Who's who at NCEPOD?

NCEPOD has an administrative staff of twelve:

Marisa Mason	Chief Executive
Neil Smith	Clinical Researcher (Deputy Chief Executive)
Heather Cooper	Clinical Researcher
Karen Protopapa	Researcher
Dolores Jarman	Administrative Officer
Robert Alleway	IT Manager
Sabah Begg	Office Administrator
Kathryn Kelly	Administrative Officer
Rakhee Lakhani	Administrative Officer
Maurice Blackman	Administrative Officer
Eva Nwosu	Administrative Officer
Hannah Shotton	Administrative Officer
Waqaar Majid	Administrative Officer

Clinical Co-ordinators

NCEPOD currently has nine Clinical Co-ordinators. All are in active clinical practice:

Ian Martin	Lead Clinical Co-ordinator (Surgery)
David Mason	Clinical Co-ordinator (Anaesthesia)
Mark Lansdown	Clinical Co-ordinator (Surgery)
Sebastian Lucas	Clinical Co-ordinator (Pathology)
George Findlay	Clinical Co-ordinator (Intensive Care)
Jim Stewart	Clinical Co-ordinator (Medicine)
Diana Mort	Clinical Co-ordinator (Oncology)
Alex Goodwin	Clinical Co-ordinator (Anaesthesia)
Kathy Wilkinson	Clinical Co-ordinator (Anaesthesia)

Trustees

NCEPOD is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity, of which the following are Trustees:

Professor T Treasure	Chairman
Professor G T Layer	Treasurer
Professor J H Shepherd
Mr M A M S Leigh
Professor M Britton
Dr D Justins

Scientific Advisors

NCEPOD is currently working with two external consultants to advise on study methods:

Dr Martin Utley	Clinical Operational Research Unit, UCL
Professor Steve Gallivan	Clinical Operational Research Unit, UCL

Steering Group

The relevant Royal Colleges, Faculties and Associations who have made a corporate commitment to NCEPOD all nominate representatives to sit on the Enquiry's Steering Group. The composition of the Steering Group (as of May 2005) is as follows:

Dr D Whitaker	Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Mr T Bates	Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
Mr J Wardrobe	College of Emergency Medicine
Dr S Bridgman	Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Mr D Mitchell	Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Dr P Cartwright	Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr P Nightingale	Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr B Ellis	Royal College of General Practitioners
Ms M McElligott	Royal College of Nursing
Prof D Luesley	Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Mrs M Wishart	Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Dr I Doughty	Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Dr R Dowdle	Royal College of Physicians
Professor T Hendra	Royal College of Physicians
Dr M Armitage	Royal College of Physicians
Dr M Clements	Royal College of Physicians
Vacant	Royal College of Radiologists
Mr M Parker	Royal College of Surgeons of England
Mr B Rees	Royal College of Surgeons of England
Dr S Lishman	Royal College of Pathologists
Ms S Panizzo	Patient Representative
Mrs M Wang	Patient Representative

In addition, several bodies have observers who attend Steering Group meetings:

Mrs C Miles	institute of Healthcare Management
Dr R Palmer	Coroners' Society of England and Wales
Mrs H Burton	Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality
Dr K Cleary	National Patient Safety Agency
Professor P Littlejohns	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

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