Meet the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) team

Key members of the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) include:

Miss Kate Cross BMed (Hons) FRACS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Speciality Lead for Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery, lead oncology surgeon for SNAPS

Mr Joseph Curry MBBS FRCS(Eng) FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, lower GI surger, laparoscopy and surgical training

Professor Paolo De Coppi MD PhD
NIHR Professor of Paediatric Surgery
Reader and Section Head - Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Developmental Biology and Cancer Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health

Specialist interest: Tissue engineering, thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, neonatal surgery, lead pancreatic surgeon for SNAPS.

Kate Cross BMed Hons FRACS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, oncology surgery and training for junior doctors.

Mr Simon Blackburn BSc(Hons) MBBS MEd FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Neonatal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery and surgical education.

Mr Stefano Giuliani FRCS (Eng) MD (Ita) MD (USA) PhD 
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Neonatal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, oncology and clinical research.

Miss Dhanya Mullassery PhD, FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: upper gastrointestinal surgery, thoracic surgery and oncosurgery, surgical training.

Miss Joanna Stanwell MA (Hons) MB BChir FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: neonatal and upper gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopy, medical education, quality improvement.

Carly Vaser
Divisional Assistant Chief Nurse, Barrie Division
Surgical Wards, Audiology and Dentistry

John Forester
Lead Nurse
Body, Bones and Mind

Fiona Rundle
Ward Manager/Sister
Chameleon Ward

Caroline Gainsbury
Discharge Liaison Sister

Julie-Ann Milbery
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Susan Regan
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Ambereen Iqbal
Surgical Complex Care CNS

Nicola Greenwood 
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)

Monika Morova
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)

Rory Philbin
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)