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Meet the Rheumatology team
Key members of the Rheumatology department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) include:
Consultants
Muthana Al Obaidi
Clinical Lead
Special Interests: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Sjorgens disease and Raynauds disease.
systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis
Professor of Vasculitis and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist
Special interests: vasculitis and auto-inflammatory conditions
Sandrine Lacassagne
Consultant
Special interests: bone inflammation, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, JIA-associated uveitis, non-JIA associated uveitis, adnexal inflammation, ERA
Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Co-Director of Education (Clinical Academics)
Special interests: vasculitis, neuro-inflammatory conditions, auto-inflammatory conditions, gene therapy
Lucy Wedderburn
Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology,
Head of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health's (ICH) Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, Director - Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology Versus Arthritis
Special interests: arthritis, dermatomyositis , precision medicine, mechanisms of disease
Elena Moratis
Consultant and Lead for Clinical network
Interests: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis
Charalampia Papadopoulou
Consultant and Educational Lead
Special interests: juvenile dermatomyositis, auto-inflammatory diseases, juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Ovgu Kul Cinar
Consultant and Clinical Governance Lead
Special interests: juvenile idiopathic arthritis and auto-inflammatory diseases
Clarissa Pilkington
Consultant (Outreach clinics and IPP)
Corinne Fisher
Honorary Adolescent Rheumatologist
Harry Petrushkin
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist
Ameenat (Lola) Solebo
Honorary Consultant
Ilaria Testi
Honorary Consultant
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Ruth McGowan
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Pelican Ward)
Yvonne Glackin
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Amber Putland (nee Richardson)
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Christine Twomey
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Lara Uguz
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Lily Neame
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Podiatrist
Jill Ferrari
Podiatrist (at GOSH on Tuesdays)
Specialist Physiotherapists
Susan Maillard
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Paediatric Rheumatology
Kim McKenzie
Physiotherapist
Katy Edebol
Physiotherapist
Lauren Stone
Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist in Rheumatology and Pain
Charles Nelson
Physiotherapy Assistant
Lok Si (Jess) Ho
Physiotherapy Assistant
Occupational Therapists
Sarah Francis
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
Psychologists
Emma Piepenstock
Clinical Psychologist
Sinead Ruane
Clinical Psychologist
Zuleika Irvanipour
Clinical Psychologist
Pelican Ward/Ambulatory
Sian Aston
Ward Sister
Daisy Hewson
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Sarah Murphy
Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Administration
Jheni Morrison
Patient Pathway Lead and Interim Assistant Service Manager
Jill Hartley
Medical PA
Natasha Brown
Medical PA
Abigail Massiah
Medical PA
Mannikkam Rathakrishnan
Pelican Ward Coordinator
Navneet Girn
Patient Pathway Assistant
Vanisha Patel
Clinical Coordinator
Ebin Pattamparambil Madhu
Pelican Ward Adminstrator
Saffiyah Kara
Pelican Ward Adminstrator
Management Team
Sian Pincott - Chief of Service for Blood, Cells and Cancer Division
Muthana Al Obaidi - Speciality Lead
Eileen White - Director of Nursing for Blood, Cells and Cancer Division
Esther Dontoh - General Manager for Blood, Cells and Cancer Division
Ilse Kwame Osei - Service Manager
Jheni Morrison
Patient Pathway Lead and Interim Assistant Service Manager