Gautam trained in London. He is now a consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where he specialises in the diagnosis and management of children with various neurological disorders. He has a special interest and expertise in paediatric neuromuscular disorders and childhood MS and is lead for both paediatric services in East Anglia.

He has been preparing Medico-legal Reports for the past 10 years and can prepare reports addressing liability, causation, and condition & prognosis in personal injury and medical negligence cases.

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Topun trained at University College London and undertook specialist training in Neonatology at University College London Hospitals, Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital and John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He completed his PhD at UCL in 2009 and since 2008 has been a Consultant Neonatologist at the Rosie Hospital Cambridge in a joint clinical-academic position. He leads a research group developing new technologies to monitor and image the brain of newborn infants at risk of brain injury; he has set up and leads the neonatal neurocritical care service in Cambridge as well as is the regional lead for neonatal neuroprotection. He teaches on national and international courses on perinatal brain injury. In 2016 he was awarded an honorary Professorship in Neurophotonics at UCL and in 2019 was awarded the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate.

Peter is an experienced Paediatric Rheumatologist, having been a consultant at Norwich before moving to Cambridge in 2016.

He looks after a wide range of musculoskeletal problems, including arthritis, chronic joint pain and hypermobility.

Richard trained at Oxford, graduating in 1996.  He is currently working as a consultant in Acute and General Paediatric Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.  Richard is responsible for hands-on clincal assessments of acute infections, trauma, general surgery, physical abuse, neurology, endocrinology and diabetes, metabolic medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, acute neurological disease and psychiatric presentations and cares for sub-speciality patients on the wards out of hours. He has been writing legal medical reports since 2018.

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Louise graduated as a Speech & Language Therapist in Leeds in 1998. She has over 20 years of specialist experience with the NHS and charity sectors. She has worked in paediatric acute, community, and rehabilitation settings across the U.K. 

Louise is a respected clinician providing supervision and mentoring in her specialist fields and has contributed to evidence-based practice and research at a national and international level. 

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Louise is currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Health at the University of Central Lancashire

Dr David Inwald qualified from Cambridge University and trained in adult and paediatric medicine before specialising in paediatric intensive care medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

He is now a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow in Medicine at Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge.  He has a Master's degree in Medical Ethics and Law from King's College London and leads the Ethics and Law module in the Imperial College Paediatric MSc programme. Other research and clinical interests include severe sepsis, echocardiography and patient safety.

He is an experienced expert witness, having given opinions on a variety of cases, including clinical and criminal negligence and best interests at the end of life. 

Anand is a Consultant General Paediatrician with sub speciality accreditation in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. In 2018 he was appointed as a full-time substantive Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine within the Emergency Department at Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Women’s and Children's NHS Trust. Birmingham Children's Hospital is a tertiary paediatric hospital, dealing with major trauma, sepsis, respiratory infections, asthma exacerbations from across the West Midlands.

The Emergency Department is one of the busiest departments in the UK, and cares for over 60,000 patients per annum. 

As Medical Director of the Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course and Instructor on the European Trauma Course, Dr Kanani keeps teaches the current evidence-based approach to unwell or injured patients to an international audience.

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Medico Legal Experience

• Dr Kanani is the Governance Lead for the department. Therefore, he leads the investigation and management of the whole of spectrum of incidents (medication errors through to mortality) that take place within the department. . 

• He is also a Clinical Advisor (Paediatric Emergency Medicine) to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. 

• Dr Kanani has been trained through the Bond Solon course and supplemented his training with paediatric specific medico legal training from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

• He has experience of working with the regulator (GMC) and defence unions as he has supported a Doctor who was subject to a GMC investigation.

• Report turnaround time can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Wilf has worked as a consultant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cambridge for over 25 years.

His main interests are on the accuracy and outcome following antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease, neonatal management of the patent ductus arteriosus. He has talked and published widely on these areas. He also looks after children with congenital vascular malformations.

Wilf was also Head of School for Paediatrics in the East of England from 2008 to 2019.

Dr Donna McShane graduated from Edinburgh Medical School 1991. Her early paediatric training was in Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, and Royal Brompton Hospital, London.  After gaining membership to Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, her specialist registrar training was undertaken in London, before further training in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine was completed at the Royal Brompton Hospital. 

