BCCA Faculty List:
Dr Suhair Omar Shebani
Chairman of BCCA 2016 scientific Committee
Clinical lead of CHD Echocardiography and Fetal Cardiologist
East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Centre, Leicester
Prof David Anderson
Consultant heart surgeon and professor of children’s heart surgery
Evelina Children’s Hospital, London
Prof Robert H. Anderson
Visiting Professorial Felloe
Institute of Genetic Medicine,
Newcastle University
Ms Elizabeth Aryeetey
Deputy Head of Children’s Nursing/Lead Nurse for Children’s Cardiac Services
University Hospitals of Leicester
Mr David Barron
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Dr Vinay Bhole
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Dr Giovanni Biglino
Lecturer in Cariovascular bioinformatics and Medical Statistics
Bristol Heart Institute
School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol
Dr Aidan Bolger
Lead Cardiologist
Glenfield Hospital,
Leicester
Dr Mario Carminati
Director of paediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease
Policlinico San Donato – IRCCS, Milan
Mr Antonio F Corno
Consultant Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon and Lead of Research
East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease, Glenfield Hospital,Leicester
Dr David Crossland
Consultant Paediatric and ACHD cardiologist
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Dr Katya De Groote
Consultant paediatric and fetal cardiology
Ghent University Hospital,
Belgium
Mark HD Danton
Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
Dr Joseph DeGiovanni
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and EP consultant
BCH Birmingham
University Hospitals; Birmingham, and Leicester
East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Centre, Leicester
Dr Saran Durairaj
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
and CHD Cross sectional Imaging consultant
East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Centre
Leicester
Dr Abdul Karim Duke
Congenital Interventional Cardiologist and Paediatric EP consultant
SKMC, Abu Dhabi and,
East Midlands congenital Heart Disease Centre
Leicester
Dr Sabine Ernst
Consultant Cardiologist
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,
London
Mr Asif Hassan
Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Freeman Hospital,
Newcastle
Dr Lindsey Hunter
Consultant Paediatric & Fetal Cardiologist
Royal Hospital for Children,
Glasgow
Ms Suzie Hutchinson
Chief Executive and Service Lead
Little Hearts Matter
Mr Martin Kostolny
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Dr Katie Linter
Consultant paediatric cardiology
Glenfield Hospital,
Leicester
Prof Jan Marek
Consultant Cardiologist,
Clinical Lead Consultant for Echocardiography and Prenatal Cardiology Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children,
London
Dr Luc Mertens
Professor in Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Section Head Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Dr Gareth Morgan
Congenital Interventional Cardiologist
Colorado Childrens Hospital, Denver
Dr Kuberan Pushparajah
Consultant paediatric cardiologist
Evelina Children’s Hospital, London
Prof Gwen Rempel
Associate Professor
Athabasca University
Prof Gurleen Sharland
Consultant Fetal Cardiology
Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Dr Suhair Omar Shebani
Clinical lead of Echocardiography
East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Centre
Mr Simone Speggiorin
Clinical lead and Audit lead for Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
Dr Demetris Taliotis
Interventional Cardiologist
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Dr John Thomson
Consultant Cardiologist
Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust
Dr Sara Thorne
Consultant Cardiologist
University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Jan Till
Consultant
Royal Brompton Hospital,
London
Mr Victor Tsang
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Dr Mark Turner
Consultant Cardiologist
University Hospitals Bristol
Dr Orhan Uzun
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
University Hospital of Wales
Dr Joseph Vettukattil
Co-Director Congenital Heart Center,
Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital,
Michigan
Dr Mark Walsh
Consultant Congenital Cardiologist
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
PECSIG Faculty List:
Dr Vinay Bhole
General Paediatric Cardiology
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Dr Frances Bu’Lock
Honorary Reader in Congenital and Paediatric Cardiology
East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre and University of Leicester
Elizabeth Didcock
Consultant
Nottingham University Hospital
Dr Katie Linter
Consultant paediatric cardiology
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
Dr Shankarnarayana Sadagopan
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
University Hospital Southampton
Toni Wolff
Consultant
Nottingham University Hospital
BACCNA Faculty List:
Karen Duncan
Senior Adult Congenital Heart Liason Nurse
University Hospitals of Leicester
Sarah Ellison
Community Matron
Ellesmere Port Community Care Team
Linda Griffiths
ACHD Nurse Specialist
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Toni Hardiman
Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Trust
Jane Hill
ACHD Specialist Nurse
Central Manchester University Hospitals
Jo Quirk
Adult Congenital Nurse Specialist
Leeds General Infirmary
Lynda Shaughnessy
Clinical Nurse Specialist in ACHD/ Transition
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS FT
Lynda Tellett
Clinical Nurse Specialist
University Hospital Southampton
Sheena Vernon
Lead Nurse
Bristol Heart Institute
Emma Weingart
Advance nurse practitioner
Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT
CCNA Faculty List:
Basma Al-Metwali
Pharmacy PhD student
Glenfield Hospital/ University Hospitals of Leicester
Elizabeth Aryeetey
Deputy Head of Children’s Nursing/Lead Nurse for Children’s Cardiac Service
University Hospitals of Leicester
Matthew Daniel
Clinical Psychologist
East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre
Kate English
ACHD Consultant
Leeds
Kerry Gaskin
Principal Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice
University of Worcester
Terry Hewitt
Transplant Specialist Nurse
Newcastle
Liz Lee
Clinical Psychologist
Leicester
Robyn Lotto
Senior Lecturer and Inspire Research Associate
Liverpool John Moores Universtiy
Linda O’hare
Cardiac Liaison Nurse
Leicester
Prof Gwen Rempel
Associate Professor
Athabasca University
Di Robertshaw
Practice Educator – Cardio-Respiratory
Great Ormond street Hospital
