Committees

Click below for information on ABS Committee members. If you would like to contact a Committee member please do so by getting in touch with the ABS office.

 


Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Giles Cunnick

ABS & NHS BSP Screening Committee Chair

Mr Pud Bhaskar

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Marianne Dillon

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Ms Rosamond Jacklin

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Hazem Khout

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Khout was appointed as a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast surgeon in 2013. He joined Nottingham Brea ...

Mr Brendan McFall

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Caroline Mortimer

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Seni Mylvaganam

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery/ Sloane Project Represenative

Mrs Jenny Piper

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Zenon Rayter

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Ms Karyn Shenton

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mrs Margaret Casey

Nursing Representative

Mrs Jacquie Jenkins

Member

Mr Ramsey Cutress

Chair

Research interests include breast cancer translational research; breast cancer clinical trials and p ...

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Miss Shelley Potter

Secretary

Research interests include Improving outcomes in breast reconstruction; Surgical trials methodology; ...

Miss Sarah Clark

Member

Sarah Clark has been a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast & Skin Surgeon at Poole Hospital since 2014 ...

Mr Rajiv Dave

Member

Rajiv is a consultant surgeon in the Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, at W ...

Miss Beatrix Elsberger

Member

Beatrix Elsberger has been a Consultant Breast Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary since 2018.She un ...

Miss Toral Gathani

Member

Toral is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Po ...

Mhairi Mactier

Member

Surgical trainee in the West of Scotland, currently in post as an Associate Surgical Speciality Lead ...

Katherine Fairhurst

Mammary Fold Academic & Research Committee Representative

Kit is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Breast Surgery at the University of Bristol. She is cha ...

Edward St John

Member

Dr Sue Hartup

Trials Nurses Representative/ Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Rep

A senior research nurse in breast cancer for the last 20 years, Sue currently works as a Post-Doc Re ...

Mr Baek Kim

Member

Research interests include investigation of potential biomarkers in breast cancer patients treated w ...

Mr Stuart McIntosh

RCS Surgical Specialty Lead

Research interests include Chemoprevention in high risk patient groups; Biomarker driven studies in ...

Mr Neill Patani

Member

Mr Neill Patani  BSc (Hons) MBBS (Hons) PhD FRCS, is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon (UCLH), ...

Mrs Hilary Stobart

Patient Representative

Mr Amit Agrawal

Member

Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals

Ms Sarah Thorpe

Trials Nurses Representative

Sarah qualified as a nurse in 2007, and has completed a masters in advanced nursing studies.  She ha ...

Jajini Varghese

Member

Ms Jajini Susan Varghese is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Royal Free London NHS Fou ...

Prof Lynda Wyld

Member

Research interests include geriatric oncology, psychooncology, data modelling, mixed methods researc ...

Alona Courtney

Member

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Mr Arunmoy Chakravorty

Member

Miss Lucy Khan

Member

Lucy Khan qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 2006 and trained at the Edinburgh Breast uni ...

Mr Robert Milligan

Northern Regional Rep/ Member

Mr Steven Thrush

Aesthetic Committee Chair

Mr Sherif Wilson

BAPRAS Representative

Mr Dibyesh Banerjee

Member

Mr Dibyesh Banerjee MBBS MS FRCSEd FRCS, is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon based at St Geor ...

Miss Pankaj Roy

South East Central Regional Representative

Mr Douglas Ferguson

Honorary Treasurer

Mr Douglas Ferguson qualified in 1993 (St George’s, London), achieved FRCS (Eng) in 1997, a TiG Onco ...

Mr John Murphy

member

Mr Murphy is a specialist in all types of breast problems, whether it be pain, lumps, cosmetic issue ...

Ms Karina Cox

CPSC Chair

Mrs Sue Holcombe

Nursing Trustee

Sue currently works as an ANP (Breast) and continues to work in diagnostic clinics, family history c ...

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Mr Giles Cunnick

ABS & NHS BSP Screening Committee Chair

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Mr Seni Mylvaganam

Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery/ Sloane Project Represenative

Mr Robert Milligan

Northern Regional Rep/ Member

Mr Sumohan Chatterjee

North West Regional Representative

Miss Carol-Ann Courtney

East Midlands Regional Representative

Carol-Ann Courtney has been a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in Derby since 2007. Her interes ...

Miss Isabella Dash

South West Regional Representative

Izzy works as a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in North Bristol NHS Trust and Weston General ...

Miss Harleen Deol

Eastern Regional Representative

Mrs Claudia Harding-Mackean

Merseyside Regional Representative

Mr Jonathan Horsnell

South East Coast Regional Representative

Jon Horsnell is a Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon who has worked at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guil ...

Ms Jennifer Hu

Coding Representative

Mr Tom Hubbard

Mammary Fold Representative

Miss Tracey Irvine

GiRFT Representative/ ABS Trustee

Tracey has been a Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon in Guildford since 2009. She has a special interest ...

Mr Ilyas Khattak

Wales Regional Representative

Mr Rick Linforth

Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Representative

Rick Linforth trained in the regional teaching hospitals of  Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and Lee ...