Dr McShane undertook 2 years of research as the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Research Fellow under Prof’s Alton and Davies in the Department of Gene Therapy, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, investigating surrogate markers of CFTR function.

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She was appointed in 2004 as a Consultant in Paediatric CF and Respiratory Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust where she continues to work. She is currently the Service lead for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, and leads the Paediatric CF Service for the East of England. 

Theofilos graduated from the Aristotle University in Greece and trained in paediatrics in London and Cambridge. He undertook sub-speciality training in paediatric respiratory medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital in London and in Addenbrookes where he now works as a Consultant. Theo is the lead clinician for the regional sleep service and looks after paediatric patients with chronic respiratory problems, requiring home oxygen or home ventilation and he undertakes medical assessments for children undergoing scoliosis surgery.

Stephen has been a Consultant Paediatric Intensivist in Manchester since 2002 having trained in Nottingham, Birmingham, Toronto and Melbourne.

He has a special interest in intravenous fluids, sedation & neuromuscular blockade, management of major incidents and the medico-legal aspects of Paediatric Critical Care. More recently he has been working with the World Health Organisation on the issue of intravenous fluids in resource-limited areas and their short course on the clinical management of patients with severe acute respiratory infection. 

Rob trained in Cambridge and London. He has been back in Cambridge since 1992, where he has worked as a consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, and latterly in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. He has been working on medicolegal cases since 1997, and has written over 300 reports in that time. He has appeared in Family, County and High Court cases, and has taught on medical ethics and experts courses for other medicolegal colleagues.

He is the lead expert for the group, and a Director of CPMLA.

Camilla is a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and expert in Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. She is Clinical Lead for the East of England Paediatric Intestinal Failure Service and the Paediatric Nutrition Service at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

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She has a particular interest in feeding problems in neuro-disability and complex behavioural feeding difficulties in children.I have published in peer reviewed journals and I am actively involved in committees at regional and national level.

Her medicolegal experience includes several expert witness reports for Court cases, including medical negligence and safeguarding.

Dr Sanjay Suri is a Consultant Paediatrician in Child Health with 23 years’ experience in a District General Hospital in the UK. He has a total of 35 years’ experience as a qualified Paediatrician. During his career, he worked in acute and community Paediatrics and has expertise in Paediatric neuro-disability. Dr Suri is not a Paediatric neurologist nor a clinical psychologist. He has worked in neonatal care looking after premature babies from 23 weeks’ gestation onwards. His neuro-disability expertise includes cerebral palsy, spina bifida, genetic syndromes, sensory deficits such as vision and/or hearing impairment, global developmental delay and autism.He can provide reports in children and young people up to their 19th birthday.

He has 20 years’ experience in medicolegal work and has attended the Bond Solon expert witness report writing course in 2022. He has also attended a mini-pupillage and courtroom skills course in the past. Dr Suri can provide a report within 4 weeks after receiving an instruction and agreeing the terms of engagement.

Professor David Walker was a Clinical Professor in Paediatric Oncology until January 2021. His clinical and academic work was in childhood cancer and leukaemia diagnosis, management and follow up from 1980 to 2018 He acts as an expert witness in clinical negligence cases relating to all areas of paediatric oncology. ​

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He was the principal investigator for the HeadSmart Early diagnosis of Brain Tumour a campaign launched in 2011 until 2021 and  is currently a consultant advising the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group Child Cancer Smart programme.

He has a specialist knowledge of the cause of brain injury related to childhood brain tumours and their treatment. He has special knowledge linked to brain targeted drug delivery techniques for children’s brain tumours. He is a consultant to the University of Nottingham for the Children’s Brain Tumour Drug Delivery Consortium (www.cbtddc.org).

Martyn Williams is a paediatric urologist based in Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge.

He is an examiner for Paediatric Urology for the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate examinations.

He is also Regional Surgical Specialist Advisor in Paediatric Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons of England (East Anglia) and sits on the Regional Advisory Committee in Urology (East Anglia).

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Rachel Williams is a paediatric endocrinologist who has a strong record of accomplishment in research and medical education.  She is employed both by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine to make up a full time position.
As a clinician, in addition to experience and training in paediatric endocrinology, she has specific interests in the management of children with syndromes of severe insulin resistance and polycystic ovarian syndrome.