Institute Clinical Leadership
Jamanda Haddock, MA, MRCP, FRCR
Vice Chief of Diagnostic Services Institute, Chief of Staff
As Chief of Staff, Dr Haddock leads the senior clinical team. She is also Vice-Chief of the Diagnostic Services Institute (Imaging and Pathology) and an Associate Clinical Professor at Lerner School of Medicine. Dr Haddock trained at Oxford University and St Thomas’ Hospital London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. She was a Consultant Radiologist at Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 1994-2020 where she held multiple leadership positions, including Clinical Director of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and sat on the Medical Advisory Committee. She was Clinical Lead for Imaging at The Wellington Hospital from 2004-2011 where she served as a member of the Clinical Advisory Board.
Philip Ahrens, MBBS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Vice Chief of Integrated Surgical Institute
Mr Philip Ahrens was appointed Consultant to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in 2003 and practices specialist shoulder and elbow surgery. Mr Ahrens was awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society’s European Travelling Fellowship in 2004. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, The British Elbow and Shoulder Society, and is a founding member of the Watanabe Club, a society dedicated to the advancement and teaching of arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He is an Honorary Consultant to St. Luke’s Healthcare for the Clergy, and was Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon to the London 2012 Olympics.
Richard Cohen, MD, FRCS
Vice Chief of Digestive Disease Institute, Medical Director
Professor Richard Cohen is Chair of Digestive Disease & Surgery, and Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic London. He is also a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University College London Hospitals (UCLH), a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science at University College London and Clinical Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine. Professor Cohen has held several Divisional and Trust Clinical Director leadership positions at UCLH. Professor Cohen has held clinical appointments as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon for almost 23 years, and has maintained ongoing academic research interests in his field.
Nick Fletcher, MBBS, FRCA, FFICM
Vice Chief of Integrated Surgical Institute
Professor Nick Fletcher chairs the Critical Care & Anaesthesia Institute at Cleveland Clinic London, which also includes Pain Medicine. Professor Fletcher was a Consultant in anaesthesia and critical care at London’s St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 19 years, and was lead for the Trust’s cardiothoracic critical care unit for 5 years. In addition to his clinical commitments he was President of the Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, and was an editor of British Journal of Anaesthesia Education. Professor Fletcher has over 80 peer reviewed publications and has been invited to lecture at many international conferences on aspects of anaesthesia and critical care. He is recognised for his national and international leadership in clinical quality, echocardiography, research and education.
Mark Hamilton, MB (Hons), MD, FRCP
Vice Chief of Medical Subspecialty Institute, Clinical Lead for Quality & Safety
Professor Mark Hamilton was a Consultant at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust from 1996-2021. He is now a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic London, where he is also the Institute Chair for Medical Subspecialties. His main clinical interest is the management of complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease and capsule endoscopy of the small intestine.
He has had 25 years’ experience as a consultant in Gastroenterology and General Internal medicine, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He has maintained an interest in clinical and translational research.
Andrew McEvoy, MBBS, Msc (Hons)
Vice Chief of Neurological Institute
Professor Andrew McEvoy is a world-leading Consultant Neurosurgeon at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Reader in Neurosurgery at University College London. He has the largest adult epilepsy surgical practice in the UK and leads the surgical arm of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy - the preeminent epilepsy research group in Europe. Listed in The Times top UK doctors for his epilepsy and brain tumour surgery, Professor McEvoy’s specialist neurooncology service has a particular interest in the prediction and preservation of function during large resective neurosurgical procedures, and the reorganisation of brain function around brain tumours. He has particular expertise in interventional MRI and awake brain surgery. Professor McEvoy has published and presented widely both nationally and internationally, and holds a number of research grants funding projects at The Institute of Neurology in London.
Olaf Wendler, MD, PhD, FRCS
Vice Chief of Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Professor Olaf Wendler has been a Consultant in cardiothoracic surgery for more than 20 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Professor of Cardiac Surgery at King’s College London and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He joined King’s College Hospital in 2004 and served as Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Services from 2006 to 2012. Professor Wendler has an international reputation for innovative minimally-invasive and complex heart surgery, heart valve surgery, aortic surgery and coronary bypass grafting. He has been co-author of European Guidelines for revascularisation and the treatment of valvular heart disease.
