Meet the Physiotherapy team

Members of the Physiotherapy department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are listed below.

Head of Physiotherapy

Louisa Hill

Pain and Mental Health

Rachel Naunton
Special interest: pain, fatigue, functional symptoms, mental health, communication

Haemophilia

Melanie Bladen
Special interest: Haemophilia

Nicola Hubert
Special interest: Haemophilia

Neuromuscular

Lianne Abbott
Special interest: Neuromuscular

Nicola Burnett
Special interest: Neuromuscular

José Longatto

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Rachel Thomas

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Olivia Martineau

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Neurology

Lucy Alderson 
Special interests: Acute neurology, Neurosurgery, Gait

Jude Kay 
Special interests: Acute neurology, Neurosurgery

Bridget Black

Special interests: Acute neurology, Neurosurgery

Lucy Waller 
Special interests: Haematology, Oncology

Danny Bell

Special interests: Neurology, Neuro Oncology

Rowen Seglah

Special interests: Haematology, Oncology

Michelle Wood 
Special interests: Neuromedical, EB

Carey Eldred

Special interests: Neuromedical

Neurodisability

Stephanie Cawker 
Special interests: Neurodisability, Tone management, Orthotics, Neuro-orthopaedics, Gait

Lesley Katchburian 
Special interest: Neurodisability- Botox

Xanthe Hodgson 
Special interest: Neurodisability- Botox

Emilie Hupin
Special interest: Neurodisability OI Service

Josie Scerri 
Special interest: Neurodisability

Deepti Chugh
Special interest: SDR

Aneeta Gandekar
Special interests: SDR

Mario Iodice

Special interests: SDR

Alice Walker
Special interest: SDR

Emma Bennett

Special Interest: SDR

Katharine Philips
Special interest: Neurodisability

Clare Rapier

Special interest: Neurodisability- OI Service

Sabina Pieroni

Special interest: Neurodisability

Nicola Thorpe

Special interests: Neurodisability

Orthopaedics

Debbie Jackson 
Special interests: Limb lengthening, Cerebral palsy

Cristina Rafter 
Special interests: Cerebral palsy, Spina bifida

Mia Dunkley 
Special interest: Ponseti

Sarah Harmar
Special interests: Spinal, Hydrotherapy

Suzanne Close 
Special interests: Spinal

Sophie Burton
Special interest: Spinal

Alice Hipwell
Special interest: Neuro/Orthopaedic

Emma Bewick

Special Interest: General Orthopaedic/ Limb Reconstruction

Evette Parnell

Special interest: Ponseti

Edel de Buitleir

Special interests: Plastics

Cardio-respiratory

Emma Shkurka

Special interest: Cardiothoracic transplant CICU, ECMO/VAD, Lung Ultrasound

Wendy Nolan
Special interests: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Cystic Fibrosis

Jemma Woyda

Special interests: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

Nicki Barker
Special interest: Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units (PICU/NICU)

Charlotte Donovan
Special interest: Paediatric and Neonatal intensive care (PICU/NICU)

Helen Mercer
Special interest: Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (PICU/NICU)

Louisa Hill 
Special interest: Cystic fibrosis

Sarah Cottage

Special interest: Cystic fibrosis

Lisa Edel

Special interest: Neuromuscular/Respiratory

Katie Byrom

Special interest: Neuromuscular/Respiratory

Rheumatology

Sue Maillard 
Special interests: Juvenile dermatomyosits, Hypermobility, Complex regional pain syndrome

Lauren Stone
Special interest: Rheumatology

Kim McKenzie
Special interest: Rheumatology

Kathryn Foy

Special interest: Rheumatology

Katy Edebol

Special interest: Rheumatology

IPP (International Private Patients)

Maria Thaller
Special interest: Private Patients

Orthotics

Ines Oliveira Costa
Orthotist

Sarah Hendy
Orthotist

Katie Baurer
Neuromuscular Clinical Specialist Orthotist (Wed)

Rotational physiotherapists

Kelly Hughes

Nicola Moore

Sian Waller

Josephine Carnew

Amy Young

Chloe Shimell

Anjali Reid

Eloise Stocks

Laetitia Sungu Ndanyo

Anna Povey

Sophia Mughal White

Krishna Mistry

Olivia Martineau (Static Neuromuscular)

Charlotte Sanders (Respiratory Rotations)

Emer O' Reilly (Neuromuscular Research)

Physiotherapy assistants

Emma Finnis
Special interest: Neurology

Catherine Moloney

Special interest: Haematology, Oncology

Jasmine Watts-Whent
Special interest: Neuromuscular

Charles Nelson
Special interest: Rheumatology

Lok Si (Jess) Ho

Special interest: Rheumatology

Liam McGregor
Special interest: Orthopaedics

Neil Francis

Special Interest: Respiratory

Eloise Newell
Special Interest: SDR/Neurodisability

Research physiotherapists

Evelin Milev

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Amy Wolfe

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Victoria Selby
Special interest: Neuromuscular

Annemarie Rowher

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Catherine Rye

Special interest: Neuromuscular

Phil Harniess
Special interests: Senior Research Physiotherapist 

Gill Waite
Special interests: Senior Research Physiotherapist 

Deepti Chugh

Special interest: Senior Research Physiotherapist

Administrative staff

Paula Rotchell
Physiotherapy and Orthotic Service Admin Manager

Vacant post

Orthotic Service Co-Ordinator

Abdirahman Kadir

Physiotherapy Gym receptionist