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8 Diagnostics Advisory Committee members and NICE project team
8 Diagnostics Advisory Committee members and NICE project team
Diagnostics Advisory Committee
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
Professor Adrian Newland
Chair, Diagnostics Advisory Committee
Dr Mark Kroese
Vice Chair, Diagnostics Advisory Committee and Consultant in Public Health Medicine, PHG Foundation, Cambridge and UK Genetic Testing Network
Professor
Ron
Akehurst
Professor in Health Economics, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield
Dr Phil Chambers
Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Cancer & Pathology, University of Leeds
Dr Sue Crawford
GP Principal, Chillington Health Centre
Professor Erika Denton
National Clinical Director for Diagnostics, NHS England, Honorary Professor of Radiology, University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Mr David Evans
Lay member
Dr Simon Fleming
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Mr John Hitchman
Lay member
Professor Chris Hyde
Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG)
Mr Matthew Lowry
Director of Finance and Infrastructure, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Michael Messenger
Deputy Director and Scientific Manager, NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co‑operative, Leeds
Dr Peter Naylor
GP, Chair Wirral Health Commissioning Consortia
Dr Dermot Neely
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust
Ms Gail Norbury
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Guy's Hospital
Dr Simon Richards
Vice President Regulatory Affairs, EME (Europe and Middle East), Alere Inc.
Dr Deirdre Ryan
Consultant Cellular Pathologist, Royal London Hospital
Professor Mark Sculpher
Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Dr Steve Thomas
Consultant Vascular and Cardiac Radiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
Mr Paul Weinberger
Chief Executive Officer, DiaSolve Ltd, London
Professor Anthony Wierzbicki
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Chemical Pathology, St Thomas' Hospital
Specialist Committee members
Dr Andy Coleman
Head of Non‑ionising Radiation Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Emma Craythorne
Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Navaid Alam
GP, TG Medical Centre, West Kirby, Merseyside
Dr Jennifer Garioch
Consultant Dermatologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Rakesh Patalay
Consultant Dermatologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Mrs Patricia Fairbrother
Lay member
NICE project team
Each diagnostics assessment is assigned to a team consisting of a Technical Analyst (who acts as the topic lead), a Technical Adviser and a Project Manager.
Brendan Mullaney
Topic Lead
Sarah Byron
Technical Adviser
Robert Fernley
Project Manager