GP and CKD Clinical Lead at a GP surgery in Peterborough, Tier 3 GP Educational Supervisor, and shortlisted for GP of the Year at the General Practice Awards 2026. Trained in family medicine in Spain, with 20+ years across primary care, out-of-hours and emergency medicine in Spain and the NHS. Combines frontline general practice with two decades in academia: former Full Professor at the School of Medicine of Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (Venezuela), and taught medicine at the University of Barcelona and the University of the Balearic Islands. Holds a PhD in Neurosciences, completed a postdoc in molecular neurobiology at CSIC "Severo Ochoa", and has 15+ peer-reviewed publications, including Nature Medicine, Brain and Acta Neuropathologica. Former President of the Scientific Committee of IBAMFIC's congresses. Founded DR COMPASS® after a practice CKD audit, bringing research rigour to guideline-based decision support for primary care.
Amide Raju
Technical Director, DR COMPASS®
Amide leads the DR COMPASS® technical direction, taking the platform from concept through early build toward the regulatory and clinical safety standards required of medical device software. He brings 8+ years of experience in systems integration, API and data flow design, technical delivery across Salesforce, Dynamics 365, and cloud platforms, most recently as Salesforce Integrations Project Manager. Amide is also a certified PRINCE2 Agile practitioner and pairs deep technical delivery experience with hands-on entrepreneurial leadership, also founded and running a distribution business in Mozambique.
Stephanie Woore
Deputy Medical Director & Clinical Safety Officer
Stephanie is a Diabetes and Respiratory Specialist Nurse and Nurse Practitioner with over a decade of clinical experience across acute, secure and primary care. She began in cardiothoracic intensive care, then spent two and a half years in the emergency department of a major trauma centre, followed by prison nursing and practice nursing. For the past five years she has worked as a Nurse Practitioner, gaining her V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification in 2023. Alongside her NHS career, she served eight years as an RAF Reservist, four of them as a nurse trained in aeromedical evacuation. She still sees patients. Stephanie practises at a GP surgery in Peterborough, assessing, diagnosing and prescribing for the same multimorbid patients DR COMPASS® is built to support, and that daily clinical work is what keeps the platform honest. At DR COMPASS® she is Deputy Clinical Director, deputising for the Chief Medical Officer on all clinical matters, and Clinical Safety Officer. She co-developed the Diabetes module, bringing her specialist expertise directly into the clinical logic, and she owns clinical safety across the platform: every clinical decision must be safe, sound and grounded in real-world primary care before it ships.
Lourdes Da Fonseca Pangaio
Project Manager & Quality Manager, DR COMPASS®
Lourdes brings 14 years of ERP, SaaS and digital transformation delivery experience to DR COMPASS®, including 9.5 years as a senior delivery leader with a global SAP partner across the UK and South Africa. She has led end-to-end business transformation programmes, from business case and design through UAT, cutover and go-live, building strong programme governance, risk management and executive reporting practices while leading cross-functional delivery teams. A PRINCE2 Practitioner and certified SAP Solution Transformation Consultant, she brings that same rigour to project and quality delivery at DR COMPASS®.
CJ Linares Rocha, MSc
Chief Financial Officer
Oversees finance, commercial planning and investor relations. Experienced in scaling regulated health-tech ventures across the EU, from seed funding through growth-stage operations. Brings financial discipline to a clinical mission: ensuring DR COMPASS® is commercially sustainable while staying true to its public-health purpose.
Leads partnerships, communications and market access across public health systems, academic networks and industry. Builds the bridges that take DR COMPASS® from product to deployed solution, working with ICBs, research institutions and international health organisations. Background in health communications and stakeholder engagement, with experience navigating procurement and partnership frameworks in the UK and EU.
