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Meet the Paediatric and Neonatal ICU team

Key members of the Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units include:

Speciality Unit Lead

Dr Andy Petros MB BS MSc FRCP(UK) FRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist

Special interest(s): PPHN, gut perfusion, selective gut decontamination

Consultants

Dr Joe Brierley MA MB ChB MRCP MRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Special interest(s): clinical ethics, cardiac output monitoring

Dr Paula Lister MB BCh MRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Special interest(s): necrotising enterocolitis, inflammation and haemostasis

Dr Quen Mok MB BS DCH FRCP FRCPI FRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Special interest(s): neonatalogy, haemofiltration, tracheobronchomalacia

Paediatric intensive care CSAC advisor

Dr Christine Pierce MB BS BSc MRCP FRCPCH 
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist  
Special interest(s): morbidity of intensive care, persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN)  
 
Dr Sanjiv Sharma MBBS BSc MRCPCH 
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist

Specialty training lead

Dr Sophie Skellett MA MB BChir MRCP FRCPCH 
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Special interest(s): fluids & electrolytes, acid-base balance, intensive care outreach, novel ventilatory strategies                                                                                                                      

Head of Nursing paediatric and neonatal intensive care

Vacant

Lead nurses

Vacant 
Lead Nurse - NICU

Ghislaine Stephenson 
Lead Nurse - PICU

Family liaison team

Esther Rose 
Family Liaison Sister

Petra Shroff 
Family Liaison Sister

Heather Waddington 
Family Liaison Sister

Emma Harris 
Admin Assistant

Neonatal nurse advisor

Annette Rathwall 

Practice nurse educators

Cathy Roberts RN Child Health 
Lead Practice Educator
Special interest(s): advanced respiratory nurse practice, nurse led research

Katie Dettmer 
Practice Nurse Educator

Helen Drennan 
Practice Nurse Educator

Liz Woodward 
Practice Nurse Educator

Administration & clerical

Carol Parkes
Office Manager

David McCairney 
Rota Co-ordinator

Paula Smith 
Medical Secretary

Eugenia Abaleke 
Clinician's Assistant

Cindy Mao 
Ward Clerk

Malcolm Woodsford 
Ward Clerk 

Pharmacists

Rachelle Booth 
Pharmacist, PICU

Venetia Horn 
Pharmacist, NICU

Ventilator technicians 

Claire Beckwith
Head of Section

Ritchie Montoya 

Giovanna Cardona 

Sobia Ghani