Confirmed Participants
At each Time Travelling Operating Theatre event there will be a discussion with a panel with interests and experience in the practice, ethics, policy, and history of surgery. Here you can find information about some of our upcoming panel members and which events they will be attending.
Professor Harold Ellis
Harold Ellis (CBE, FRCS) is one of the most renowned British surgeons of the past fifty years. He is well-noted as an inspirational teacher of both anatomy and surgery and has held positions as Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and of the Royal Society of Medicine, as well as President of the British Association of Surgical Oncology. Professor Ellis is also an expert in the history of surgery from pre-history to the present day.
Science Museum - 13 September, 2pm
Dianne Yarwood
Diane Yarwood (BSc, MSc) qualified as a general nurse in 1968 and since then has worked in hospitals all around London as both a nurse and a nurse educationalist. She has held positions as Associate Dean at City University London and at St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is also a member of the RCN's 'History of Nursing Society' and is currently involved in an oral history project for the Charing Cross Hospital Nurses League.
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Miss Mary Neiland
Mary Neiland (MBE) originally worked as a theatre sister at hospitals in London and Ontario. After years in theatre she moved into management as theatre superintendent at the Westminster Hospital. From there she developed her expertise in theatre and hospital management. She retired from clinical practice in 1999.
Science Museum - 13 September
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Ms Georgia Testa
Georgia Testa is Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Research Fellow for IDEA (Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied Centre) at Leeds University. She is responsible for the medical ethics teaching in the School of Medicine at Leeds University and also teaches biomedical ethics. She is also a Trustee of the Institute of Medical Ethics.
Thackray Medical Museum - 26 September
Mr John Wickham
John Wickham is a retired surgeon. He worked at Bart’s Hospital and at The Institute of Urology in London. He was a pioneer of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and laparoscopic urology.
He is also seen as one of the "godfathers" of robotic urological surgery.
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Professor Vasillios Papalois
Vasillios Papalois is a consultant transplant surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital. He is an expert in surgical ethics and is currently Chair of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Clinical Ethics Committee.
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Mr Michael Crumplin
Michael Crumplin (MB, BS, MRCS, FRCS (Eng and Ed), FHS, FINS) is a retired general, thoracic and upper GI surgeon. He has developed an expertise in the history of military surgery, has been curator and archivist at the Royal College of Surgeons, and has written extensively on surgery during the Battle of Waterloo.
Science Museum - 13 September
Dr Hugh Davies
Hugh Davies is a recently retired paediatrician and research ethics advisor. He is still very much involved in ethics committees and has a particular interest in the issue of consent.
Science Museum - 13 September
National Museum of Scotland - 10 October
Mr Chris Russell
Dr Neil Soni
Neil Soni (MBChB, FANZCA, FRCA, FJFICM, MD) trained in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Sydney in Australia, was then appointed as Senior Lecturer at Westminster Hospital in 1985, and later as a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is now retired.
Science Museum - 13 September
Mr Chris Roseblade
Chris Roseblade (MA BSc MBChB FRCOG studied Physics at St Johns College Oxford from 1975 to 1978 before switching to Medicine and studying at the University of St Andews from 1978 to 1981 and Manchester University Medical School from 1981 to 1984.
His postgraduate training saw him working in Northampton, London, Brighton and Manchester before he started work as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Wrexham in 1993. He currently combines his clinical work with that of Site Medical Director for Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Fellows Representative on the RCOG Council and Chair of the Wales National Specialty Advisory Group. His previous roles while working as a Consultant have included: Head of Postgraduate School of O&G in Wales and member of Wales Medical Education Board; RCOG Regional College Adviser and Chair of RCOG Deanery College Advisers Forum; Postgraduate Organiser at Wrexham Maelor Hospital; and member of a number of RCOG committees.
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Chris Russell [MBBS (London), MRCS, LRCP,Primary FRCS, FRCS(England), MS (London)] is a retired consultant surgeon who is also one of the founding members of the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britian and Ireland.
Science Museum - 13 September
Royal College of Nursing - 23 September
Professor David Jayne
David Jayne is Professor of Surgery at University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. His clinical interests include laparoscopic and robotic surgery for colorectal disease. His research interests focus on the development and translation of new surgical technologies for clinical application, including fluorescence guided surgery of stratified colorectal cancer resection. He is Clinical Director of the NIHR Healthcare technologies Cooperative in Colorectal Therapies, which brings together a national network of clinicians, academics, commercial partners, and public and patients to accelerate surgical innovation and clinical adoption.
Thackray Medical Museum - 26 September