




Clinical Leads
For further information about our clinical leads, click on the links below.
- Medical Specialties
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
- Surgical Specialties
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
- Cross Cutting Themes
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