About

Dr. Joshua
Ebere Igwe

FRCEM · MRCEM · MBBS · NIHR Principal Investigator

Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. FRCEM Emergency Physician and Medical Educator. GMC registered with a licence to practise in the UK. Fully registered with licences to practise in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Quality improver and clinical researcher. Special interest in resuscitation medicine.

Biography

Dr Igwe Joshua is a Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and an Emergency Physician and Medical Educator. He works in a high-acuity Emergency Department, where rapid clinical decision-making, resuscitation, and patient safety define his daily practice.

He trained at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, graduating with an MBBS in 2016. He completed his Foundation Years as a Medical House Officer at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri and the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu. He now practises in the United Kingdom as a senior Emergency Medicine physician, with experience across several UK emergency departments.

Between 2019 and 2021, he worked as a Senior Emergency Medicine Registrar in Saudi Arabia. He managed high-volume, high-acuity caseloads and gained direct experience in mass casualty scenarios, including conflict-related emergency care in the Jizan region. This work strengthened his clinical leadership in time-critical and resource-limited settings.

He achieved Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in 2024 and was awarded Fellowship in 2025. He is pursuing an MSc in Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine at Queen Mary University of London.

His work extends beyond clinical care. He leads a quality improvement programme for safe, effective Emergency Medicine delivery. He served as Principal Investigator on the NIHR PIC Bone Study and teaches postgraduate doctors through structured, RCEM-aligned sessions.

His clinical focus: resuscitation medicine, point-of-care decision-making, and systems improvement for critically unwell patients.

Outside medicine, he is a devoted husband and father. He brings the same discipline, care, and balance into his clinical and academic work.

Dr. Joshua Ebere Igwe FRCEM

Based in

East Sussex, United Kingdom

Career

Clinical history.

Jan 2026 – present

Senior Emergency Medicine Physician

Conquest Hospital ED, Hastings

Supervises F2, SHO, ACPs. QIP lead: nerve block pathway. NIHR PI, PIC Bone Study.

2024 – 2025

Senior Emergency Medicine Physician

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire

Full ED scope. RCEM governance contribution. MRCEM awarded.

2022 – 2024

Senior Emergency Medicine Registrar

Saudi Health Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

High-acuity EM, mass casualty, complex critical care.

2016 – 2019

Medical Officer (Foundation Years)

Federal Medical Centre, Owerri · Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu

Completed Foundation Years as a Medical House Officer. Rotations across Emergency Medicine, Medicine, and Surgery. Built core clinical skills in acute care and patient management.

Qualifications

Credentials & certifications.

FRCEM

Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

RCEM London · September 2025

MRCEM

Member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

RCEM London · June 2024

MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

University of Nigeria, Nsukka · 2016

MSc

Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine (in progress)

QMUL · 2026/27

ATLS

Advanced Trauma Life Support

American College of Surgeons · Current

ACLS

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

AHA · Current

Philosophy

Four things I believe.

Documentation protects practice.

Good documentation is a patient safety intervention, not paperwork.

Clinical reasoning is not Googleable.

Teaching should build decision-making under uncertainty, not fact recall.

Measure before you improve.

QI without honest baseline data is governance theatre.

Precision over volume.

Discipline and structured thinking outperform speed and volume.

Get in touch

Teaching, research, or media enquiries.

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