Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
My current role
I am a Consultant in Paediatric Oncology and the lead for Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I am also a Fellow of the American Academy of Paediatrics, the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (where I have a role as the Assessment Advisor on the College Specialty Advisory Committee for Paediatric Oncology) and have a Master of Studies from Cambridge in Medical Education.
My educational interests include clinical communication skills, professionalism skills and socio-economic impacts on health outcomes. I work as a facilitator and/or supervisor on the SECHI, CRCS and Professionalism elements of the clinical medicine curriculum and am a Director of Studies for Medicine at Homerton College.
I am also very active in global health and work closely with the Cambridge Global Health Partnerships charity on improving outcomes for paediatric cancer worldwide with projects based in Kampala (Uganda), Yangon (Myanmar) and Colombo (Sri Lanka). I supervise medical students and global health fellows on elective as part of these projects and am active in the global health groups of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).
Previous history
I went to medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX and completed a paediatric residency programme at University of Texas Dell Medical School in 2015. Since moving to CUH in 2016, I have undertaken postgraduate fellowship training in TYA haematology / oncology and bone marrow transplant prior to joining as a substantive consultant in February 2021.
Membership and accreditations
- Member of CCLG, SIOP, and EBMT
- Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics
- Certification by European Bone Marrow Transplant society
Personal interests
When I am not at work, I enjoy spending time outside with my two daughters, exercising and travelling. I am a volunteer with the Cambridge Global Health Project and participate in ongoing collaborative projects with the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala.