Conference 2023 Speaker Profiles
Dr Suyog Dhakras,
Suyog is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist working in Southampton Specialist Community CAMHS. He has enjoyed participating in joint Paediatrics- CAMHS training through PIER. He has done the LLM (Legal Aspects of Medical Practice) at Cardiff University and has a special interest in the medico-legal frameworks around the decision making and provision of treatment to children and young people with mental disorders. He delivers training regarding medico-legal frameworks for children and young people.​
Dr Jillian Boden, 
As a Wessex ST7 in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (RCPCH), Jilly currently works in Queen Alexandra Hospital (Portsmouth).  Her specialist interests include acute stabilisation and transfer of the critically ill patient, having spent a year with the 'Southampton & Oxford Retrieval Team' (SORT) and hopes to find a way of combining this with her future PEM career.

Jilly has a passion for education, particularly 'PEM to the non-paediatrician', including international teaching of the tri-service military GPs, and being on the national committee to write a new standardised paramedic paediatric curriculum.

In her free time (you know, apart from the kids and all that) she works as part of the track medical team for the 'British Motorcycle Racing Club', providing pre-hospital care to high velocity polytrauma patients in the 'golden hour' following collisions often exceeding 120mph. 
Dr David James, 
Dave has been a PEM Consultant at University Hospital Southampton since 2018. His main interests are in training and education, adolescent emergency medicine and in Quality Improvement. He is Divisional Director of Medical Education and a Training advisor on the PEMISAC. He is the acute care lead for Wessex Healthier Together and has led on several projects including those around acute wheeze at UHS and regionally. Outside of work he enjoys swimming, cycling and running and is extremely average at triathlons.
Dr Simon Birch, 
I have worked in General / ED Paediatrics in Portsmouth for 20 years. I have a special un-interest in story-telling / heroic practice and interest in application of true expertise from outside medicine (not just commercial aviation cliches). Born before Neil Armstrong (allegedly) walked on the moon, I am lucky to have survived my 450% riskier childhood – albeit only 25% of my mother’s risk – and hope to further defy my 50 times lower chance of making it to the conference compared to a UK 5-9 year old. Despite being a maths-loving, chess player with no social media ‘friends’, I have surprising little social life (who knew?) – hoping to avoid total tragedy, I try to ski and keep my FTP within about 10% of Steve ‘IronMan’ Warriner. I have three semi-independent adult offspring.
Dr Ahmed Osman, 
Ahmed is a paediatric intensive care consultant at UHS, having trained in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to caring for critically ill children on the PICU, he is part of the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT), providing critical care transfers to patients across the Thames Valley and Wessex area, as well as the Channel Islands, using road ambulances, fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. He is also the lead for the PICU Outreach Service providing critical care training and education to all paediatric hospitals within the region.
 
Ahmed is active in the teaching schedules of the Paediatric Innovation Education and Research (PIER) Network and has created a number of educational videos that are hosted on the website. He is also a member of the Paediatric Critical Care Society’s wellbeing group, which aims to improve wellbeing across all PICU staff in the country through sharing good practice and conducting collaborative research projects.
 
Ahmed is the Medical Patient Safety Education Lead at UHS, and is interested in human factors and how they pertain to patient safety. As trust simulation lead, he is particularly interested in how simulation can be used to test systems and aid learning after patient safety incidents.
Dr Matthew Edwards, 
Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (via RCEM) at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust and current lead for Major Trauma Education and Research.  Emeritus doctor for Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex and original author of their prehospital paediatric SOP. Doctor Edwards has been lucky to have a varied career since graduating in 2003, including working for the South Thames (paediatric) Retrieval Service, AMREF Flying Doctors (Nairobi), British Antarctic Survey, London’s Air Ambulance and Plymouth’s Diving Diseases Research Centre. His current areas of academic interest are paediatric trauma, translating learning from incidents to shopfloor education and effective multidisciplinary simulation in the ED.
Dr Matthew Barry, 
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Southampton General Hospital.  Matthew Barry’s undergraduate training was at the London Hospital Medical School and his orthopaedic training was on the Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals programme. During training, he took a year out of training to undertake basic sciences research into an artificial ACL ligament and was awarded an MS degree. After a one-year paediatric orthopaedic fellowship in Adelaide, he was appointed in
April 1998 to The Royal London Hospital as an orthopaedic consultant with an interest in children’s orthopaedics, trauma, limb reconstruction and deformity correction.

