THE DEFECT TEAM
Consultant Mentor
Timothy Bradnock
Mr Timothy Bradnock is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon based at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow and a Scottish Quality and Safety Fellow. He has an interest in Hirschsprung's Disease, and has been heavily involved in the conduct of the BAPS-CASS studies. Outside his clinical work, he is interested in improving workplace behaviour and culture.
Consultant Mentor
Nigel Hall
Mr Nigel Hall is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton and Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon at Southampton Children's Hospital. He is the BAPS/ RCSEng multicentre collaborative research lead for paediatric surgery and chair of the Network Office of the European Paediatric Surgeons Association. He also sits on the research committee of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. He has a strong interest in design and conduct of randomised trials in paediatric surgery, optimising outcome measure assessment and focussing research on improving surgical outcomes in children.
PSTRN Project Lead
Patrice Eastwood
Patrice is an ST5 in paediatric surgery at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, with previous clinical experience/ training in Edinburgh, London and Leeds. She was a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Fetal and Perinatal Medicine Scholarship, completing her PhD supervised by Professor Deprest (KU Leven), Professor Gractacos (Barcelona), Professor DeCoppi (UCL) and Professor Toelan (KU Leven). She has undertaken an FWO research fellowship based in the miRacla lab with Professor Keijzer (Winnipeg). Her PhD (Perinatal Solutions for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia) received the 2017 Syme medal from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
RedCap Database Team
George Bethell
George is a trainee based in Southampton, with a wide and varied surgical research portfolio. He is currently a NIHR academic clinical fellow in paediatric surgery, and is passionate about collaborative working
RedCap Database Team
Sajeed Ali
Sajeed is a Foundation Year 2 in North West London, who will be starting his Core Surgical Training in London from October 2021. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2019, where he fostered interest in Paediatrics, medical education and clinical research. Following his time in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, he was inspired to pursue a career in Paediatric Surgery alongside collaborative research, quality improvement and playing squash at a very amateur level.
Monthly Reporting Follow-up
Joshua Brown
Josh is a 4th year medical student at Queen's University Belfast, with an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences from King's College London. He is interested in paediatric surgery and cardiac surgery, with a focus on congenital surgery. He is also passionate about medical education. He is a current speciality champion at the Queen's University surgical society, Scrubs, where he as delivered a series of careers webinars, virtual skills classes and learning resources for all students at the university. He has been involved in several research and quality improvement projects; a recent audit looking at age of orchidopexy at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children won a regional award in 2020.
Monthly Reporting Follow-up
Setthasorn Ooi
Setthasorn is a 3rd year medical student at Cardiff University. His research interests lie in paediatric neurosurgery, global surgery and medical education. He is president of the Cardiff University Surgical Society, and the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) Regional Lead for Cardiff. He is part of a collaborative group between ASiT and the Trainees in Paediatric Surgery (TriPS), through which he oversees the development and delivery of educational talks in paediatric surgery in the Southwest region of the UK.
Social Media Coordinator
Lucinda Tullie
Lucinda is a paediatric surgical trainee, and a doctoral clinical fellow at the Crick, and UCL Child health. She is passionate about regenerative medicine and fetal medicine