Please see our admission criteria for information about the diagnoses treated by the SNAPS Department at GOSH.
How to refer a patient
For an outpatient appointment
A referral letter should be sent to the department either via post or fax (number above).
If an urgent appointment is required then this should be discussed with the general surgical registrar
on-call, Bleep 0777.
Inter hospital transfer
For all urgent and emergency transfers contact the on-call surgical registrar via switchboard, Bleep 0777
How to get advice
For patients known to GOSH
If the patient is known to one of the general surgical teams then the team registrar on the bleeps listed above can be contacted.
If unsuccessful and urgent then contact the on-call surgical registrar on Bleep 0777.
For non-urgent enquiries where the team registrar is unavailable then the general surgical secretaries (numbers above) can take a message and arrange for the appropriate team member to call back.
For patients not known to GOSH
The surgical registrar on-call is available 24 hours a day via switchboard on Bleep 0777.
Consultants and key staff members
Surgical consultants
Surgical registrar team contact bleeps (via switchboard)
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Mr Joe Curry, Bleep 0222
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Mr Edward Kiely, Bleep 0614
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Professor Agostino Pierro, Bleep 0688
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Mr Paolo De Coppi, Bleep 0615
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Miss Kate Cross, Bleep 0565
Administration staff
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Tracy Jones, NHS secretary (to Mr Curry, Miss Cross and Mr De Coppi)
020 7405 9200 Ext 5871
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Catia Rodrigues, NHS secretary (to Mr Kiely and Professor Pierro )
020 7405 9200 Ext 5619
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Kyle Jarvis, Office Manager
020 7405 9200 Ext 8629
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Nohad Hamada, Admissions Officer
020 7405 9200 Ext 5541
General surgery
Stoma therapists
Preadmission and pH studies
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Vida Milovanovic, Bleep 0339
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Rose Fitzgerald, Ext 0458
Surgical divisional offices
Services and facilities available
The Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) department has a national and international reputation for clinical excellence and groundbreaking research.
Notable clinical expertise exists in the fields of oncology and oesophageal disease, including replacement and revision surgery.
The department is one of the busiest children’s laparoscopic units in Europe. It performs many advanced procedures including repair of oesophageal atresia and diaphragmatic hernia as well as antireflux surgery, pyloromyotomy, duodenal atresia repair and other excisional procedures such as splenectomy and cholecystectomy.
The Professorial Unit has fields of research interest including NEC, nutrition and metabolism, international multi-centre clinical randomised trials and more recently in the field of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine.
The unit has attracted many millions of pounds of grant funding and output from the unit is regularly presented to international meetings and published in highly respected peer reviewed journals.
The department offers the following services and facilities:
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general surgical care of children
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advanced techniques in minimally invasive surgery
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neonatal surgery
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oesophageal surgery including oesophageal replacement
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oncology surgery
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pancreatic surgery
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thymus transplantation via NCG
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surgery for conjoined twins
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intestinal dysmotility surgery via NCG
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surgical high-dependency unit facility (in addition to existing NICU and PICU)
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specialist paediatric stoma therapists
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gastrostomy service
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multidisciplinary meetings with the departments of radiology, gastroenterology, oncology, histopathology, anaesthetics and intensive care
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multidisciplinary team management of vascular malformations, intestinal failure, cloaca
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outpatient clinics including choose and book
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ward assessment room
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pre-admission facilities
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pH/impedence studies
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outreach services for general surgery of childhood at University College London Hospital (UCLH) and the Royal Free Hospital (RFH)
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antenatal counselling at UCLH
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international research projects
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teleconference facilities with other international units
Feedback and suggestions
Please contact a member of the administration staff with any feedback or suggestions.
