Lead for Acute CYP Mental Health
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
United Kingdom
I am a Consultant Paediatrician based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London. I specialise in adolescent holistic health, paediatric rheumatology, and gynaecology, and I’m passionate about providing expert, compassionate, and age-appropriate medical care tailored to the unique needs of young people and their families.
I am currently the Lead for Acute Child and Young People’s Mental Health at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London. My approach is holistic - supporting not just physical health, but also emotional and developmental wellbeing. I’m a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. My career has taken me from leading hospitals in the UK to New York City, where I completed a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. While there, I developed a text-based health service for teens and led a clinical trial to improve birth control adherence. I also worked as a forensic medical examiner in cases of sexual assault and later led adolescent services at Tribeca Pediatrics. During that time, I was elected President of the New York Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Since returning to the UK in 2015, I’ve established integrated NHS services for rheumatology, gynaecology, and adolescent health. I’ve served as Clinical Director and Named Doctor for safeguarding, advised national health and education bodies, and currently support the Luna wellbeing app for teens. I am a clinical coordinator for the National Confidential Enquiry in to Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD), overseeing studies and co-authoring National publications to improve patient care.
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The Role of Family, Community, and Supportive Environments Amid Demographic Shifts