Meet the Bone Marrow Transplant team

Key members of the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital include:

BMT JACIE Director

Professor Persis Amrolia
Special interests: adoptive immunotherapy and EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease

Consultants

Dr Kanchan Rao
Special interest: haemophagocytic lymphoistiocytosis (HLH)

Dr Robert Chiesa - BMT Clinical Director
Special interests: cord blood transplantation and radioimmunotherapy

Dr Juliana Silva

Dr Arina Lazareva

Associate Specialists

Dr Milena Balasch Carulla

Dr Jasmin Alloo

Dr Antonio Grasso

BMT Clinical Fellow

TBC

Nurses

A Hill
Advanced Nurse Specialist and CNS Team Lead

Maria Finch
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Rachel Slack
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Susan Farish
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Jemma Selvage
Specialist Nurse

Sarah Brazel-Terris
Specialist Nurse

Charlotte Twigdon-Williams
Specialist Nurse & CAR T Specialist Nurse

Gemma Davidson
CAR T Specialist Nurse

Sian Essex
Inpatient Clinical Nurse Specialist

Sinead Heelan
Inpatient Specialist Nurse

Danielle Pinner
Senior Research Nurse

Sophie Cavanagh
Specialist Research Nurse

Catherine Crosby
Specialist Research Nurse

Administrative Support

Chris Sullivan 
Medical PA to Consultants/Associate Specialists ext. 8434
Chris.Sullivan@gosh.nhs.uk

Adeel Ahmad
Medical PA to Clinical Nurse Specialists ext. 1188
Adeel.Ahmad@gosh.nhs.uk

Dilan Polat
Medical PA for Pre BMT clinic ext. 0444
Dilan.Polat@gosh.nhs.uk

Managers

Eileen White
Head of Nursing & Patient Experience

Emma Gilbert 
Matron for Bone Marrow Transport

Esther Dontoh
General Manager for Blood, Cells and Cancer
020 7405 9200 ext 5096 
Esther.Dontoh@gosh.nhs.uk

Josie Dorney
Service Manager for Haematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant
020 7405 9200 ext 34289
Josie.Dorney@gosh.nhs.uk

Charlotte Lawrence
Assistant Service Manager for Haematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant
Charlotte.Lawrence@gosh.nhs.uk

Maissa Elkhatib Hamdoun
Quality Assurance Manager

Aya ElZein
Principal Analyst & Clinical Information Lead, Clinical Information Team