Mr Sekhar Marla

West Midlands Regional Representative

Miss Helen Mathers

Northern Ireland Regional Representative

Mr Damian McCartan

Society of Irish Breast Surgeons Representative

Damian McCartan commenced as a Consultant Breast and General Surgeon at St Vincent’s University Hosp ...

Mr Vassilis Pitsinis

Scotland Regional Representative

Vassilis Pitsinis is a consultant breast surgeon in NHS Tayside (Ninewells Hospital and Medical Scho ...

Ms Kathryn Rigby

Communications Rep

Miss Pankaj Roy

South East Central Regional Representative

Prof Jayant Vaidya

London Regional Representative

Miss Ruth Waters

BAPRAS Representative

Ruth Waters is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital of th ...

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Sue Down

Education & Training Committee Chair

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Prof Lynda Wyld

Member

Research interests include geriatric oncology, psychooncology, data modelling, mixed methods researc ...

Miss Rachel Bright-Thomas

Member

Rachel has been a consultant breast surgeon in Worcestershire since 2006. Within the breast surgery ...

Mr Matthew Barber

Member

Matthew Barber is a Consultant Breast Surgeon in Edinburgh and West Lothian, Honorary Senior Lecture ...

Mrs Geeta Shetty

member

Geeta Shetty has been an Oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery Consultant since April 2013. She has ...

Mr Douglas Ferguson

Honorary Treasurer

Mr Douglas Ferguson qualified in 1993 (St George’s, London), achieved FRCS (Eng) in 1997, a TiG Onco ...

Mr Yazan Masannat

Member

Mrs Karen Ives-Smith

Nursing Member/ East Midlands Regional Representative

I am an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Breast Care for University of Derby & Burton NHS Fo ...

Miss Amtul Sami

SAS Representative

Miss Sami works as a Speciality Doctor, Breast Surgery, at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, where s ...

Miss Leyla Swafe

Mammary Fold representative

Ms Rebecca Burbidge

Nursing member

Rebecca Burbidge is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Breast Surgery at Bradford Teaching Hospita ...

Mr Mike McKirdy

Chair

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Miss Rose Alenyo

Member

Dr Rose Alenyo is a Plastic Surgeon with Interest in Breast Oncoplastic surgery working at Makerere ...

Prof John Benson

Member

Research interests include investigation of a fluorescent navigation system for sentinel lymph node ...

Dr Victoria Harmer

Member/ London Regional Representative

Dr Victoria Harmer qualified with an award for distinction in practice and is Consultant Nurse and l ...

Miss Ruth James

Member

Ruth James is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital ...

Miss Jane Macaskill

Member

Mrs Monica Reeves

Member

Monica Reeves commenced her career within nursing in 1990, gaining valuable experience in many varie ...

Miss Fiona Tsang-Wright

Member

Fiona is a Consultant Breast and Reconstructive Surgeon at Wycombe Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthc ...

Mr Mina Youssef

Member

Mina Youssef is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospit ...

Mrs Sue Holcombe

Nursing Trustee

Sue currently works as an ANP (Breast) and continues to work in diagnostic clinics, family history c ...

Miss Leena Chagla

ABS President/ Clinical Advisor in Breast Surgery

Miss Sarah Downey

ABS Vice-president

I trained in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and Yorkshire. I have been a consultant surgeon at the ...

Dr Sue Hartup

Trials Nurses Representative/ Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Rep

A senior research nurse in breast cancer for the last 20 years, Sue currently works as a Post-Doc Re ...

Ms Sarah Thorpe

Trials Nurses Representative

Sarah qualified as a nurse in 2007, and has completed a masters in advanced nursing studies.  She ha ...

Mrs Karen Ives-Smith

Nursing Member/ East Midlands Regional Representative

I am an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Breast Care for University of Derby & Burton NHS Fo ...

Dr Victoria Harmer

Member/ London Regional Representative

Dr Victoria Harmer qualified with an award for distinction in practice and is Consultant Nurse and l ...

Ms Rebecca Burbidge

Nursing member

Rebecca Burbidge is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Breast Surgery at Bradford Teaching Hospita ...

Mrs Julie Douglas

South East Coast Regional Representative

I am an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the QA Hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Qualified a ...

Mrs Katy Ellis

North West Regional Representative

Katy is a Nurse Consultant in Breast at the Nightingale Breast Unit, Manchester Foundation Trust. Ka ...

Mrs Nicola Holland

Merseyside Regional Representative

Nicola is a Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. She qualified as ...

Mrs Caroline Jones

West Midlands Regional Representative

Ms Maria Noblet

Member

Ms Siobhan O'Neill

Northern Ireland Regional Representative

Siobhan is a Breast Care Nurse Specialist at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.   Siobhan took u ...

Mrs Simerjit Rai

Member

Mrs Nicola Stubbs

Wales Regional Representative

Mrs Sharon Treacy

South East Central Regional Representative

Mrs Caroline Tweedie

Northern Regional Representative

I have worked as a Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist for 15 years. Additionally, I serve as a committ ...

Mrs Lorraine Walker

Eastern Regional Representative

Mrs Sarah Zee

South West Regional Representative