Department Chairs
Georg Auzinger, Dr Med Univ, FRCP, AFICM, EDIC
Department Chair of Critical Care
Dr Georg Auzinger is a Consultant and Reader in Intensive Care Medicine at King’s College London and the former Clinical Director for Critical Care at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He has more than 20 years’ experience working as a consultant in the NHS. For 8 years he served as the Lead Clinician for the Liver ICU prior to being appointed Director for Critical Care at King’s College Hospital, a position he held from 2015 until 2019. Dr Auzinger has a special interest in extracorporeal cardio-respiratory assist and liver failure. He established and co-directs King’s College Hospital’s ECMO service. In 2021 he was appointed Prof of Medicine with Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Paul Jarman, MA, MB, BS, PhD, FRCP
Department Chair of Neurology
Dr Paul Jarman is Chair of the Department of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic London. He is also a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square and University College Hospitals London NHS Foundation Trust. His research background includes a PhD at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, on the subject of molecular genetics of neurological disorders. Dr Jarman has clinical interests in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, migraine and severe headache disorders, acute neurology and neurorehabilitation. He is committed to medical education and training the next generation of neurologists, and is Training Programme Director for the London postgraduate neurology training programme.
Charles Murray, MA, MBBS, PhD, FRCP
Department Chair of Gastroenterology (TBC)
Dr Charles Murray is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust where he is also Clinical Lead for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. He served as Senior Secretary of the British Society of Gastroenterology from 2009-2013. Dr Murray is currently Chair of the Education Committee of United European Gastroenterology, and Past President of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Murray was awarded the Moti L. and Kamla Rustgi International Fellowship by the American Gastroenterological Association in 2005, and in 2007 was the Functional Brain-Gut Research Group Young Investigator of the Year.
Senthil Nathan, MS, FRCS (Edin), Dip Urol, FEBU, FRCS (Urol), Mphil (Urol) D Lap
Department Chair of Urology, Clinical Lead for Innovations, Director of Robotic Surgery
Professor Senthil Nathan is the Chair of Urology and Director of Robotic Surgery & Innovations. He is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at University College London Hospital NHS Trust and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He specialises in urological cancer and minimally invasive treatments, including robotic surgery. Senthil was awarded an MPhil in Urology by the University of London for performing the world’s first active robotic surgery. Senthil directs Robotic Education at the Chitra Sethia Centre for Robotics, he sits on the European Robotic Urology Society Education Committee, the Urology Board of the Society of Robotic Surgery, and the Data Committee for the Society of Endourology.
Bernard Prendergast, DM, FRCP, FESC
Department Chair of Cardiology
Professor Bernard Prendergast is the Chair of Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic London and a Consultant Cardiologist at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. He has been Honorary Secretary of the British Cardiovascular and Cardiovascular Intervention Societies and maintains research interests that focus on the field of heart valve disease and have resulted in publication of over 300 articles. He is a frequent lecturer on the international stage and the principal Course Director of PCR London Valves, the world’s largest specialist meeting in valve intervention.
Alexandra Wu, MB, MS, FRCP
Department Chair of AAU
Dr Alex Wu has been a Consultant Physician in Health Services for Elderly People at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust since 1993, and in 2009 she was appointed Clinical Champion for Integrated Care. Dr Wu served as Clinical Director of Acute Medicine, Health Services for Elderly People and Respiratory Medicine from 2008-2014, setting up the Medical Assessment Unit. She is the founder and champion of Post-Acute Care Enablement and Admission Avoidance programmes, and developed a 23 hour Emergency Assessment Unit and an Elective Ambulatory Care Unit. Dr Wu was appointed Clinical Director of Service Transformation in 2014 and successfully delivered an integrated primary and secondary care service in North Central London for the Royal Free Group.
Additional Leadership
Nick Losseff, MB, BS, MD, FRCP
Medical Director of Global Patient Services
Dr Nick Losseff is a Consultant Neurologist at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has a major interest in healthcare strategy and has held several senior leadership positions in the NHS, including Medical Director of North Central London NHS and London Clinical Director for Neuroscience and Stroke. Dr Losseff is best known for his work to improve stroke services, having led the highly successful London Stroke Strategy. He was previously awarded the European Neurology Society Prize and the Queen Square Prize in Neurology for his research.
