Meet the Clinical Genetics team

Key members of the Clinical Genetics team include:

Lead Clinician

Dr Munaza Ahmed

Consultant in Clinical Genetics

Areas of special interest: Cancer Genetics; Paediatric Cancer Genetics

Consultants

Dr Emma Clement 
Departmental Education and Training Lead

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special interest: Genetics of hearing loss and dual sensory conditions, paediatric neuromuscular disorders

Dr Emma Wakeling
Rare Disease Lead

Consultant in Clinical Genetics

Areas of special interest: Childhood genetic disorders, disorders of imprinting and growth failure

Dr V.K. Ajith Kumar 
Cancer Genetics Lead

Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Areas of special clinics: Marfan Syndrome, Neuroendocrine Disorders, Cancer Genetics


Dr Alison Male 
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Areas of special interest: Perinatal and prenatal genetics

Dr Alice Gardham

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special Interest: Prenatal Genetics

Dr Tazeen Ashraf

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of Special Interest: Prenatal genetics, Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing (PGT) and Rare diseases

Dr Lara Menzies

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special interest: Neurogenetics, Inherited white matter disorders, Craniofacial genetics

Dr Ellie Hay

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special interest: Genetics of eye disorders, retinoblastoma

Dr Shereen Tadros

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special interest: Ethics of genetics, training and education

Dr Wendy Jones 
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Specialist clinics: Dysmorphology, Epilepsy, Cleft

Dr Phil Ostrowski

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Areas of special interest: Cardiac genetics, Cancer Genetics

Dr Richard Scott 
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Areas of special interest: Dysmorphology

Dr Louise Wilson MBChB, FRCP, BSc
Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Areas of special interest: Dysmorphology, Craniofacial Disorders, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Skeletal Dysplasia

Dr Saba Sharif

Consultant in Clinical Genetics

Areas of special interest: Cancer genetics, Neurofibromatosis type 2

Specialist Registrars

The consultants are supported by a team of Specialist Registrars.

Dr Ratha Sritharan

Dr Ramy Saad

Dr Antonia Northam

Dr Harriet Cullen

Dr Will Macken

Dr Monica Ziff

Clinical Nurse Specialists

Anna Jewitt
Roald Dahl SWAN Clinical Nurse Specialist

Genetic Counsellors

Anita Bruce - Lead Consultant Genetic Counsellor

Alice Coulson – Principal Genetic Counsellor

Pooja Dasani – Principal Genetic Counsellor

Katherine Mazur – Principal Genetic Counsellor

Sarah Robart – Principal Genetic Counsellor (maternity leave)

Sophie Marlowe – Registered Genetic Counsellor

Kate Simon – Registered Genetic Counsellor

Ailidh Watson – Registered Genetic Counsellor

Emma Williams – Registered Genetic Counsellor

Leanne Barrett – Pre-Registration Genetic Counsellor

Jaspreet Bhumbra - Pre-Registration Genetic Counsellor

Annabel Page – STP Trainee Genetic Counsellor

Elizabeth Stanton – STP Trainee Genetic Counsellor

Family History Coordinators and Genomic Associates

Parveen Akhtar

Grace Binney

Ardra Giboy

Management

Dayani (Dee) Balasubramaniyem
Service Manager

Arpita Tailor
Administrative Manager

Administration Staff

Secretaries

Admin Support

Tania Egarter
Administrator

Naila Choudhary
Administrator