In October 2017, he moved to Southampton General Hospital where he was appointed as a paediatric orthopaedic consultant with an interest in trauma, limb lengthening & deformity correction and the paediatric foot.
Dr Becki Broomfield,
Becki is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine consultant in the Children’s Emergency Department at University Hospital Southampton. Her main interests are Clinical Leadership and Wellbeing. She is the Wellbeing lead contributing to a positive, supportive environment within CED. Becki is also qualified coach providing coaching for trainees and is developing a wellbeing programme to be delivered across regional teaching for RCEM CT3’s having done ad hoc sessions in regional paediatric training. She is the RCPCH college tutor. Becki has completed a PGCert in Clinical Leadership and Management and has introduced undergraduate teaching in clinical leadership at Cardiff University.

Becki enjoys signing up for running events before she is really sure what is involved, spending time at the beach often on a paddleboard and trying hard to grow something edible at her allotment. She loves being surrounded by people and sharing good food although she is not very good at cooking it.
Dr Ross Fisher,
Ross Fisher Is an Honorary Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Lead for Paediatric Surgery at Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield UK. He trained in Paediatric Surgery in Sheffield, London, Bristol, Cardiff and Auckland, New Zealand. His first Consultant post was in Leicester, moving to Sheffield in 2011 where his specialisation is Paediatric Surgical Oncology. Ross has a strong interest in paediatric trauma. He worked on the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Trauma Committee for 10 years. He was then invited to become Chairman of TARNlet (the national, paediatric trauma audit and research network) working in this role for the last 10 years. He has been part of the national working parties of National Trauma Re-organisation and The Royal College of Radiology, Paediatric Trauma Imaging Group. He has a strong interest in medical education and particularly in presentation skills. He cycles slower than you, sings in a band and supports Albion Rovers.
Dr Joe Schrieber,
Having graduated from Liverpool Medical School, I fled to New Zealand to complete 'Foundation Years' 3, 4 and 5 before settling into Emergency Medicine training in Wessex. I've been a Consultant in Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth since 2018 and am delighted to have been invited to talk at the Premier Paediatric EM Conference. My non-clinical roles centre around Trauma and Ultrasound, but I am also a keen educator. If I found myself with spare time, I’d happily play or watch pretty much any sport and would love to travel more than I get chance to. My talk today stems from a Quality Improvement project (primarily focussing on adults) that I completed as a trainee, and on a technique that has a growing evidence base in the paediatric literature. ​
Mrs Marianne Jenkins,
Marianne Jenkins is a Consultant Nurse Practitioner working in Emergency Medicine in Wales. Having dual registrations (Adult and child health nursing) combined with Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Independent Prescribing qualifications has led to a long, varied career.  Teaching interests are aligned with Cardiff University as an Honorary Lecturer contributing to both undergraduate and postgraduate education. She has completed doctoral research investigating the advanced nurse practitioner role in a secondary care hospital using situational analysis as a methodology and method. Her ongoing research interests are affiliated with PERUKI as part of the Executive Committee.  Outside of work Marianne is an enthusiastic runner and enjoys the company of her two GoldenDoodles – Flo & Nemo, sometimes more than the company of her husband and family. 
Mr Robert Wheeler,
 I have been a Consultant in Paediatric & Neonatal Surgeon in Southampton since 1994. My main surgical interest is in paediatric oncology, especially in techniques of tumour dissection in babies and older children. I have also been an Hon. Senior Lecturer in Clinical Law at the University of Southampton since 2009, after LLB Hons & LLM. 
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As the Director of the Department of Clinical Law at University Hospitals of Southampton since 2009, the first such department in the NHS, I have dealt with, in writing, over 1300 enquiries from clinicians of all the regulated professions. Due to this experience, I have some grasp on what clinical legal questions make clinicians uneasy. Around 80 of these enquiries have each led to a short anonymised  briefing note: http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/HealthProfessionals/Clinical-law-updates/Clinicallawupdates.aspx.

