GMC Number: 6102589

Year & location of first qualification: 2005, Leicester Warwick Medical School, University of Leicester

Specialty: Urological Surgery

Clinical interests: Robotic surgery, Pelvic uro-oncology, Prostate and Bladder Cancer

Secretary: Morgan Kettle

Telephone number: 0117 414 5001

Mr Raj Pal is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Bristol Urological Institute. He has a specialist interest in the management of prostate and bladder cancer, and performs robotic surgery for these conditions. He qualified at Leicester Warwick Medical School and carried out his Urology Specialist training in the East Midlands before completing a Robotic fellowship at Southmead Hospital in 2018. He spent a year as a consultant at University Hospitals of Nottingham NHS Trust before being appointed at NBT as a Consultant in 2019.

Professional memberships:
British Medical Association
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
British Association of Urological Surgeons European Association of Urology
BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCS (Urol)

GMC Number: 3216703

Year & location of first qualification: 1987, Universität Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Specialty: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical interests: Acute and reconstruction of Burns injuries

Secretary: Jane Baker

Telephone number: 0117 414 7629

Miss Catalina Estela trained in the South West region and became a consultant in plastic surgery in 2005. She works as part of the multidisciplinary burns team, caring for paediatric and adult burns.

Miss Estela is actively involved in training and teaching as Educational and Clinical supervisor. She is also the organiser and lead instructor in the EMSB (Burns) course and is also Co-Dean at North Bristol Trust Medical Academy part of the University of Bristol Medical School.

GMC Number: 3583904

Year & location of first qualification: 1992, MBChB Aberdeen

Specialty: Obstetrics

Clinical interests: Specialist in maternal medicine, caring for women with pre-existing medical conditions during pregnancy. I also offer pre-pregnancy advice clinics for those women with medical conditions considering pregnancy.

Secretary: Lauren Dunphy

Telephone number: 0117 4146749

Dr Standing is a member of RCOG, British Maternal Fetal Medicine Society and MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society.

GMC Number: 3454918

Year & location of first qualification: 1990, Southampton Medical School

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

GMC Number: 6078818 

Year & location of first qualification: MB BS, MA (Oxon), PhD, FRCS (SN)  

Specialty: Complex Spine Surgery

Clinical interests: Craniocervical pathology, cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc disease, minimally invasive spine surgery, intradural pathology.

Secretary: Lydia Cooley

Telephone number: 0117 414 6699

Mr Nowell is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

Following completion of neurosurgical training in Bristol, Mr Nowell developed a subspecialty interest in Spinal Surgery. He completed the Complex Spine Fellowship at the Leeds General Infirmary and the Sir Victor Horsley Spinal Fellowship at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.

As a true dual trained surgeon in Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, he is equipped with the skills and experience to provide the most appropriate treatments across the entire spectrum of Spinal Surgery. This includes degenerative disease, trauma, tumour and infection across the whole spine.

Mr Nowell’s particular clinical interests include cervical and lumbar degenerative disease, minimally invasive surgery and navigation intradural surgery.

Mr Nowell trained in medicine at Oriel College, Oxford and Imperial College School of Medicine, London, and achieved a first-class honours degree in Physiological Sciences from Oxford.

He also completed a PhD at University College London. This focused on the development of advanced imaging tools and computer navigation for use in the operating theatre, which is increasingly relevant in Spinal Surgery today.

Mr Nowell has presented widely at National and International meetings and has published extensively. He was awarded the British Association of Spinal Surgeons Travelling Fellowship in 2017. As a member of BASS and the Society of British Neurosurgeons (SBNS), he regularly attends meetings which promote engagement and collaboration with colleagues and other professions allied to surgery. He is the current Spinal Surgery Academic Lead for the SBNS.

Mr Nowell believes strongly in patient-centred care. He offers a range of treatment options and supports patients to make informed decisions that is right for them.

GMC Number: 6130978

Year & location of first qualification: 2005, University of Sheffield

Specialty: Cardiology

Clinical interests: General Cardiology, Heart failure and Echocardiography

Secretary: Nicola Morris

Telephone number: 0117 414 6368

GMC Number: 7045443  

Year of first qualification: 2009, University of Nottingham

Specialty: Dermatology

Clinical interest: Skin cancer assessement and traige, skin surgery, general dermatology and teledermatology

Secretary: Rachel Hunt

Telephone: 0117 414 7287

Dr Beth Wright is a Consultant Dermatologist working at Southmead and Cossham Hospitals. I completed my specialist training in Dermatology in Bristol and Bath. I have an active role in education and a postgraduate certificate in medical education. I am involved in advancing teledermatology services, locally and nationally, within the British Association of Dermatologists Teledermatology subcommittee. I have recently been appointed a trustee of the Skin Cancer Research Fund (SCaRF).

GMC Number: 7082790

Year & location of first qualification: 2010, Bristol

Specialty: Interventional Neuroradiology

Clinical interests: Subarachnoid haemorrhage, Ischaemic stroke, Vascular conditions/disease of the brain and spine, Percutaneous spine intervention, and Diagnostic neuroradiology.

Secretary: Claire Nurse

Telephone number: 0117 414 9012

GMC Number: 7416746

Year & location of first qualification: 2010, Cluj Napoca

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical interests: Movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremor, deep brain stimulation, advanced therapies for Parkinson’s

Secretary: Tracy Chiddy

Telephone number: 0117 414 4437

Mihaela Boca is a Consultant Neurologist with a specialist interest in Movement Disorders.  In her doctoral research, Mihaela investigated the neural correlates of continuous motor control using a behavioural paradigm and intracranial local field potential recordings. Mihaela’s research background includes a clinical research fellowship at the Brain Centre where she worked on the Glial cell derived neurotrophic factor trial. Mihaela joined NBT as a Consultant in 2020 and her clinical interests include Advanced Therapies for Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation and Dystonia. In 2020, Mihaela set up the first regional Complex Dystonia clinic.

The ReMemBr Group (Research into Memory, the Brain and dementia)

Our team includes Neurologists, Psychologists, Researchers and Nurses from both University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust.
 
We diagnose and treat patients with dementia and also offer clinical research opportunities to people with and without dementia. Our research focuses on early diagnosis of dementia, understanding how memory is stored in the brain and how this can be enhanced and clinical trials of treatment in dementia.

"We run one of the only brain health clinical services in the country.  We see people with mild memory problems, offer precision early diagnosis or exclusion of dementia.  We also offer evidence based brain health lifestyle advice and access to research which aims to delay the onset of dementia".

What is dementia?

The word ‘dementia’ is used to describe symptoms of memory decline and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language that are severe enough to affect daily life.

There are many different causes of dementia. The most common cause is Alzheimer’s disease.