Angela was educated in North Yorkshire and graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1993. She joined the South-East Scotland Emergency Medicine training programme in 1999 and undertook additional training in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Angela commenced her post as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in March 2004.

Angela is lead for the Emergency Department Intubation Registry at RIE and has been involved with the project since 1999 with extensive publications and presentations. She is lead for Paediatric liaison at the Royal Infirmary and is Chairperson for the Medic 1 Trust fund. Importantly, Angela instigated the renowned cake rota at the Sick Childrens ED!

Away from work, Angela loves hill walking, running, skiing and cooking.