Clinical Leads

For further information about our clinical leads, click on the links below.

ACUTE AND GENERAL MEDICINE >
Clinical Lead: Dr Mike Jones
Clinical Advisor: Dr Tim Cooksley

ADULT CRITICAL CARE >
Clinical Lead: Dr Anna Batchelor

ANAESTHESIA AND PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Chris Snowden
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Mike Swart

CARDIOLOGY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Sarah Clarke
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Mark Sopher
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Stephen Hoole

CHRONIC PAIN>
Clinical Lead: Dr Helen Makins
Clinical Advisor (CYP): Dr Jacqui Clinch
Clinical Advisor: Dr Graham Syers

COMMUNITY MSK >
Clinical Lead: Andrew Bennett
Clinical Advisor: Andy Saunders

DERMATOLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Professor Nick Levell MBE

DIABETES >
Joint Clinical Lead: Professor Gerry Rayman MBE
Joint Clinical Lead: Professor Partha Kar OBE

DIABETES: CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS>
Clinical Lead: Dr Fulya Mehta
Clinical Advisor: Dr Dita Aswani

EMERGENCY MEDICINE >
Clinical Lead: Dr Christopher Moulton
Clinical Advisor: Dr Leilah Dare

ENDOCRINOLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Professor John Wass
Clinical Advisor: Mark Lansdown 

GASTROENTEROLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Dr Beverly Oates
Clinical Advisor: Dr Paul Richardson
Clinical Advisor: Dr Ayesha Akbar

GERIATRIC MEDICINE >
Clinical Lead: Dr Adrian Hopper
Clinical Advisor: Dr Helen Skinner

HEAD AND NECK CANCER >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Camilla Dawson
Joint Clinical Lead: Jennifer Graystone
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Ketan Shah
Joint Clinical Lead: Lorna MacNab

HOSPITAL DENTISTRY >
Clinical Lead: Dr Elizabeth Jones OBE

LUNG CANCER >
Former Clinical Lead: Dr Paul Beckett
Former Clinical Lead: Dr Elizabeth Toy
Former Specialist Nurse: Victoria Anderson
Former Specialist Nurse: Monica Hugh

MATERNITY >
Former Clinical Lead: David Richmond

MENTAL HEALTH – REHABILITATION >
Clinical Lead: Dr Sridevi Kalidindi CBE

MENTAL HEALTH – ADULT CRISIS AND ACUTE CARE >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Neeraj Berry
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr David Somerfield

MENTAL HEALTH – CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICES >
Clinical Lead: Dr Johnny Downs
Clinical Lead for neurodevelopmental services: Dr Holan Liang

NEONATOLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Dr Eleri Adams

NEUROLOGY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Niranjanan Nirmalananthan
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Adrian Wills
 

PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE >
Clinical Lead: Professor Kevin Morris

PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Gavin Cleary
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Flora McErlane

PANCREATIC CANCER 
Joint Clinical Lead: Daniel Palmer
Joint Clinical Lead: Ganesh Radhakrishna

PATHOLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Dr Tom Lewis
Senior Clinical Advisor: Dr Martin Myers MBE

RADIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTICS >
Clinical Lead: Dr Giles Maskell OBE
Clinical Lead (IR): Alex Barnacle
Senior Clinical Advisor (imaging networks): Vicky Goh
Clinical Advisor: Elaine Quick
Clinical Advisor for IR: Gillian Kitching

RENAL >
Former Clinical Lead: Dr Graham Lipkin
Former Clinical Lead: Dr William McKane

RESPIRATORY >
Clinical Lead: Dr Martin Allen MBE

RHEUMATOLOGY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Lesley Kay
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Peter Lanyon

SICKLE CELL & THALASSAEMIA>
Clinical Lead: Dr Wale Atoyebi
Clinical Advisor: Dr Banu Kaya
Psychology Advisor: Dr Kofi Anie MBE
Nurse Advisor: Sandy Hayes

STROKE >
Clinical Lead: Dr Deborah Lowe
Senior Clinical Advisor: Dr David Hargroves

BREAST SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Tracey Irvine

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY >
Former Clinical Lead: Doug West

CRANIAL NEUROSURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Nick Phillips

EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Jeremy Davis
Clinical Lead: Sujata (Su) De
Clinical Advisor: Annakan Navaratnam

GENERAL SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Mark Cheetham

LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) CANCER >
Clinical Lead: Alastair Simpson
Clinical Oncology Advisor: Dr Claire Arthur
Clinical Radiology Advisor: Dr Bruce Fox
Surgical Advisor: Prof Alex Mirnezami
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Dr Claire Taylor MBE

GYNAECOLOGY >
Former Clinical Lead: David Richmond

OPHTHALMOLOGY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Lydia Chang
Joint Clinical Lead: Jonathan (Jon) Bhargava
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Elizabeth Wilkinson

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Maire Morton

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Professor Tim Briggs CBE

ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA SURGERY >
Clinical Lead: Bob Handley
Clinical Advisor: Dr Judith Agwada-Akeru

PAEDIATRIC SURGERY AND UROLOGY >
Clinical Lead: Professor Simon Kenny OBE
Clinical Advisor: Dr Ronny Cheung

PAEDIATRIC TRAUMA AND ORTHOPAEDICS >
Clinical Lead: James Hunter

PLASTIC SURGERY, HAND SURGERY AND BURN CARE >
Former Clinical Lead: Ken Dunn

SPINAL SERVICES >
Clinical Lead: Mike Hutton
Clinical Advisor: Vinay Jasanai
Clinical Advisor: Mike Grevitt

UROLOGY SURGERY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Kieran O’Flynn
Joint Clinical Lead: John McGrath

VASCULAR SURGERY >
Joint Clinical Lead: Rachel Bell
Joint Clinical Lead: Jonathan Boyle

LITIGATION >
Clinical Lead: John Machin

NET ZERO & SUSTAINABILITY>
Sustainable Care Pathway Lead: Dr Joseph John
Sustainable Care Pathway Associate Leads: Dr Keith Gray & John McGrath

OUTPATIENT IMPROVEMENT>
Clinical Advisor: Professor Jaspal Phull
Clinical Advisor: Dr Gui Tran

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED SURGERY>
Clinical Lead: John McGrath

VIRTUAL WARDS >
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Shelagh O’Riordan
Joint Clinical Lead: 
Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan
Joint Clinical Lead: Dr Sarah Mercer
Joint Clinical Lead: Maria Parsonage
Joint Clinical Lead: Professor Dan Lasserson