Meet the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) team

Key members of the Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery (SNAPS) include:

Mr Joseph Curry MBBS FRCS(Eng) FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, lower GI surger, laparoscopy and surgical training

Mr Joseph Curry MBBS FRCS(Eng) FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, lower GI surger, laparoscopy and surgical training

Professor Paolo De Coppi MD PhD
NIHR Professor of Paediatric Surgery
Reader and Section Head - Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Developmental Biology and Cancer Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health

Specialist interest: Tissue engineering, thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, neonatal surgery, lead pancreatic surgeon for SNAPS.

Kate Cross BMed Hons FRACS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Specialist interests: Neonatal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, oncology surgery and training for junior doctors.

Mr Simon Blackburn BSc (Hons) MBBS MEd FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Neonatal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery and surgical education.

Mr Stefano Giuliani FRCS (Eng) MD (Ita) MD (USA) PhD
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Neonatal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, oncology and clinical research.

Ms Dhanya Mullassery MBBS PhD FRCS (Paed Surg)
Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Oesophageal and upper gastrointestinal surgery, Thoracic surgery, Cancer surgery, Surgical education and mentoring.

Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis MBBS BSc PhD FRCS (Paed Surg)

Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Research and Teaching Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon, Department of Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and Children and Young People Services, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Special interests: General neonatal and paediatric surgery, lower gastrointestinal/colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, fetal diagnosis, fetal surgery/intervention, artificial intelligence/machine learning, nanotechnology, stem cell biology/transplantation, gene therapy

Miss Sonia Basson BM BSc FRCS (Paed Surg) DMCC MEd

Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon
Special interests: Colorectal surgery, Neonatal surgery, Minimally-invasive surgery, Vascular malformations, Education, Global Health.

Carly Vaser
Divisional Assistant Chief Nurse, Barrie Division
Surgical Wards, Audiology and Dentistry

Nadia Gooden
Lead Nurse
Body, Bones and Mind

Fiona Rundle
Ward Manager/Sister
Chameleon Ward

Caroline Gainsbury
Surgical nurse specialist (Complex Care)

Julie-Ann Milbery
Surgical Nurse Specialist (Complex Care)

Ana Luis Moura

Surgical Nurse Specialist (Complex Care)

Susan Regan
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neonatal surgical Nutrition)

Ambereen Iqbal

Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neonatal Surgical Nutrition)

Joy Howlin

Clinical Nurse Specialist (Colorectal)

Rory Philbin
Advance Nurse Practitioner (stoma care)

Nicola Greenwood
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)

Monika Morova
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)

Deborah Cairns
Clinical Nurse Specialist (stoma care)