Conference Directors and Organising Faculty
Professor Malcolm Chiswick (Organising Faculty)
Manchester, UK
Malcolm Chiswick graudated in medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1965 and was trained in paediatrics in London and Manchester. In 1975 he was appointed Consultant Paediatrician at St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children, Manchester where he developed the Neontal Medical Unit as a referral centre for the care of critically ill newborn infants.
In 1992 he was made Professor of Child Health and Paediatrics at the University of Manchester. He has published widely on the influence of perinatal events on neurodevelopmental outcome. From 1987 to 1999 he was Editor of 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'.
In 2002 he became Medical Director of Central Manchester and Manchester University Children's Hospitals NHS Trust. Professor Chiswick is currently President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine.
Professor Steven Donn (Conference Director)
Michigan, USA
Steven M Donn, M.D. was born and raised in the New York Metropolitan area. He obtained his undergraduate training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, graduating with a B.A. degree, majoring in zoology and German literature. He attended Tulane University's School of Medicine in New Orleans, receiving his M.D. degree. His training in general pediatrics occurred at the University of Vermont College of Medicine-Medical Center Hospital of Vermont in Burlington. He returned to Ann Arbor for fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System, where he has served continuously since 1980. Dr Donn is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School and is a neonatologist in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan Health System.
Prof. Donn's professional interests include high technology support of neonatal respiratory failure and surfactant replacement therapy. He has authored more than 190 scientific articles and 200 book chapters and has written or edited 23 books and specialty journals in neonatology. He is a member of numerous scientific organizations and has been elected to the Society for Pediatric Research, European Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Pediatric Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves as the Chair of its Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management. He is a voting member of the Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Specialty Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and represents medical subspecialists as a member of the National Practitioner Data bank. His extracurricular interests include tennis, spectator sports, astronomy, photography, travel, and raising German Shepherds.
Dr Samir Gupta (Organising Faculty)
Middlesbrough, UK
Dr Samir Gupta is a Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom. He qualified in 1987 and was awarded MD in Paediatrics in 1991 from India. He has special interest in mechanical ventilation and non-invasive respiratory support such as CPAP, which has been the subject of a randomised controlled trial and has lead to the award of MD (with commendation) degree by University of Newcastle, UK in 2007. His other research interests include Neonatal Echocardiography for Haemodynamic assessment of high risk newborns, which compliments his experience of using newer modes of mechanical ventilation in care of sick infants. Dr Gupta has presented his research findings at various national and international meetings and contributed to different journals and books of repute.
Professor Malcolm Levene (Organising Faculty)
Leeds, UK
Professor Levene qualified in medicine from Guy's hospital, London in 1974 and trained in paediatrics at the Hammersmith Hospital. He is currently professor of paediatrics and child health at the University of Leeds and a honoarary consultant neonatologist at the Leeds General Infirmary.
His research interest for the last 25 years has been causes and prevention of brain damage in the developing brain and has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in this area.
Professor Sunil Sinha (Conference Director)
Middlesbrough, UK
Professor Sinha is a founder member and the Conference Director of this successful annual meeting which attracts faculties and delegates from all over the world.
He is a Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine at the University of Durham and The James Cook University Hospital in the United Kingdom. After his initial medical training in India, Professor Sinha has practiced at several major perinatal centres in the U.K. for over 25 years. He has a strong research interest in neonatology, particularly in the fields of neonatal neurology and neonatal respiratory care including newer modalities of neonatal ventilation. He also has a major interest in the education and training of postgraduate doctors. Professor Sinha serves on several important committees and currently Chairs the Paediatric Speciality Training Committee of the Northern Deanery. He has made contributions to several books and peer-reviewed journals, and have edited books on Neonatal Respiratory Care and Birth Asphyxia: Basic Science and Clinical Application.
Doctor Win Tin (Conference Director)
Middlesbrough, UK
Dr Win Tin qualified in 1982 from Institure of Medicine, Rangoon, Burma, and completed his training in paediatrics and neonatology in the United Kingdom. He is a Consultant Neonatoligist at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK, where he took up the appointment in 1996. Dr Win Tin has strong academic interest as well as research interest particularly in perinatology and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extreme prematurity. He has published a number of origianl articles that are considered as benchmark studies in the field of neonatology.
Doctor Jonathan Wyllie (Organising Faculty)
Middlesbrough, UK
Clinical Director of Neonatology at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. Qualified Manchester 1986 having completed further degree in Experimental Immunology and Oncology. Postgraduate training in Manchester and Northern region. Interests and research in fields of Neonatal and Paediatric Cardiology and paediatric and newborn resuscitation. Member of the International APLS working group, Resuscitation Council (UK) NLS working group and the Neonatal working group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.
Miss Zoë Holland (Conference Manager)
Middlesbrough, UK
Zoë Holland has been in post as Conferences and Courses Manager at The James Cook University Hospital since September 2004 after completing her MSc in Management at the University of Teesside. She manages the running of the Annual International Neonatal Conference along with various other national and international conferences associated with the hospital.
