Archives: Team

Camila is a senior Anaesthetic Nurse with an interest in conjoined twin separation. She is involved in helping to organise the anaesthetic team which includes logistics, positioning and specialist equipment.

Richard Park is a trustee for Gemini Untwined; CEO of MDR Mayfair,  a family office business in the Mishcon de Reya Group; and founder of a legal tech data and automation platform.

Richard advises ultra-high-net-worth private clients and families on key hires for family offices, as well as board level appointments for their assets and charities.

Neil is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon and the Lead Clinician for the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at GOSH and Honorary Associate Professor at GOSH-ICH. He was part of the team which separated the first of the craniopagus twins and also twins joined at the chest abdomen and limbs.

Juling Ong is a craniofacial and paediatric plastic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. He trained in plastic surgery in London, and went on to undertake a craniofacial and paediatric plastic surgery training fellowship in the United States.

Dr Bridget Callaghan has been a Consultant General Paediatrician for twelve years and works in the International Division at Great Ormond Street Hospital.  Dr Callaghan has been the General Paediatrician for two sets of Craniopagus twins, before and after separation and has considerable expertise in managing their complex physiologies in an holistic way. She also is expert in supporting parents and families and the wider multidisciplinary team through the challenging jouney of separation.

Mr Zubair Tahir is an experienced consultant paediatric neurosurgeon, who is passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all children. He works as a consultant at Great Ormond Street hospital (GOSH) and Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

Kate Griffiths, Caroline Kermarrec, Asia Morton and Sophie Truman

The Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists worked jointly with the most recent set of craniopagus twins. The Occupational Therapists pay particular attention to providing assessment and intervention for cognitive skills and fine motor skills for daily life activities. The Physiotherapists pay particular attention to gross motor skills to enable participation in daily activities.

Laura Sinclair has worked in the operating theatres at Great Ormond Street for 14 years, currently in the role as Matron for theatres, anaesthesia and pain with clinical expertise in craniofacial and plastic surgery. She aims to deliver the highest standard of care to an incredibly complex patient group through excellent and effective teamwork.

Dominic Thompson is a paediatric neurosurgeon in the Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Hon. Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, London. Dominic is an internationally known expert in the treatment of congenital disorders of the paediatric spine, in particular craniocervical junction anomalies and spinal dysraphism.

Dr Ong has been a consultant paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital since 2006 and has a special interest in anaesthesia for craniofacial surgery and the paediatric difficult airway.

Deborah is a General Paediatric Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She specialises in the management of children with complex medical issues, stabilising critically unwell children and safeguarding children and young people. She sits on the European Paediatric Advanced Life Support committee that sets and delivers paediatric resuscitation training across the UK.

Dr Felice D’Arco is a Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist at GOSH. His specialisms include: Inner ear malformations, Paediatric head and neck radiology, Paediatric brain tumours and Epilepsy.