Susanna Kitzing

Personal Injury

Susanna practises exclusively in the field of Professional Discipline.  She has significant experience in this area having presented cases for The General Medical Council since 2013 when she was appointed to a panel instructed to conduct Interim Order hearings.

Since then, Susanna has been instructed in Fitness to Practice hearings dealing with issues of:

Professional performance Criminal Convictions Dishonesty Cases involving prescribing errors. Sexual Misconduct Health Use of Alcohol / Drugs

Susanna has additionally presented cases involving doctors’ applications for restoration, review hearings and hearings before the Investigation Committee.

In the last year, Susanna had been instructed in several complex and long-lasting cases.  The case of Dr Vardhineni concerned the doctor’s involvement in a tutoring agency alleged to have been ‘coaching’ International Medical Graduates when preparing for the GMC’s PLAB 2 examinations.  The case involved analysis of a considerable amount of evidence found on social media sites.

She is also instructed in an ongoing case, which commenced in September 2021 concerning the duties of a doctor practising in assistance medicine and making decisions regarding repatriation.

BA (Hons) English, University of Bristol (Class IIi, 2000-2003) CPE – City University – 2004 Bar Vocational Course, BPP Law School (Very Competent, 2005) Benefactors’ Entrance Award, Middle Temple (2003) Benefactors’ Scholarship, Middle Temple (2004)