GMC Number: 4029629

Specialty: Radiology

Secretary: Caroline Hawkins

Telephone: 0117 414 9009

GMC Number: 4208527

Year of first qualification: 1995, St Mary’s Hospital, London

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Regional anaesthesia/Preop

Secretary: Helen Pearce

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Simon Lewis undertook his anaesthetic training in the Bristol region and then spent a fellowship year in Perth, Western Australia.

During this time he developed an interest in preoperative assessment and ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. 

Dr Simon Lewis also developed an interest in echocardiography and completed the Diploma in Perioperative Echocardiography in 2009. 

He was appointed as a Consultant Anaesthetist to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2007.

Dr Simon Lewis is also currently Southmead Hospital Bristol Anaesthetic Lead for Clinical Governance and Preoperative Assessment and he regularly performs cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPEX) for high risk patients.

Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Secretary: Helen Holness

Telephone: 0117 414 6610

GMC Number: 3492598

Year of first qualification: 1991, St Mary’s, University of London

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Day case anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 0890

Dr Juliet Learner trained in Anaesthesia in the Bristol School of Anaesthetics and worked for a year in Christchurch, New Zealand before being appointed to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

GMC Number: 3304745

Year of first qualification: 1989, Bristol University

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Obstetric Anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Christina Laxton trained as an anaesthetist in the South West region before being appointed as a consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

She is the TPD for Assessment for trainees in the Severn PGME School of Anaesthesia, the LTFT (Less than Full Time) Training Advisor for the School and a member of the Specialist Training Committee. At NBT, she is also the LTFT Training Champion and Joint SupportRTT (Return to Training) lead, a consultant appraiser, and recent Chair of the Trust Transfusion Committee.

Dr Laxton has a specialist interest in obstetric anaesthesia and is a Faculty member of PROMPT Maternity Foundation (promoting multi-professional training for safer childbirth).

Her other interests include promoting Less-than-full-time Training, trainee support, multi-professional training and blood conservation methods.

GMC Number:  4111562

Year of first qualification: 1994, University of London

Specialty: Neuropathology

Clinical interest: Adult and paediatric brain tumours

Telephone: 0117 414 2405

Professor Kathreena Kurian BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCPath (Neuro) is consultant neuropathologist and Professor of Neuropathology.

She is Head of the University of Bristol Brain Tumour Research Group.

She undertook medical training in Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London and neuropathology and research training in Edinburgh and Cambridge.

She specialises in both adult and paediatric brain tumours, having published widely.

She has authored a textbook - An Atlas of Gross Neuropathology; Cambridge University Press.

She is responsible for the set-up of the NIHR IVMT cohort study to Identify and Validate Molecular Targets in CNS tumours.

She is on the Board of the At Bristol Science Centre.

Specialty: Anaesthetics (Pain)

Secretary: Jo Creedy

Telephone: 0117 414 7363

GMC Number: 4632751

Year of first qualification: 1999, University of Bristol

Specialty: Urology

Clinical interest: Complex robotic and open uro-oncology

Secretary: Morgan Kettle

Telephone: 0117 414 5001                                                                                                                 

Mr Anthony Koupparis trained in Urology in the South West of England. He completed the uro-oncology fellowship at the Department of Urologic Sciences at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada where he was subsequently appointed as a consultant.

He moved to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2011.

Specialty: Haematology

Telephone: 0117 414 8357

GMC Number: 6109656

Year of first qualification: 1994, Free University Berlin, Germany

Specialty: Neurophysiology & Neurology

Clinical interest: Movement disorder and Diseases of nerve and muscle

Secretary: Tracey Gore

Telephone: 0117 414 6692

Dr Sabine Klepsch's clinical interests include nerve conduction studies, EMG and sonography guided injections.

She also runs a Carpal Tunnel Clinic and a Botulinum Toxin Clinic for cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, limb spasticity and writer's cramp.