Meet the Radiology team

Key members of the Radiology Department include:

Tim Liversedge
Chief of Service, Core Clinical Service

Ade Ifederu
Deputy Chief of Service

Ruth Leighton
General Manager

Matthew Rubin
Deputy General Manager

Nicki Kassler
Interim Radiology Service Manager

Clare Simcock
Lead Radiographer, Radiology

Amparo Piquer
Head of Nursing, Core Clinical Services

Diana Klingiene
Matron, Theatres

Maria Quiazon
Matron, Theatres

Dr Alistair Calder BMBCh FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialty Lead for Body Radiology

Dr Samantha Chippington BM BS BMedSci FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist Lead for Interventional Radiology

Dr Kshitij Mankad
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Specialty Lead for Neuro Radiology

Dr Samantha Chippington BM BS BMedSci FRCR (Clinical Lead)
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist interests: Paediatric intervention with special interest in gastro and tracheal intervention

Dr Alex M Barnacle BM MRCP FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist interests: The diagnosis and management of vascular anomalies and paediatric renal stone disease

Dr Kishore Minhas MBChB MSc FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist interests: Paediatric hepatobiliary intervention, paediatric renovascular intervention, paediatric venous access.

Dr Premal A Patel BSc(Hons) MBBS MRCS FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist interests: Treatment of paediatric renovascular hypertension, vascular anomalies, cryoablation, paediatric vascular access

Dr Sam Stuart BSc MBBS FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist
Specialist interests: Paediatric intervention, ablative therapies, embolotherapy and vascular intervention

Dr Adam Rennie MB BS, BMSc, FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Interventional Neuroradiologist
Specialist interests: Endovascular treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spine. Chemotherapy for retinoblastoma.

Dr Fergus Robertson MA MBBS MRCP FRCR
Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist
Specialist interests: Vascular intervention involving the brain, head and neck, and spine in adults and children

Dr Kshitij Mankad (Clinical Lead)
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Specialist interests: Neuro-oncology, immune mediated diseases in children, trauma imaging, radiology quality and improvement models

Dr Asthik Biswas
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Felice D’Arco 
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Specialist interests: Neuro-oncology, head and neck and audiology.

Dr Patricia Varga
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Sniya Sudhakar
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr. Pritika Gaur

Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Ulrike Loebel
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Specialist interests: Neurooncology, quantitative MRI, National Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis Tumour (HPAT) Advisory Interest Group

Dr Alistair Calder BMBCh FRCR (Clinical Lead)
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interests: Cardiothoracic imaging, skeletal dysplasia and intensive care imaging

Dr Jim Carmichael MBChB
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Special Interests: Functional MR urography, fetal MRI

Dr Lorenzo Biassoni MSc FRCP FEBNM
Consultant Paediatric Nuclear Medicine Physician
Specialist interests: Paediatric nuclear medicine, paediatric oncology and nephrology/urology

Dr Marina Easty MBBS BSc MRCP FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interests: Paediatric nuclear medicine and general paediatric radiology

Dr Melanie P Hiorns MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interests: Uroradiology, urogenital radiology and radiology of the gastrointestinal tract

Dr Owen Arthurs MB BChir MA PhD MRCPCH FRCR
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interests: Academic Paediatric Radiology, non-accidental and post mortem imaging

Dr Oystein Olsen
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interest: Paediatric body MRI

Dr Paul Humphries
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interests: whole body MR imaging and functional body MR imaging for oncological and inflammatory disorders,

rheumatological imaging with MRI and ultrasound, imaging of congenital urogenitary abnormalities

Dr. Susan Shelmerdine MBBS, BSc, MRCS, PGCert HBE, FHEA, FRCR, PhD
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interest: Academic paediatric radiology, post-mortem imaging, trauma and intensive care paediatric imaging

Dr Tom Watson
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
Specialist interest: Abdominal MRI and ultrasound for assessment of oncological, infectious and inflammatory disorders,
MRI and ultrasound of the small and large bowel, contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Dr. Riwa Meshaka
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
GOSH Charity Clinical Impact Leader: Consultant Paediatric Radiologist with an interest in Radionuclide Radiology

Jessica Cooper
Superintendent Radiographer
Modality: MRI

Gillian Dartnell
Superintendent Radiographer
Modality: Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Angiography

Gemma Heath
Superintendent Radiographer
Modality: Nuclear Medicine

Tom Minden / Dinushi Mahamayagodage
Superintendent Radiographers
Modality: CT

Beckie Giacopazzi
Superintendent Radiographer
Modality: Generals

Fariba Williams
Superintendent Radiographer
Modality: Ultrasound

Nicki Kassler
Interim Service Manager

Lesley Briggs
Assistant Service Manager for IR, NM and Foreign Films

Nerrine Brown
Interim Assistant Service Manager for MRI, CT, US and X-ray

Amanda Kelsey
Compliance and Governance Manager

Caroline Allen
Play Specialist (Thursday—Friday)

Denise Cochrane
Play Specialist (Monday—Wednesday)

General enquiries:

Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH

Telephone number: 020 7829 8615 or 5261 or 0464

For urgent questions outside of office hours please call the switchboard on 020 7405 9200.