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Dr Dane Vishnubala MBBS MSc (Med Ed) FRCGP MSc (SEM) DipSEM (UK) FFSEM SFHEA PhD Dane is a dual-trained doctor, initially completing training in York as a GP before entering specialist training in sport and exercise medicine in Yorkshire. He has an MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine, an MSc in Medical Education and a PhD in Medical Sciences. Dane works as a Consultant Physician in Sport and Exercise Medicine for the MOD in Catterick. He is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Basketball England/GB Basketball, Volleyball England and the Rugby Football League. Privately he works at Yorkshire Sports Medicine Clinic in York. He has a strong interest in physical activity and preventative health with 20 years’ experience in the health and fitness industry as an exercise professional and as the founder of CORE Fitness Education, a fitness education training provider. He is the lead doctor for the Sport England funded National Physical Activity Health Care Professionals Education programme. He was a member of the UK Chief Medical Officers Physical Activity Expert Communications Group and has worked for Public Health England and OHID in physical activity roles. His extensive physical activity work has led him to receiving the BASEM David Hemery Outstanding Contribution to lifestyle medicine award for 2023. Dane is passionate about medical education and teaches regularly in physical activity, MSK and sports medicine. He is the current Chair of Education at the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine and is Clinical Lead of the MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Leeds. He has a number of research outputs with the main areas of interest being SEM medical education and concussion. He is currently the training programme director (TPD) for Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist Training for Yorkshire and Humber and the curriculum co-lead to the Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialist Advisory Committee. He has an academic role with Imperial College London as an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health and with the University of Derby as a Visiting Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine.