Key members of the Clinical Genetics team include:
Lead clinician
Dr Jane Hurst
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: skeletal dysplasias, craniofacial disorders, prenatal diagnosis
Consultants
Dr Lyn Chitty PhD, MBBS, MRCOG
Reader in Clinical Genetics and Fetal Medicine
Special interest: prenatal diagnosis
Dr Angela Barnicoat MD, FRCP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: Fragile X Syndrome and Medical Education
Professor Maria Bitner-Glinzicz MBBS, MRCP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: genetics of deafness
Dr Melissa Lees DCH, MRCP, MSc, MD, FRACP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interest: genetics of clefting disorders
Dr V.K. Ajith Kumar MBBS, MD, DCH, MRCP(UK), MRCPCH, MSc (Medical Genetics)
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: cancer genetics, neuroendocrine disorders and general genetics
Dr Alison Male BSc MRCP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cancer genetics and Smith-Magenis syndrome
Dr Elisabeth Rosser FRCP BSc
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: Huntingtons disease/neurogenetic disorders, retinoblastoma and other paediatric cancers
Dr Richard Scott MA MBBS MRCPCH PhD
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: dysmorphology, imprinting disorders, childhood cancer syndromes, development and delivery of new genetic tests
Dr Lucy Side MRCP MD
Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: cancer genetics, neurofibromatoses and VHL
Dr Louise Wilson MD FRCP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Special interests: clinical dysmorphology and skeletal dysplasias
Specialist registrars
Dr Emma Clements
Specialist Registrar
Dr Catherine Dennis
Specialist Registrar
Dr Joanna Kenny
Specialist Registrar
Dr Helen Moody
Specialist Registrar
Dr Shereen Tadros
Specialist Registrar
Genetic counsellors
Cheryl Berlin BSc MSc (Registered GC)
Cancer Genetic Counsellor
Anita Bruce BSc MSc (Registered GC)
Genetic Counsellor
Additional information: based in Essex
Ms Bernadette Farren RGN RM RHV MSc (Registered GC)
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Genetics
Special interests: general genetics and prenatal advice
Kelly Loggenberg BSc MSc
Genetic Counsellor
Special interests: Cancer Genetics
Kate Simon BSc MSc (Registered)
Genetic Counsellor
Additional information: based in Essex
Sally Taffinder RGN RM MSc (Registered GC)
Genetic Counsellor
Special interest: prenatal diagnosis
Emma Williams BSc MSc (Registered GC)
Genetic Counsellor
Special interest: Cancer Genetics
Cecilia Compton MSc
Research and Family History Co-ordinator
Special interest: Cancer Genetics
Administrative staff
Parveen Akhtar
Administrator
Laura Boddy
Secretary
Jacqueline Charles
Secretary
Jill Corneille
Secretary
Paul Gough
Administrator
Elizabeth Sturges
Administrator
