The Team
Medical Staff
Dr Fiona Gordon, Consultant Hepatologist and
Hep C ODN lead
Special Interests: Viral Hepatitis and Hepatobiliary endoscopic
ultrasound.
Dr Anne McCune, Consultant Hepatologist and
Clinical Director
Special interests: Alcohol-related liver disease, complex portal
hypertension (variceal bleeding and ascites), hereditary
haemochromatosis and autoimmune liver diseases
Dr James Orr, Consultant Hepatologist
Special interests: Liver cancer, Cirrhosis and its
complications, Liver transplant assessment and follow up, Community
Hepatology
Dr Jim Portal, Consultant Hepatologist and
Endoscopy Lead
Special interests: Hepatobiliary disease / Hepatobiliary
endoscopy, Liver transplant assessment, Liver related renal injury,
adolescent hepatology.
Our clinical team also includes a clinical research fellow and a
registrar.
Dr Gautham Appanna, Consultant
Hepatologist.
Specialist interests: Prevention/early detection of liver
disease, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), Cirrhosis and
portal hypertension management, Vascular disorders of the liver,
Liver Transplantation.
Dietician: Gabby Edwards
Pharmacist: Matthew Pitman
Specialist Nurse Teams
Hepatology specialist nurse: Victoria
Hunt, cirrhosis, day case paracentesis and primary liver
cancer
Transplant specialist nurses: Amy Williams and
Sarah Lees,liver transplant coordinators
Viral specialist nurses: Jane Gitahi, Jeesha George
and Vivian Delatorre, Hepatitis C and other blood borne
viruses
Alcohol specialist nurses: Sarah Saleem, Jodi
Warner, Lucy Kroumer and Grace Cameron
A522 Ward Manager: Jody
Saunders
Management Team
Paul Harris: Specialty Manager
Lea Staynings: Assistant specialty manager
Jenny Wring: Clinic coordinators
Ruby Morecroft, Heather Northcott, Lois Morecroft, and
Julianne Jones: Medical Secretary
Team
