completing a fellowship with the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, ScotSTAR. She is an active member of her local mountain rescue team in the Cairngorms and the Scotland Regional Representative for the Faculty of Pre Hospital Care. She has a long standing interest in both Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine and research, and looks forward to combining these with PHOTON.
Dr Caroline Leech
Consultant Advisor
Caroline is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Coventry and the Deputy Clinical Lead of The Air Ambulance Service. She is the West Midlands Training Programme Director for PHEM, Associate Editor for the Emergency Medicine Journal, and an Executive Committee Member and Examiner for the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, RCSEd. Caroline leads on both in-hospital and pre-hospital research in her local organisations.
Dr Gov Oliver
Gov is a PHEM trainee with The Air Ambulance Service. He recently completed his Emergency Medicine training in the North West. He has a strong academic interest and completed a Master of Research degree during his NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship alongside his own research work. He is excited to be a part of PHOTON. In his spare time he enjoys trail running, wild swimming and spending time with his family.