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Appendix B: Diagnostics advisory committee members and NICE project team
Appendix B: Diagnostics advisory committee members and NICE project team
Advisory committee members
The diagnostics advisory committee is an independent committee consisting of 22 standing members and additional specialist members. A list of the committee members who participated in this assessment appears below.
Standing committee members
Dr Trevor Cole Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Birmingham Women's Hospital Foundation Trust
Dr Paul O Collinson Consultant Chemical Pathologist, St George's Hospital, London
Professor Ian Cree Director of Efficacy and Mechanisms Programme, NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton
Dr Erika Denton National Clinical Director for Imaging, Department of Health
Dr Simon Fleming Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Professor Elizabeth (Lisa) Hall Professor of Analytical Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
Professor Chris Hyde Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Professor Noor Kalsheker Professor of Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham
Dr Mark Kroese Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Peterborough Primary Care Trust and UK Genetic Testing Network
Professor Dietrich Mack Professor of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Swansea University
Professor Adrian Newland (Chair) Consultant Haematologist, Barts and the London NHS Trust
Dr Richard Nicholas Consultant Neurologist, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital, Imperial Healthcare Trust
Ms Margaret Ogden Lay member
Dr Diego Ossa Global Head, Health Economic and Outcomes Research, Novartis Molecular Diagnostics
Mr Stuart Saw Director of Finance and Procurement, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust
Dr Nick Summerton General Practitioner, East Yorkshire
Dr Steve Thomas Senior Lecturer and Consultant Radiologist, University of Sheffield
Mr Paul Weinberger Managing Director, Diasolve Ltd, Pewsley, Wiltshire
Mr Christopher Wiltsher Lay member
Specialist Committee members
Dr Stephanie Clark Chair, Scoliosis Association (UK)
Dr Peter Dangerfield Director of Year 1 MBChB, Liverpool University
Professor Jeremy Fairbank Professor of Spinal Surgery and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford
Dr David Grier Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Mr Eric Hughes Diagnostics Manager, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry
Dr James Rankine Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Leeds General Infirmary
NICE project team
Each diagnostics assessment is usually assigned to a team consisting of one technical analyst (who acts as the topic lead), a technical adviser and a project manager. In this case the technical adviser also served as the topic lead.
Dr Hanan Bell Topic Lead and Technical Adviser
Mr Jackson Lynn Project Manager