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Council
The Members of Council include the President (and Immediate Past and future Presidents), Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary (and Immediate Past Treasurer and Secretary for one year), five Home Members (from the UK and Republic of Ireland), one Trainee Representative and one Overseas Member. The President of the APA is elected biennially.
The council also includes a representative from each of the Paediatric Intensive Care Society, Association of Anaesthetists and the RCoA Council (if it includes an APA member), a lay person and the Chairs of the Scientific, Education and Training and Professional Standards committees.
The Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists uses secretarial and office facilities based at the Association of Anaesthetists.
Dr Simon Courtman
APAGBI President
Dept. of Anaesthesia
University of Plymouth Hospital
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8DH
Dr Sumit Das
Honorary Secretary
Oxford Children's Hospital
John Radcliffe
Headley Way
Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU
Dr Karen Bartholomew
Honorary Treasurer
Department of Anaesthesia, Calderdale Royal Hospital
Salterhebble
Halifax HX2 7UG
Dr Mark Thomas
Immediate Past President
Dept of Anaesthesia,
Great Ormond Street Hospital,
London. WC1N 3JH.
Dr Laurence Hulatt
Home Member | Linkman Lead
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Derriford Road
Plymouth
PL6 8DH
Dr Raju Reddy
Home Member
Dr Nirmala Soundararajan
Home Member | Safeguarding
Dr Jonathan Smith
Chair Meetings Committee
Dr Russel Perkins
Co-opted member, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dept of Paediatric Anaesthesia
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Upper Brook Street
Manchester
M13 9WL
Dr Philip Arnold
Chair of Scientific Committee
Alder Hey Children's Hospital,Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP
Dr James Farrant
Website & Social Media
Dr Nadia Ladak
Home Member | Paediatric Perioperative Assessment
Sheffield Childrens Hospital
Dr Sarah Greenaway
Home Member | Sustainability
Dr Shivan Kanani
Trainee Member
Dr Brian Foster
Northern Ireland Representative
Dr. Vimmi Oshan
QI Lead
Dr Catherine Riley
Newly Appointed Consultant
Sheffield Childrens Hospital
Ms Camilla Poulton
Patients’ Advisor
Dr Bill Walsh
Member for Ireland
Dr Sarah Mahoney
Paediatric Critical Care Representative
Dr. Ken Barker
Co-opted member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Dr. Zuzana Kusnirikova
Scotland Representative | SPAN Chair
Dr Nicola Disma
Overseas Member
Department of Anesthesia, Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy
Catalina Stendall
Chair Education Committee
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital.
My main interests are Neuro and Craniofacial Anaesthesia.
I am the department lead for sustainability. I have a particular interest in Education and simulation, and I am part of the Faculty for MEPA courses for trainees and consultants in the region.