Our Team

The team at the Manchester Centre for Neonatal Surgery is made up of passionate, highly specialised people. Bringing together specialists from a number of disciplines ensures your child gets comprehensive and personalised care. Our team consists of the following disciplines.

 

Consultants

The team of consultants involved at the centre include:

• Dr Asim Ahmed – Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist
• Miss Sonia Basson – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon
• Mr Philip Corbett – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon
• Mr Ross J Craigie – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon and Clinical Director (Surgery & Theatres)
• Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie – Group Associate Medical Director, Clinical Head of Division and Consultant Neonatologist
• Dr Mohamed Elboraee – Locum Consultant Neonatologist
• Mr Paul Farrelly – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon – Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery
• Dr Edward Gasiorowski – Lead for Bereavement and Palliative Care and Consultant Neonatologist
• Mr Jonathan Goring – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon
• Dr Ruth Gottstein – Consultant Neonatologist
• Mr Fraser Horwood – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon
• Dr Susan Kamupira – Governance Lead and Consultant Neonatologist
• Mr Nick Lansdale – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester
• Dr Ajit Mahaveer – Research Lead, Saint Mary’s Hospital Audit Lead and Consultant Neonatologist
• Dr Yasser Masood – ST 1-3 Lead, ANNP Lead and Consultant Neonatologist
• Professor Simon Mitchell – NIPE Lead and Consultant Neonatologist
• Dr Arindam Mukherjee – NICU Audit Lead, Expertise in Cardiology, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Manchester University
• Dr Michelle Parr – Mortality Lead, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Lecturer at Salford University
• Dr Gareth Penman – Surgical Lead, HIV Lead for Oxford Road Campus and Consultant Neonatologist
• Mr Robert Peters – Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
• Dr Ranganath Ranganna – RCPCH Tutor, Deputy Regional Lead for Paediatrics and Consultant Neonatologist
• Dr Kristin Tanney – Clinical Lead, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Lecturer at Salford University
• Mr David Wilkinson – Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon

Nursing

We have a strong team of nurses too. We’re just preparing some information on their roles and will publish here soon.

Allied Health Professionals – Specialised Dietician

The neonatal dietitian works with the team to guide feeding decisions including feed type, method of feeding and progression from parenteral nutrition (nutrition directly into the blood stream) to feeding into the stomach after a baby’s operation. This is to ensure the best possible nutrition, growth and development for your baby

Allied Health Professionals – Specialised Physiotherapy

Neonatal physiotherapists are involved in the holistic support of babies through early intervention and education of families and staff to optimise developmental outcomes, which includes:

• developmentally supportive care
• respiratory care
• neurological assessment
• follow up of infants in greater need
• orthopaedic services

Allied Health Professionals – Specialised Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)

Speech & Language Therapists support your baby’s feeding journey ensuring they have positive oral experiences and develop effective & efficient feeding skills through their early years