Professor Gary Butler is Consultant in Paediatric & Adolescent Medicine and Endocrinology at University College Hospital in London and holds an Honorary Personal Chair in Clinical Paediatrics at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
He qualified at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School in London, and after junior positions in paediatrics, he trained in paediatric endocrinology in Edinburgh at the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit and the MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, and also at the Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children. His principal research interests were the evaluation of growth and puberty in boys with extra X and Y chromosomes (doctoral MD thesis), the process of normal growth and treatment with growth hormone and testosterone, and the neuroendocrine control of how puberty starts.
After then working in Cardiff, Leeds and Reading, he returned to London in 2009 and established an adolescent endocrine service at UCLH with special focus on disorders of puberty with specialist clinics for gonadotropin deficiency, Klinefelter syndrome, and growth disorders. He is also the clinical lead for the UK adolescent Gender Identity Development Service taking an international lead in the standards of care for transgender children and adolescents. He is acknowledged as an international expert in these areas and lectures in the UK and internationally.
He was given the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Outstanding Clinician Award in 2020 as a result of his clinical expertise and significant national and international developments in the clinical practice of paediatric endocrinology.
Dr Faithfull is a Psychologist with a specialist interest in Klinefelter Syndrome. She graduated from the University of Bournemouth with an MSc in Lifespan Neuropsychology in 2012. She developed a clinical and research interest in Klinefelter Syndrome and was awarded a PhD in 2019 for work on the significance of diagnosis in Klinefelter Syndrome. At UCLH she holds a post as Honorary Psychologist and her practice encompasses a specific interest in Klinefelter Syndrome, leading her to set up a multidisciplinary clinic for the management of Klinefelter Syndrome (KF-Xtra) with Dr Sririangalingham in 2020.
She is Research Lead at Bournemouth University and has worked with groups of students in schools and higher education with complex profiles, supporting them with novel programmes of educational and holistic support
Channa Jayasena is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology at Imperial College. He qualified in medicine at Cambridge University, after which he undertook specialist training in Diabetes & Endocrinology in London. Having been awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship and NIHR Clinical Lectureship, he conducted first-to-human studies at Imperial College investigating the clinical effects of novel hypothalamic neuropeptides such as kisspeptin on the human reproductive axis of men and women. He is currently Clinical Lead for Male Infertility / Andrology at Hammersmith Hospital.
Dr Sheila Lane MB BS PhD MRCPCH is a Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Oxford Children's Hospital. She specialises in the management of long-term complications of cancer treatment and has set up a comprehensive long-term children's cancer follow-up programme in Oxford. Dr Lane is also the Clinical Director for the Oxford Fertility Tissue Cryopreservation Programme. This is a unique service which is a joint venture between the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The programme offers a clinical fertility preservation service to children and young adultsacross England and Wales, as well as spearheading a large research portfolio with national and international collaboration.
Rod is Professor of Developmental Endocrinology at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh.
His research interests are focused on the role of the germ-stem cell niche in prepubertal testis development and function. This includes research into the effects of exposure to pharmaceuticals (including chemotherapy) on germ cell development and future fertility potential. Rod is clinical and research lead for fertility preservation in prepubertal boys with cancer. His work combines the clinical service for gonadal tissue cryopreservation with research aimed at developing clinical strategies to protect or restore fertility in young male patients at risk of infertility.
Website: www.ed.ac.uk/centre-reproductive-health/dr-rod-mitchell
E-mail: rod.mitchell@ed.ac.uk
Twitter: @RodTMitchell
Consultant Endocrinologist at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals since 1999; Senior Lecturer, Translational & Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University. Graduated from Cambridge University and trained as medical SHO at St Bart's Hospital, London and Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam, then trained in Endocrinology at UCL-Middlesex and Royal Free Hospitals, London.
25-year clinical and research interest in male and female hypogonadism, with nearly 200 publications and awarded Cambridge University's Ralph Noble Prize (2001) for MD Thesis on Kallmann syndrome.
Longstanding association with key patient support groups, including HypoHH, Turner-UK, Klinfelter-UK and HypoPara-UK.
Treasurer to the Endocrinology Section & Board of UEMS and member of the Exam Board and Standard Setting Groups for the European Board Exam in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.
Pippa Sangster is a Consultant Urologist at UCLH and the clinical lead in male infertility. She qualified from Guy's and St Thomas medical school. She has further degrees in Psychology (BSC) and achieved the gold medal in the Urology MSC. As well as completing general Urological training, she spent three years sub-specialising in Andrology at St George's and Guy's hospital, before carrying out a fellowship at UCLH. Her main areas of expertise are Andrology and her specialist interest is male factor infertility. She has built strong links with the Reproductive medicine unit, Endocrinology, Haematology and Oncology to ensure the fertility of these patients can be preserved or helped. She helps within the KF-Xtra clinic providing fertility preservation consultations and the surgical sperm retrievals for our Klinefelter patients.
Dr Srirangalingam is a consultant endocrinology at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he went on to complete specialist training in endocrinology and diabetes at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the North-East Thames region. He gained a PhD in 2012 studying splicing therapeutics in endocrine systems and was subsequently awarded an NIHR clinical lectureship for work on familial endocrine cancer syndromes. At UCLH he is the clinical lead for the congenital adrenal hyperplasia service. His practice also encompasses male infertility, leading him to set-up a multidisciplinary clinic for the management of Klinefelter syndrome ('KF-Xtra') in 2020.