Meet our Team
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Panagiota KitsantaMD, MRCPath (Affiliate), MBA (Medical Leadership), PgCert (Healthcare Education)
Clinical Director, Consultant Histopathologist
Siobhain Cassidy
Directorate Business Manager
Richard Fleming
Quality and Governance Manager
Simon TazzymanBSc Biomedical Sciences, PhD Tumour Inflammation
Research Coordinator
Sarah DoveBSc FD Mortuary Science
Mortuary Manager
Gillian WaltonBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Sciences. MIBMS
Laboratory Manager for Specialised Blood Sciences
Godfrey GillettMA (Cambridge), MB ChB (Sheffield), PhD (UCL), FRCPath, FRCP
Consultant in Clinical Chemistry and Inherited Metabolic Disease
Imran JabbarBSc, MSc, MIBMS, CSci, MB ChB
Laboratory Manager - Blood Sciences (Northern General Hospital)
Ryan ColwellBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Biomedical Sciences
Laboratory Manager – Blood Sciences (Royal Hallamshire Hospital)
Steve KitchenBSc, PhD, FIBMS
Scientific Lead - Coagulation
Rhona MacleanMB ChB, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist with an interest in Haemostasis and Thrombosis
Richard EyreBSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences MSc Pathological Sciences MIBMS
Biochemistry Scientific Lead and Deputy Laboratory Manager (Royal Hallamshire Hospital)
Michael SmithBSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences MIBMS
Biochemistry Scientific Lead and Deputy Laboratory Manager (Northern General Hospital)
Lee BeckettBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Sciences
Routine Coagulation Scientific Lead & Deputy Laboratory Manager - Northern General Hospital
Kieron Hickey
Thrombophilia Section Lead and Deputy Laboratory Manager - Coagulation
Kevin HornerBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Sciences
Routine Coagulation Scientific Lead & Deputy Laboratory Manager - Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Annette BowyerBSc (Hons) Pharmacology, MSc Pathological Science, PhD, FIBMS
Haemophilia & Assays Section Lead - Coagulation
Rebekah FretwellBSc (Hons) Medicine and Pharmacology, MSc Pathology
Senior Biomedical Scientist and ADAMTS-13 Section Lead - Coagulation
Theresa BarksBSc (Hons) Biochemistry, MSc Pathological Sciences, CSci, FIBMS
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Haematology (RHH)
Margaret HuntFIBMS, HNC Biomedical Sciences
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Haematology
Jason EyreBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, FIBMS
Section Lead - Haemoglobinopathies and Red Cell Investigations
Rosalie WardBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Science, FIBMS
Section Lead - Cellular Immunology/Cell Markers
Brian TaylorFIBMS
Blood Bank Manager
Ruth PrattBSc (Hons) Physiology, FIBMS, IBMS HSD Transfusion Science
Senior Biomedical Scientist and Quality Lead - Blood Transfusion
Stephanie HibberdBSc (Hons), MSc, CSci, FIBMS
Laboratory Manager - Histopathology
Rachel LeffBSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences, MSc Pathological Sciences, CSci, MIBMS
Deputy Histopathology Discipline Lead
Greg ZardinBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSC Haematopathology
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Histopathology
Karen LesterBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Sciences, MIBMS
Quality Lead and Designated Individual for HTA Human Application Licence (Bone Bank) - Histopathology
David LeffBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Cellular Pathology
Acting Deputy Laboratory Manager - Histopathology
Bart WagnerBSc Biology, Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS) (Special Final Histology and Cytology), IBMS Diploma of Expert Practice (DEP) in Ultrastructural Pathology
Head of Electron Microscopy (EM) Section - Histopathology
Clare Del-DucaBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Pathological Science
Laboratory Manager - Immunology and Protein Reference Unit
Andy Richardson
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Immunology
Raza MohammadMBBS, BSc, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Virologist & Clinical Lead - Virology
Leeanne ToveyBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Medical Microbiology
Laboratory Manager - Microbiology & Virology
Rebecca HallBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Medical Microbiology, MIBMS
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Virology
Charlotte O'ReillyBSc (Hons) Biomedical Science, MSc Biomedical Sciences
Deputy Laboratory Manager - Bacteriology
Helena ParsonsMRCP PhD FRCPath
Consultant Microbiologist & Clinical Lead - Microbiology
Stephanie MartinBSc(Hons), PhD, FRCPath, EuSpLM
Consultant Clinical Scientist and Toxicology Lead
Edmund RabDClinSci, FRCPath, PhD, MSc, MChem, MRSC
Consultant Clinical Scientist - Toxicology & Clinical Lead - Clinical Chemistry
Salma SharifBSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pre-Analytics Manager - Northern General Hospital