GMC Number: 6052018

Year of first qualification: 2002, University of Bristol

Specialty: Acute Internal Medicine and General Internal Medicine

Clinical interests: Medical Simulation training; Medical Leadership; Tropical Medicine

Secretary: Lisa Williams

Telephone number: 0117 414 1141

Dr Nigel Lane has been a Consultant Physician at North Bristol NHS Trust since November 2014.

He has an interest in Medical Simulation training. He is also an IMPACT (Ill Medical Patients' Acute Care and Treatment) and Advanced Life Support instructor.

He is Physician Associate Student Lead at North Bristol NHS Trust.

Dr Lane holds a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of Liverpool (2014) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership from the Open University (2015).

He is a member of the Society for Acute Medicine, Royal College of Physicians.

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GMC Number: 6099949

Year & location of first qualification: BA BSc(Med) MBBS 2001, UNSW (Sydney, Australia)

Specialty: Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia

Clinical interests: Intensive Care Medicine Lead, Severn Deanery School of ACCS Joint Faculty Tutor for Intensive Care Medicine

Secretary: Anaesthetic Secretaries

Telephone: 0117 414 1589

Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)

Fellow of Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM)

Focused Intensive Care Echocardiography (FICE)

Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine (DICM-UK) 

Specialty: Cellular Pathology

GMC Number: 4715148

Yesr of first qualification: 2000

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Clinical interests: Obstetric critical care, Recurrent miscarriage and medical education

Secretary: Alison Hodges

Telephone number: 0117 414 6748

Dr Jo Crofts is a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.  She qualified in 2000 from the University of Nottingham.

Jo has a special interest in caring for women who require complex care during childbirth, managing couples who suffer from recurrent miscarriage and leading research into making childbirth safer.  Jo leads the Maternity Critical Care Unit at Southmead Hospital and is an internationally recognised expert on the management and teaching of childbirth emergencies. 

Jo was awarded a Medical Doctorate (University of Bristol, 2009) for her research into staff training to ensure all women and their babies have the best possible pregnancy outcomes.  Jo is the lead author for the International RCOG Shoulder Dystocia Guideline and helped to develop the PROMPT Birth Trainer, a training mannequin designed to help midwives and doctors improve their management of childbirth emergencies.

Jo is a founder member of the PROMPT Maternity Foundation, a registered Charity that helps to make childbirth safer through the dissemination of multi-professional obstetric emergency training.  PROMPT training, which originated in Southmead Hospital in 2000, is now run in over 12 different countries – helping to make childbirth safer from Australia to Zimbabwe.

Jo leads a Health Partnership between Southmead Hospital and Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and has Postgraduate Certificates in Global Health Policy and Medical Education. 

Year of first qualification: 1986 

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Vascular anaesthesia, orthopedic anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia and best outcome practice

Secretary: Helen Pearce

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr John Church qualified and trained in South Africa and with eight years of NHS experience, he has administered more than 30,000 anesthetics over his career. 

Specialty: Diabetes & Endocrinology

Secretary: Karen Webley

GMC Number: 4505286

year of first qualification: 1998

Specialty: Plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery

Secretary: Rundeer Singh / Maddie Champion / Lisa Groves

Telephone number: 0117 4147612 (Rundeer) 01174140850 (Maddie - Lower Limb) 0117 4147605 (Lisa - Sarcoma)

Clinical interests: Sarcoma, skin cancer, breast and lower limb reconstruction

Mr Thomas Chapman was born and raised In Worcestershire and attended Bristol University. He extended medical training with an additional science degree obtaining first class honours and winning a scholarship from the Smith and Nephew foundation with national recognition. He trained in all general aspects of surgery in the Southwest UK for 6 years before specialising in Plastic Surgery from 2004. Mr Chapman completed the FRCS(Plast) in 2009 and finished specialist training (CCT) in 2010. He had additional training in the form of competitive fellowships in Nottingham, Bristol, London and Trieste (Italy) to study a variety of reconstructive techniques before becoming a full time NHS consultant in 2012. He has won awards from the Royal College of Surgeons and British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, and is fellows of both. 

Mr Thomas Chapman is a member of the governing body of Bristol University, and is involved in the selection of medical students and design of the medical curriculum. He is also involved in the national selection of trainees in plastic surgery and is responsible for their progress in training in the Southwest UK.

He has over 30 publications and has contributed as an author and editor to medical texts and national guidance for surgeons. He supervises and coordinates a number of ongoing research projects. He has presented at international meetings and is an invited speaker on training courses and conferences. He is a core member of the skin cancer and sarcoma multidisciplinary team meetings. With Paul Wilson, he runs the Bristol sarcoma service and with Umraz Khan runs the orthoplastic service for lower limb trauma.

GMC Number: 6072651

Year of first qualification: 2003

Specialty: Renal

Clinical interest: Transplantation

Secretary: Teresa Grunshaw 

Telephone: 0117 414 7701

Dr Bushnell is a renal physician involved in all aspects of renal care and is responsible for a satellite dialysis unit in Weston-super-Mare and outpatient work in Clevedon Hospital.

He has an interest in transplantation and is completing an MD studying diabetes following renal transplant.

He has a sub-specialty interest in beta cell replacement for the treatment of diabetes.

Mr Marcus Brooks
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr William Neary
Consultant Vascular and Transplant Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Mahesh Pai
Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Prof. Frank Smith
Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust & Bristol University

Mr Andy Weale
Consultant Vascular, Endovascular & Renal Transplant Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Paul Bevis
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Prof. Robert Hinchcliffe 
Professor of Vascular Surgery

Mr Timothy Beckitt
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Devan Thavarajan
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Christopher Twine
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Mr Baris Ozdemir
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Base Hospital: North Bristol NHS Trust

Bee Martin
Consultant General Surgeon
Base Hospital: Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Vascular Secretaries

Tracey Bisp 
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Imogen Mills
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Marju Lints
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Marta Sikorska
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Debbie Grimwood
Telephone: 0117 414 0798

Specialist Nurses
Jude Day
Michelle Britton
Lisa Poole
Carrinne Bowers
Telephone: 0117 4145302

Vascular and Renal Performance and Operations Managers
Maureen Simpson
Samantha Brown
Telephone: 0117 4140766

Vascular Support Manager
Laura Morris 
Telephone: 0117 414 0761

North Bristol NHS Trust Vascular Surgery delivers all aspects of arterial and venous care. Bristol Royal Infirmary and Royal United Hospital, Bath have a vascular service provided by the network.
You will still see your consultant for an outpatient appointment, have most investigations (CT and MRI scans) and your follow-up care and nurse-led clinics locally. There are outpatient clinics at:

• Southmead Hospital
• Bristol Royal Infirmary
• Royal United Hospitals Bath
• Weston General Hospital
• Cossham Community Hospital
• Melksham Community Hospital.

As well as vascular surgery, there are other services the network provides including:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
• Complex endovascular service for the South West
• Support for stroke services, diabetic foot services, major trauma and cardiac surgery/cardiology
• Thoracic aortic service delivered with Bristol Heart Institute
• Research as a partner in Bristol Cardiovascular.