Dr Gary Howsam
NHS & UK Institutional Affairs Officer, DR COMPASS®
Dr Gary Howsam is one of the UK's most experienced clinical leaders in primary and integrated care, with over 30 years' experience working across the NHS and wider health system. Dual-qualified in medicine and dentistry, he brings a rare combination of frontline clinical expertise, executive leadership experience and deep insight into healthcare policy, commissioning and innovation. Having served as a GP Partner, Clinical Commissioning Group Chair and Chief Clinical Officer, and Chief Clinical Improvement Officer within an Integrated Care Board, Gary has worked at the forefront of NHS transformation and understands the strategic, clinical and operational challenges facing healthcare organisations. He has extensive experience of the pathways through which innovation is evaluated, commissioned and adopted across the NHS. Gary has built trusted relationships across the healthcare ecosystem, including NHS organisations, integrated care systems, academic institutions, professional bodies, charities, patient organisations and national healthcare agencies. As a Non-Executive Director of Health Innovation East, he played an active role in supporting innovation assessment, evidence generation, research collaboration and the adoption of technologies that improve patient care and system performance. A passionate clinician and patient advocate, Gary has worked closely with patient groups and charities throughout his career and is a strong believer in the importance of patient voice in shaping healthcare services, research and innovation. He is committed to ensuring that innovation delivers meaningful benefits for patients while supporting clinicians and strengthening healthcare systems. His national leadership roles, including Vice Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Council Member of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and member of the NHS Assembly, reflect both his standing within the profession and his commitment to shaping the future of healthcare through collaboration, evidence and innovation. In his role as NHS & UK Institutional Affairs Officer, Gary works across the NHS, academia, professional organisations, charities and patient communities to build partnerships, support evidence generation and help accelerate the adoption of innovations that improve outcomes for patients and populations.
Oversight
Independent clinical and academic oversight.
Advisors
Prof. Jerònia Lladó, PhD
Academic Advisor
Professor Jerònia Lladó is a professor at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and Chair of the DR COMPASS® External Academic Validation Board. She leads independent academic review of the platform's clinical logic, algorithms and validation work, ensuring DR COMPASS® meets rigorous scientific standards and evidence-based best practice. Her oversight of academic validation is integral to building trust with the clinical and research communities.
Dr Raquel Martín Ibáñez, PhD
Expert Quality Advisor
Dr Raquel Martín Ibáñez holds a PhD in neuroscience and brings over 20 years of experience in GMP compliance, quality assurance and process development across the biotech industry, including building GMP manufacturing facilities and their quality systems from the ground up. Her work bridges rigorous scientific research and the quality systems required to bring therapies and technologies to patients. She brings her expertise in research and validation protocols to ensure DR COMPASS® reaches the highest standards of quality.
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board independently checks that DR COMPASS® recommendations match national guidelines, with no role in clinical work, internal validation, or commercial decisions.
Mrs Anna Bunten
Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Scientific Advisory Board Member, DR COMPASS®
Anna trained as a nurse with Cambridge University (Homerton College). After graduating she spent several years at Peterborough City Hospital working in Acute Medicine, as well as rotating throughout the hospital as a bank worker, gaining experience in a range of disciplines, including endoscopy, cardiology, respiratory, stroke ward, emergency department and anticoagulation. In 2005 she started exploring advanced nursing practice and moved into Primary Care, attaining a MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice in 2010.
Anna has held leadership positions as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in NHS walk-in centres, the GP out-of-hours setting and in hospital at home, providing palliative care support.
In 2011 Anna became a Partner in General Practice and has continued leading and empowering colleagues to develop advanced clinical practice skills. She supported the practice's CKD audit and co-authored the resulting WONCA presentation with Dr Jesús Torres-Peraza. In addition to nursing leadership, she is interested in clinical quality and proactive long-term condition management and takes a lead role in clinical governance, working across the multi-disciplinary teams. She is clinical lead for the practice Pharmacy team and Personalised Care team.
Dr Feroz Mavani
General Practitioner & Scientific Advisory Board Member, DR COMPASS®
Dr Feroz Mavani is a GP Partner at Nene Valley Hodgson Medical Practice in Peterborough and brings frontline primary care expertise to the DR COMPASS® Scientific Advisory Board. As a practicing clinician managing complex multimorbidity in everyday primary care, he provides essential real-world perspective on the platform's clinical decision-support tools and participates in their ongoing real-world validation and refinement.
