GMC Number: 3304745

Year of first qualification: 1989, Bristol University

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Obstetric Anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Christina Laxton trained as an anaesthetist in the South West region before being appointed as a consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

She is the TPD for Assessment for trainees in the Severn PGME School of Anaesthesia, the LTFT (Less than Full Time) Training Advisor for the School and a member of the Specialist Training Committee. At NBT, she is also the LTFT Training Champion and Joint SupportRTT (Return to Training) lead, a consultant appraiser, and recent Chair of the Trust Transfusion Committee.

Dr Laxton has a specialist interest in obstetric anaesthesia and is a Faculty member of PROMPT Maternity Foundation (promoting multi-professional training for safer childbirth).

Her other interests include promoting Less-than-full-time Training, trainee support, multi-professional training and blood conservation methods.

GMC Number:  4111562

Year of first qualification: 1994, University of London

Specialty: Neuropathology

Clinical interest: Adult and paediatric brain tumours

Telephone: 0117 414 2405

Professor Kathreena Kurian BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCPath (Neuro) is consultant neuropathologist and Professor of Neuropathology.

She is Head of the University of Bristol Brain Tumour Research Group.

She undertook medical training in Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London and neuropathology and research training in Edinburgh and Cambridge.

She specialises in both adult and paediatric brain tumours, having published widely.

She has authored a textbook - An Atlas of Gross Neuropathology; Cambridge University Press.

She is responsible for the set-up of the NIHR IVMT cohort study to Identify and Validate Molecular Targets in CNS tumours.

She is on the Board of the At Bristol Science Centre.

Specialty: Anaesthetics (Pain)

Secretary: Jo Creedy

Telephone: 0117 414 7363

GMC Number: 4632751

Year of first qualification: 1999, University of Bristol

Specialty: Urology

Clinical interest: Complex robotic and open uro-oncology

Secretary: Morgan Kettle

Telephone: 0117 414 5001                                                                                                                 

Mr Anthony Koupparis trained in Urology in the South West of England. He completed the uro-oncology fellowship at the Department of Urologic Sciences at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada where he was subsequently appointed as a consultant.

He moved to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2011.

Specialty: Haematology

Telephone: 0117 414 8357

GMC Number: 6109656

Year of first qualification: 1994, Free University Berlin, Germany

Specialty: Neurophysiology & Neurology

Clinical interest: Movement disorder and Diseases of nerve and muscle

Secretary: Tracey Gore

Telephone: 0117 414 6692

Dr Sabine Klepsch's clinical interests include nerve conduction studies, EMG and sonography guided injections.

She also runs a Carpal Tunnel Clinic and a Botulinum Toxin Clinic for cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, limb spasticity and writer's cramp.

GMC Number: 6084316

Year of first qualification: 1994, Free University Berlin, Germany

Department: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Ambulatory anaesthesia, neuroanaesthesia

Secretary: Jenny Laver or Jean Moon

Telephone: 0117 414 1571

Dr Peter Klepsch trained as an Anaesthetist in Berlin between 1994 and 2000. 

He came to the UK in 2003 and joined North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) as a Locum Consultant in November 2005. He then became a Consultant Anaesthetist in May 2009

His special Interests are total intravenous anaesthesia, neuroanaesthesia and ambulatory anaesthesia

He is currently the clinical lead for Day Case Theatres.

GMC Number: 3582264

Year of first qualification: 1991, UCL London

Specialty: Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Clinical interests: Free tissue transfer, Extremity trauma, Ortho-plastic surgery, Diabetic foot disease, Bone infection, Prosthetic joint infection, Skin cancer surgery

Secretary: Rundeer Singh / Maddie Champion

Telephone number: 0117 4147612 (Rundeer) 01174140850 (Maddie)

Mr Umraz Khan has been a Consultant Surgeon since 2002.

He was a consultant surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London until 2006. He developed the limb reconstruction service at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT).

His area of clinical expertise is in free-tissue transfer to reconstruct tissue defects following traum and tumour ablation. 

He completes an annual charity trip to Lahore where local surgeons are trained. Full member of BAPRAS Fellow of RCS Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Orthoplastic Surgery.

His hobbies include motorsport and skiing.

Specialty: Biochemistry

Telephone: 0117 414 8423

GMC Number: 4183773

Year of first qualification: 1995, King's College, University of London

Specialty: Trauma & Orthopaedics

Clinical interest: Trauma, primary hip and knee replacements

Trauma Secretaries: Vicki Stocks (0117 414 1624) / Julia Hirst (0117 414 1627)

Elective Secretary: Nicola Leigh (0117 414 621)

Mr Michael Kelly undertook his Orthopaedic training in Edinburgh with a fellowship in Vancouver specialising in trauma.

He was appointed to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in March 2009.

His practice is trauma and hip and knee arthroplasty. He also contributes to the Orthoplastic with Mr. Umraz Khan.

Research interests are trauma and fracture care and bone biology.