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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 Chris Gildersleve
President
Department of Anaesthesia, Children's Hospital for Wales
Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW
Dr Charles Stack
Immediate Past President
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland,
21 Portland Place,
London, W18 1PY
Dr Simon Courtman
Honorary Secretary
Dept. of Anaesthesia,
University of Plymouth Hospital, Plymouth, Devon. PL6 8DH.
Dr Mark Thomas
Honorary Treasurer and President Elect
Dr Colin Dryden
Chair Meetings Committee
Dr Mary Lane
Chair Education Committee
Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St, Chelsea, London SW3 6NP
Dr Philip Arnold
Chair of Scientific Committee
Alder Hey Children's Hospital,Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP
Dr Judith Nolan
Home Member and Lead for Peer Review
Bristol Children's Hospital, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8BJ
Dr Karen Bartholomew
Home Member
Department of Anaesthesia, Calderdale Royal Hospital
Salterhebble
Halifax HX2 7UG
Dr. Nirmala Soundararajan
Co-opted Member, Linkman Lead
Consultant Anaesthetist, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Hull Royal Infirmary,
Anlaby Road,
Hull,
HU3 2JZ
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 Nicola Disma
Overseas Member
Department of Anesthesia, Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy
Dr Christa Morrison
Trainee Member
Dr Jonathan Smith
Home Member
Dr Brian Foster
Northern Ireland Representative
Dr Fidelma Kirby
Member for Ireland
Mater Hospital
Dublin.
Dr Danielle Franklin
Co-opted Member, Lead for Quality Improvement
Consultant Anaesthetist,
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust
Dr John Rutherford
Co-opted member for Scotland
John is a based at the Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries. He is the current chair of the Scottish Paediatric Anaesthesia Network.
Dr John Pappachan
University Hospital, Southampton
Co-opted Member Paediatric Intensive Care Society council
Dr Upma Misra
Co-opted member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Consultant Anaesthetist,Sunderland Royal Hospital
Honorary membership secretary elect AAGBI
Managing editor,Anaesthesia News
Dr James Farrant
Social Media
Camilla Poulton
Patient Representative