Latifa Patel

Latifa is an ST7 pediatric respiratory junior doctor based in northwest England. She graduated in 2011 and was an NIHR academic trainee for 5 years.

She was elected onto the medical student's executive committee in 2010, and the junior doctors and the junior doctor's conference agenda committees in 2011. She went on to deputize the junior doctor's conference as an F2 in 2012 and chaired the junior doctor's conference for a further 2 years (2013-2015).

Since 2015, Latifa has been an elected member of the ARM agenda committee. She was elected as deputy representative body chair in 2019 and has been acting chair since June 2021. At the time of stepping up to an acting chair, Latifa was a few months into maternity leave and has become a new mum.

Latifa is passionate about representing its frontline medical students and doctors. She is keen to utilize their collective member voice throughout the policy-forming process.