Paediatric Neurology Centres	Representative	Term	3-year term
Aberdeen	Dr Elma Stephen	1st term	January 2027
Belfast	Dr Sandya Tirupathi	1st term	January 2028
Birmingham	Dr Annapurna Sudarsanam	1st term	January 2027
Bristol	Dr Andrew Mallick	1st term	January 2027
Cambridge	Dr Deepa Krishnakumar	1st term	January 2026
Cardiff	Dr Johann Te Water Naude	2nd term	January 2026
Dundee	Dr Alice Jollands	1st term	January 2026
Edinburgh	Dr Krishnaraya KamathTallur	1st term	January 2028
Glasgow	Dr Sarah Abernethy	1st term	January 2026
Leeds	Dr Lydia Green	1st term	January 2026
Leicester	Dr Nahin Hussain	2nd term	January 2026
Liverpool	Dr Rajesh Karuvattil	1st term	January 2027
Manchester	Dr Siobhan West	1st term	January 2026
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Dr Anna Basu	2nd term	January 2027
Nottingham	Dr Singaravadivelu Velmurugan	1st term	January 2027
Oxford	Dr Nadine McCrea	1st term	January 2028
Preston	Dr Christian De Goede	2nd term	January 2026
Sheffield	Dr Min Tsui Ong	1st term	January 2028
Southampton	Dr Jaspal Singh	1st term	January 2028
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London	Dr Naila Ismayilova	2nd term	January 2028
Evelina London Children's Hospital	Dr Daniel Lumsden	2nd term	January 2028
Great Ormond Street Hospital,   London	Dr Jane Hassell	1st term	January 2028
St George's Hospital, London	Dr Luigi D’Argenzio	1st term	January 2028
St Mary's Hospital, London	Dr Sushil Beri	2nd term	January 2025
The Royal London	Dr Michael Yoong	1st term	January 2028
Special Interest Groups	Chair		3-year term
British Paediatric Epilepsy Group	Dr Suresh Pujar	1st term	June 2025
Cerebrovascular	Dr Jaspal Singh	1st term	January 2026
Children's Headache Network	Dr Michael Taylor	1st term	January 2028
Fetal & Neonatal Neurology	Dr Anthony Hart (Co-Chair )	2nd term	May 2025
Fetal & Neonatal Neurology	Prof Brigitte Vollmer (Co-Chair)	2nd term	May 2025
The Genetic White Matter Disorders	Dr Lydia Green	1st term	July 2027
British Paediatric Movement   Disorders	Dr Daniel Lumsden	2nd term	May 2025
Muscle Interest Group	Dr Tracey Willis	2nd term	May 2025
UK Neurorehabilitation	Dr David McCormick	1st term	January 2027
UK-Childhood Neuro-Inflammatory Disorders	Dr Cheryl Hemingway	2nd term	May 2025
Neurocutaneous	Dr Sam Amin (Chair)	2nd term	August 2025
Neurocutaneous	Dr Sarah Aylett (Co-Chair)	2nd term	August 2025
RCPCH SPIN Epilepsy Trainees	Dr Manali Chitre (Chair)	2nd term	August 2025
Trainees' Chair	Dr Audrey Soo	1st term	June 2026
Trainees' Deputy Chair	Dr Abigail Lazenbury	1st term	June 2026
Co-opted	Representative
Editor, DMCN	Dr Bernard Dan		Co-opted
British Paediatric Neurosurgical   Group	Dr Pasquale Gallo		Co-opted
Chair, Neurodisability CSAC	Dr Katherine Martin		Co-opted
Paediatric Neurosciences CRG	Dr Anita Devlin		Co-opted
Neuropsychiatry Representative	Dr Ashley Liew		Co-opted
Short Course Development      Manager	Dr Colin Dunkley		Co-opted
Lead of Distance Learning	Dr Louise Hartley		Co-opted
Lead for International Programme Development and Evaluation	Prof Martin Kirkpatrick		Co-opted
BPNA 2025 Oxford Organiser	Dr Sandeep Jayawant		January 2025
President, Association of British   Neurologists	Dr Richard Davenport		Co-opted
Trainee Rep, Neurodisability	Dr James Hammond		January 2024

Members of the BPNA Council form the College Specialist Advisory Committee* (CSAC) in Neurology to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health. The CSAC is responsible to the College for monitoring training within the sub-specialty and advising the College on related issues. 

 

Current CSAC members are: 

Chair:  Dr Ailsa McLellan

National Training Advisor: Dr Dipak Ram

Deputy National Training Advisor: Dr Gary McCullagh

Quality Advisor: Dr Cheryl Hemingway

Quality Advisor: Dr Manali Chitre 

Assessment Advisor: Dr Ratna Kumar

Trainee Representative: Dr Robert Spaull