Clinical Advisory Group

Working with experts

Our Clinical Advisory Group provides clinical expertise, direction, subject knowledge and insight to all of our work. We work in close partnership with healthcare professionals across a host of projects and activities every year. To ensure that our work is clinically robust and evidence-based, our Clinical Advisory Group are consulted on a regular basis.

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As well as senior liver clinicians and surgeons, the group includes nurses, social workers, dietitians, transplant co-ordinators, GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Clinicians are drawn from across the 4 UK nations, ensuring we can call on country-specific expertise to tailor our work accordingly when working in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The key activities of the Clinical Advisory Group are to:

advise and support Liver UK in agreeing policy priorities and policy positions relating to clinical matters
support Liver UK when responding to Government, NICE and other consultations
assist our team in producing health information and operating the helpline by providing high quality, up-to-date and accurate clinical advice
support our communications output by providing clinical advice, reinforcement and, where appropriate, liaison with the media
advise and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees on all clinical matters relating to our aims of research, education and support.
ensure that Liver UK work aligns with the liver clinical community and links in appropriately with all relevant clinical bodies

The Liver UK Clinical Advisory Group is chaired by Professor Stephen Ryder who also sits on and advises the Board of Trustees.

Current members

Professor Stephen Ryder (Chair)	Nottingham University Hospital
Ms Anya Adair	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Professor David M Lloyd MBE	Hepatobiliary Surgeon, University of Leicester
Professor Guruprasad Aithal	Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
Professor Aftab Ala	Royal Surrey County Hospital
Dr William Alazawi	Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London
Dr Michael Allison	Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Professor Quentin Anstee	Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Dr Richard Aspinall	Queen Alexandra Hospital
Dr Jon Bell	Christie Hospital, Manchester
Dr Johnny Cash	Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Professor Matthew Cramp	Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Dr Timothy Cross	Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Ms Fiona Dawson	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Professor John Dillon	Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Dr Jessica Dyson	Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Dr James Ferguson	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Dr Ewan Forrest	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Ms Gillian Gatiss	Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Professor Debbie Shawcross	King’s College London
Dr William Griffiths	Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Neil Guha	Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
Professor Michael Heneghan	Kings College Hospital, London
Dr Theresa Hydes	Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Dr Helen Jarvis	RCGP Liver disease Clinical Champion
Dr Rebecca Jones	St James’s University Hospital
Dr Alastair MacGilchrist	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Professor Derek M Manas	Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Dr Aileen Marshall	Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Philip Newsome	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Ms Katie Ramos	Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Professor Helen Reeves	Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Dr Ian Rowe	St James’s University Hospital, Leeds
Dr Rohini Sharma	Imperial College London
Dr Abid Suddle	Kings College Hospital, London
Professor Douglas Thorburn	Royal Free Hospital, London
Dr Hazel Woodland	Bristol Royal Infirmary
Dr Andrew D Yeoman	Royal Gwent Hospital
Ms Leia Kenny	Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Professor Salim Khakoo	Southampton General Hospital