 I have separate regular clinical legal columns in the house journals of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and Paediatrics & Child Health. I have surgical and legal chapters in medical and legal textbooks; most recently, co-editing the Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics & Law. I have published widely in peer reviewed journals, including ‘Betrayal of trust in medical manslaughter’ J Crim Law, 2019 83(6)489-502 and I am the author of ‘Clinical Law for Clinical Practice’.
Dr Michelle Cutland,
Michelle is a consultant paediatrician with over 18 years’ experience in children’s health and has a special interest in safeguarding and child sexual abuse. She has had roles within both general acute paediatric and child sexual abuse assessment specific services including a prior role as a named doctor for safeguarding children. Michelle works in the NHS as a Clinical Director for a Children’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre in South West England. She previously worked for the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse as their Health improvement advisor and is the co-clinical lead for the upcoming 2023 publication of The Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse.
Dr Gabriella Watson,
I am currently a Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Specialist Registrar, ST7, at University Hospital Southampton.
Following my foundation training in London I completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and then went to work at MRC Unit, The Gambia to do research into Rheumatic Heart Disease and Group A Streptococcus. I returned to London to complete my core paediatric training followed by a year working in Cambodia at Angkor Hospital for Children as a research clinician, focused on neonatal mortality in the rural province of Preah Vihear.
Liz Kitcher,
I am the CAMHS Inreach Liaison Matron in Southampton. I have 8 years of qualified experience in the field of crisis and forensic CAMHS services. With a passion for mental health and a dedication to improving the lives of children and young people, I am passionate about crisis support, assessment, and therapeutic interventions.
Throughout my career I have managed teams in a medium and low secure forensic inpatient CAMHS settings, an adult learning disability assessment and treatment service and I set up the CAMHS Inreach Liaison Service based in the Paediatric Emergency Department at University Hospital Southampton. I have enjoyed successfully collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance the quality of care within forensic and liaison CAMHS services, facilitating holistic approaches to treatment, recovery and rehabilitation.
In addition to clinical work, I have also been actively involved in the development of the field, helping to set up the inaugural ‘Future of Mental Health Nursing’ Conference, presenting at national conferences and sitting on the RCNi’s Editorial Advisory Board. I am particularly passionate about supporting junior clinicians to develop, share their knowledge and experience to foster the growth and development of future mental health professionals.
Dr James Nurse,
James is a consultant paediatrician at Southampton General Hospital. His interest in Inherited Metabolic Disease came as something of a surprise but now includes a thriving service and has led to some incredible opportunities. In addition to his role supporting Outreach from the metabolic department of the Evelina Children’s Hospital, James is the Social Media Editor for the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease and produces an educational podcast with an international audience. He is interested in raising awareness of metabolic conditions amongst non-specialists, but also in supporting scientists and clinicians to present their work to a wider audience.
 
Like many parents, his main hobby is driving his children to activities but he hopes to keep finding time to play some hockey and occasionally run assuming his back will let him.  ​
 Surgeon Commander Chris Hillman, 
Chris Hillman is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine, working in Southampton. Serving in the Royal Navy since university, he has deployed on Ships, Submarines and with Commando units globally, and with the Army to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the outgoing Consultant Advisor in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Director Commando Forward Surgical Group. ​​
Mr Roger Webb, ​
I have been a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at UHS since my appointment in December 2015 and have been Clinical Lead since 2019. I trained in both Dentistry and Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' Medical and Dental Schools and completed my ORF Registrar training within the Wessex Deanery gaining CCT in November 2009. I spent my first 5 years as a Consultant at King's where I developed my interest in trauma management. I have been an ATLS instructor since 2007 and have been Course Director for the the UHS ATLS programme since 2019. I am also an accredited ETC Instructor. Apart from trauma surgery, my elective practice is largely Orthognathic Surgery and Skin Cancer. I am an Educational Supervisor to our UHS OMF trainees.​​
Dr Clarissa Chase, ​
Clarissa Chase is a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine in Southampton and the Wessex Director for Paediatric Major Trauma. Clarissa is passionate about all things PEM and has particular interest in Resus care and Major Trauma, spending a lot of her time either clinically managing cases in Resus or thinking about how we can improve the care we provide critically ill or injured children. They don’t call her Cla-Resus for nothing!
Clarissa also has an enthusiasm for education. She spends a lot of her time devising different educational opportunities, ideas and activities, with a focus on paediatric emergency medicine and multi-disciplinary learning. She is passionate about team wellbeing and the importance of collaboration within the world of PEM.
Outside of work Clarissa can usually be found doing fun and creative things with her husband and
two daughters. She loves to cook, travel the world and does it all with a glass of fizz in hand!​​
Mr Anthony Bradley, ​
Current scope of work: - Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Part of the scoliosis team. Airway lead and Governance lead for theatres and surgery. The hospital is the children's major trauma centre for the South West and includes burns and plastics. I also work as part of the regional paediatric transport team - WATCh. I have taught on multiple courses with a focus on airway skills, and have been part of the team putting together Paediatric Trauma Resuscitation Course.

