Meet the Rheumatology team

Key members of the Rheumatology Department include:

Consultants

Clarissa Pilkington
Clinical Lead
Special interests: lupus and dermatomyositis.

Despina Eleftheriou
Honorary Consultant
Special interest: CNS vasculitis.

Debajit Sen
Adolescent Rheumatology Consultant
Special interests: adolescents, enthesitis and related arthritis.  

Lucy Wedderburn
Head of the Institute of Child Health's Rheumatology Unit, Honorary Consultant and Professor in Paediatric Rheumatology
Special interests: arthritis, dermatomyositis and basic scientific research.

Clive Edelsten
Honorary Consultant

Specialist nurses

Yvonne Glackin
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Research Nurse

Polly Livermore
Paediatric Rheumatology Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Ruth McGowan
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Karen Wynne
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Rheumatology and Vasculitis

Anne-Marie Coen
Trainee Nurse Practitioner (Penguin Ward)

Clare Gilmour
Trainee Nurse Practitioner (Rheumatology)

Podiatrist

Jill Ferrari
Podiatrist (at Great Ormond Street Hospital on Tuesdays)

Specialist physiotherapists

Susan Maillard
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Paediatric Rheumatology

Ellie Haggert
Physiotherapist

Jenny Betts
Physiotherapist

Faye Mason
Physiotherapist

Aimie O'Hara
Physiotherapist

Occupational therapists

Julie Payne
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Psychologists

Anna Hutchinson
Clinical Psychologist

Leena Myllari
Clinical Psychologist

Administration

Jheni Morrison
Patient Pathway Lead

Jill Hartley
Secretary (IMPS)

Ian McDonald
Clinicians Assistant

Abigail Massiah
Secretary (NIMPS)

Amy Squire
Secretary