The Paediatric Respiratory team is multi-disciplinary and includes doctors, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, psychologists, technicians and secretaries.
Medical staff
Consultants
Professor Julian Forton MRCPCH Ph.D
Dr Lena Thia MRCPCH MD
Dr Anne Schmidt MD PhD
Dr Wynne Smith MRCPCH MD
Dr Dan Rigler MRCPCH MD
Specialist Registrar (ST5/ST6)
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Senior House Officer (F3/ST2/ST3)
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F1
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Sleep physiologists
Nicola Hamel and Janet James
Nicola and Janet are repsonsible for setting up and reporting sleep studies. She also manages the excercise tests and formal lung function testing for children at Llandough
Respiratory nurse specialists
Sarah Byrne
Cerys Atwell-Thomas
Sarah Parker
Jessica Flavin
The respiratory specialist nurses manage the home and hospital-based sleep service with Nicola, our sleep physiologist. They have great expertise in the care of technology-dependant children including those on home ventilation and on home oxygen. Janet James also runs a nurse-led asthma clinic and leads on in-pateint asthma training.
CF nurse specialists
Kath Azzopardi
Zoe Jennings
The CF nurses maintain vital links between hospital and home for children with cystic fibrosis and have an in-depth knowledge of both the medical and social aspects of our patients. They are usually the first port of call for patients who have questions about their care. more information about their role within the team can be found here.
Physiotherapists
Hannah Morgan (Cystic Fibrosis)
Kath Ronchetti (neuromuscular respiratory)
Kath and Jodee are highly specialised senior physiotherapists with specialist knowledge in paediatric respiratory physiotherapy. They play a critical role in the management of children with chronic lung disease. More information about physiotherapy can be found here.
Dietician
Caroline Powell
Caroline is a senior dietican with specialist experience in the management of children with cystic fibrosis. She does dietry assessments on all chidlren with CF and provides specialist advice on diet, nutritional supplements and pancreatic enzyme regimens. More information on dietetics for cystic fibrosis can be found here.
Respiratory Pharmacist
Harriet Whittaker
Harriet provides drug information and prescribing support for the respiratory service
Secretarial support
Lisa Merriman
Sian Sullivan
Clare Fletcher
Lisa, Sian and Clare are consultant secretaries; . Together they provide secretarial and database support for the respiratory and CF services at the Children’s Hospital for Wales and have a wealth of knowledge about our long term patients. In addition they administer the outreach services that we provide across South Wales.