Out of work interests: - Have a wonderful wife and daughter who I love spending time with in our campervan. A great church and community who are great support and encouragers. I enjoy running and cycling, retired "surfer" (since leaving Cornwall), and lover of outdoor cooking - although yet to be very good.   ​​
Mr Ryan Waters, ​
Consultant Paediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon at University Hospitals Southampton.  My main clinical interests are Trauma and CSF dynamics. I am also the Training Program Director for Neurosurgery in Wessex and Vice-Chair of the Neurosurgery SAC. I completed my Neurosurgery Training in Southampton followed by a Paediatric Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Dr Kamran Mushtaq, ​
Dr. Kamran Mushtaq is currently working as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Endoscopy at University Hospital Southampton with special interest in therapeutic endoscopy.   Dr. Mushtaq completed Internal medicine and Gastroenterology at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar.  He is board certified in Internal medicine and Gastroenterology. 
He has special interest in medical education. He graduated as the best graduate of the session from the University of Health Sciences Pakistan in 2011 and earned over 23 medals for their exceptional academic performance. He has been a Senior Teaching Assistant for the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research Program (PPCR) at the prestigious Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health for the past two years. ​
Dr Henny Lukman, ​
Dr Lukman graduated from Glasgow University. She completed her postgraduate training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Scotland and Wessex region. She is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in University Hospitals Southampton
NHS Trust. Her current areas of practice include the following: General high risk Obstetrics, general
gynaecology and early pregnancy, ambulatory gynaecology, Minimal Access and Reproductive surgery, Paediatric Adolescent gynaecology, reproductive endocrinology andMenopause.
 Dr Lukman leads the Paediatric Adolescent Gynaecology service in her Trust. She works closely with paediatric surgeons and is part of the regional DSD MDT in Southampton.​​
Dr Steve Warriner, ​
Steve has worked as a paediatrician at the QA in Portsmouth for the last 16 years. He trained in various regions in the UK including the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East of England before working in Somerset for a brief period. He has a particular interest in epilepsy and neurological conditions in children and lead the district epilepsy service in Portsmouth. He teaches on the British Paediatric Neurology Association epilepsy training courses both in the UK and across the world. He was part of the team who designed and implemented the training course (initially in Myanmar) and the method of cascade training has recently been recognised by the World Health Organisation and the course now runs in nearly 30 counties in 3 languages. Steve recently chaired a multidisciplinary working group to update the Advanced Life Support Group guideline for management of prolonged seizures. In his spare time, Steve is a triathlete who qualified for and competed in the World Ironman Championship race in Hawaii in 2022.
Dr Alan Charters, ​
Alan Charters is a Consultant  Practitioner in Paedaitric Emergency medicine , with over 37 years experience in paediatrics - He is an Associate editor of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support Manual and the Paediatric Pre hospital Life Support Manual. He hold a Clinical Doctorate in Health science ( Paediatric Emergency Care) and is the Wessex lead for Trauma and Emergency Care Research .​
Dr Rachel Atkins, ​
Hi, I’m Dr Rachel Atkins, paediatric and adult emergency medicine physician based in Portsmouth.   I have trained in both KSS (Kent, Surrey and Sussex) and Wessex regions during my emergency medicine and paediatric emergency medicine training.  I am also the lead for obs and gynae for Portsmouth emergency department, and joint audit lead for the department. I also have an interest in education.  I have been a consultant at QA, Portsmouth since 2020.
I also have a talent for pumpkin carving.  When not at work you can find me running around after my 2 children.