Neonatologists

Dr Bignall trained in London, and then at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He returned to do research on the physiology of the sick, newborn infant at St. Mary’s as a Senior Research Fellow in Imperial College, then became Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College/St. Mary’s Hospital. He continues to invent and develop medical equipment and research methods in neonatal and paediatric intensive care. His latest research involves a 500 patient clinical study and a number of projects with the Engineering in Medicine group at Kingston University. He is currently Director of the Neonatal Unit at The Portland Hospital.

Dr Maalouf is an experienced General Paediatrician and Neonatologist. His sub-specialty and research interests are in the area of Brain Injury in Preterm and Term newborn infants. He is currently a part-time consultant Neonatologist at Homerton University Hospital which is a level III Perinatal Centre with 18 neonatal intensive care cots. At The Portland Hospital he practices both General Paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care for newborn infants. In addition, he is the Editor-in-Chief for Early Human Development which is a very well established medical research journal published by Elsevier.

At the Portland Hospital, Swee provides care for newborn babies and children of all ages. She is committed to providing every child with care of the very highest standard, tailored to their individual needs.

Swee specialises in neonatal medicine, having trained at the University of Alberta (Canada) and at King’s College Medical School (London). She was appointed Consultant in 1992 and since 1998 has been Consultant in Neonatal Paediatrics at Homerton University Hospital. She has served as clinical governance lead clinician at Homerton University Hospital. In that role, she was involved in improving the quality of care, assessing risk and shaping policy.

She has been the principal investigator at Homerton University Hospital in a number of multicentre clinical trials. Her published research has ranged from parent Involvement in pain management for NICU Infants to prediction of early tolerance to enteral feeding in preterm infants by measurement of superior mesenteric artery blood flow velocity. She has given a number of presentations at international conferences.

Swee is the lead at the North East London Simulation Network which provides advanced simulation training for paediatricians, in collaboration with the London School of Paediatrics Simulation Network. She also trains and supervises junior doctors at Homerton University Hospital.

Swee is a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She is a member of the Neonatal Society and the British Association of Perinatal Medicine. She also serves on the City and Hackney Child Death Overview Panel.

Dr Kapellou is a Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist. She specialised in a number of major London teaching hospitals including Great Ormond Street, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s, Chelsea & Westminster and University College London. She holds a Doctor of Medicine postgraduate degree from Imperial College. Her publications on effects of prematurity on brain growth and development have been cited extensively. She is an expert on preterm and term neonatal brain injury and follow-up of babies after complicated pregnancies and deliveries. She uses Griffiths Neurodevelopmental Scales to track infant development in outpatients’ clinics. She is Neonatal Life Support instructor and Unicef trained breast feeding specialist. Her NHS base is the Homerton Hospital.

Dr Huertas is a consultant in Neonatology and Neurodevelopment. In addition to acute neonatology, her work is focused on brain protection, nutrition and outcomes of NICU graduates. She has led the neurodevelopment follow up programme for the North-Central London Region for more than 10 years, is Chair of the outcomes subgroup at the Thames Regional Perinatal Group and is co-author of the 2-year outcomes’ form currently used in UK. She is an expert in neonatal neurology, developmental and family centred care and is a member of the National Neonatal Nutrition Network aiming at enhancing nutrition for babies in NICU.

Dr Murray is an experienced General Paediatrician and Neonatologist. He is currently a part-time Consultant Neonatologist at Homerton University Hospital which is a level III Perinatal Centre with 18 neonatal intensive care cots. At the Portland Hospital he practices both General Paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care for newborn infants.

Dr Murray graduated from Aberdeen University in 1983 (MB ChB). He became a Consultant at Hammersmith Hospital in 1997 and subsequently at Homerton Hospital from 2008. He achieved his postgraduate Medical Doctorate (MD) degree in 1995 and has a number of publications in the field of Neonatal Medicine. He is a member of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and a member of the Neonatal Society and The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM).