Steering Group

Patient and Carer representatives

• Anthony Locke, Leicester Cardiac Surgery Patient and Public Involvement Group, NIHR Senior PPI panel
• Peter Read, Cardiac Surgery Research PPI
• Trevor Fernandes, Cardiovascular Care Partnership (CCPUK) and Wider Community Patient Links
• Richard Fitzgerald, Cardiovascular Care Partnership (CCPUK) and Wider Community Patient Links (Dec'd)
• Zena Jones, patient representative, Health Watch County Durham
• Jonathan Stretton-Downes, Six Times Open
• Grace Stretton-Downes, family member representative

Clinical Representatives

• Professor Gavin Murphy BHF Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Leicester
• Mr Peter Braidley, Heart Research UK Trustee
• Mr Enoch Akowuah, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough, Member of the British Cardiac Society, Heart Valve Clinical Studies Group
• Professor Julie Sanders, Director Clinical Research, Quality and Innovation, St Bartholomew’s Hospital
• Professor John Pepper, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London
• Dr Andrew Klein, Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Research Subcommittee Chair
• Harpal Ghattoraya, Research Delivery Manager (Divisions 2 & 5), NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN)
• Professor Stephen Clark, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
• Professor Mahmoud Loubani, Hon Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Hull
• Mr David Jenkins, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Papworth Hospital Cambridge
• Carol Akroyd, East Midlands Centre for BME Health & CLAHRC Prevention Theme Manager
• Professor Stephen Clark, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
• Dr Nazish Khan, Principal Pharmacist Cardiac Services, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
• Professor Rod Stables, British Cardiovascular Society, Academic and Research Committee Chair
• Mr Luke Rogers, Associate Surgical Specialty Leads
• Mr Ricky Vaja, Associate Surgical Specialty Leads

Project Team

The Partnership and the priority setting process will be supported and guided by:

• The James Lind Alliance (JLA) - Katherine Cowan (PSP Chair, JLA Senior Adviser)
• Professor Gavin Murphy BHF Chair of Cardiac Surgery, University of Leicester
• Sue Page, PA to Professor Gavin Murphy
• Hardeep Aujla, Senior Research Manager
• Suraj Pathak, Clinical Research Fellow
• Florence Lai, Senior Statistician
• Clare Gillies, Lecturer in Health Statistics
• Selina Lock, Library Research Services Consultant
• Riccardo Abbasciano, Clinical Research Fellow