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

president-APAGBI@apagbi.org.uk

01752 439205

Dept. of Anaesthesia
University of Plymouth Hospital
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8DH

Dr Laurence Hulatt

APAGBI Secretary

secretary@apagbi.org.uk

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Derriford Road
Plymouth
PL6 8DH

Dr Karen Bartholomew

APAGBI President Elect

karen.bartholomew@cht.nhs.uk

01422 224077

Department of Anaesthesia, Calderdale Royal Hospital
Salterhebble
Halifax HX2 7UG

Dr Raju Reddy

APAGBI Treasurer

treasurer@apagbi.org.uk

Dr Sumit Das

Immediate Past Secretary

sumit.das@ouh.nhs.uk

Oxford Children's Hospital
John Radcliffe
Headley Way
Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU

Dr Jonathan Smith

Chair Meetings Committee

Dr Mark Thomas

Immediate Past President

past-pres@apagbi.org.uk

020 7829 8865

Dept of Anaesthesia,

Great Ormond Street Hospital,

London. WC1N 3JH.

Dr Nirmala Soundararajan

Home Member | Safeguarding

Dr Russel Perkins

Co-opted member, Royal College of Anaesthetists

russell.perkins@cmft.nhs.uk

Dept of Paediatric Anaesthesia
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Upper Brook Street
Manchester
M13 9WL

Dr James Farrant

APAGBI Digital

webmaster@apagbi.org.uk

Dr Jonny Kenth

Chair Science Committee

scicom@apagbi.org.uk

I am an Academic Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Bridging clinical practice with cutting-edge research, I focus on Health Data Science—including biostatistics, clinical risk prediction modelling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, healthcare informatics, quantitative methodologies, and novel data-driven epistemologies. In Paediatric Anaesthesia, my interests lie in neonatal anaesthesia, managing difficult paediatric airways, and improving perioperative outcomes for children with inherited metabolic diseases.

Dr Sarah Greenaway

Home Member | Sustainability

Dr Shivan Kanani

Trainee Member

trainees@apagbi.org.uk

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 Nadia Ladak

Home Member | Paediatric Perioperative Assessment

Sheffield Childrens Hospital

Dr Nicola Disma

Overseas Member

Department of Anesthesia, Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy

Catalina Stendall

Home member | 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.

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