Committee Members
Dr Jane Bayreuther
Outgoing APEM Chair
Chair of APEM
I am a paediatric ED consultant from a paediatric background. I am a fellow of the royal college of paediatrics and child health. I am a START assessor and teach on both APLS and ATLS. I trained in Southampton and have returned to Southampton as a consultant after a spell in Australia and London. I have had a locum consultant post at St Thomas’ and a previous substantive consultant post at University Hospital Lewisham. I was in the first cohort of paediatric emergency medicine grid trainees and have been proud to be a part of our evolving speciality.
I have played an active part in the APEM executive committee for many years, having been treasurer prior to the Chair.
I hope keep helping APEM be able to help doctors working in Tertiary hospitals and district general hospitals deliver excellent care to children in their emergency departments – be they stand alone units, collocated units, units under paediatric or emergency care governance, or both!
Email: jane.bayreuther@uhs.nhs.uk
Dr Charlotte Clements
APEM Chair
Charlotte is a consultant in the paediatric emergency department at North Middlesex Hospital, North Central London. She is interested in QI and service development, often pondering how to influence system wide changes to improve acute and urgent care for children & young people. Outside of work, when she is not chasing after her terrorist toddler she enjoys catching up with friends and family over delicious food and wine.
Email: charlotteclements@nhs.net
Dr Michaela "Miki" Lazner
APEM Secretary
Miki is a Children’s Emergency Department Consultant at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. She has a worked tirelessly as the APEM Guideline rep for the past 5 years and can't wait to get her teeth into the secretary role. Her special interests at work include trainee mentorship and paediatric trauma, and she is currently the Paediatric Trauma Lead for the Sussex Trauma Network.
When Miki is not at work she will usually be doing something geeky like computer or role playing games, and enjoying a fancy beer.
Email: michaela.lazner1@nhs.net
Dr Sam Thenabadu
PEMPAG (RCEM) Representative
An EM/PEM consultant in London for over 15 years, his day job is now as MBBS Programme Director and Associate Professor at GKT Medical School. A proud RCEM PEMPAG member, his professional passions include medical education, inclusivity, and smoothing the bumpy transition into practice at all stages of training and beyond. Away from work, he is chiefly an Uber driver to his three children’s sporting fixtures and social lives. Rarely, he escapes to his own friends and a good red wine or his new found love of Padel and Peloton—much more often the former, sporadically the latter.
Email: sam.thenabadu@nhs.net
Kate Blake
ACP Rep
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Dr Michael Malley
APEM Treasurer
Michael is a Consultant in Paeds ED at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
He's passionate about undergraduate medical training and global health, having worked in Iraq, Sudan, Niger and Myanmar with MSF and the RCPCH.
Feel free to get in touch with Michael any time regarding APEM bursaries, membership issues or pretty much anything you think he might be able to help with! He's a new consultant so feel free to get in touch thinking about consultant interviews/stepping up or the end of training as it's very fresh in his mind!
Email : m.malley@nhs.net
Dr Steven Foster
APEM guidelines representative and PERUKI Representative
Steve is a consultant in the paediatric emergency department at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. He has a particular interest in paediatric emergency research and clinical guideline development. He describes himself as cynical by nature but welcomes change when backed by good reasoning, evidence and common sense. In his free time he enjoys embracing the beautiful Scottish countryside on two wheels..
Email: Steven.Foster@nhs.scot
Dr Shazad Salim
APEM guidelines representative
Shahzad is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine, ED Sepsis Lead and an Appraiser at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. He is also an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, an examiner for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and a Chartered Manager. He is also actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is particularly interested in how strategy, medical education and service improvement come together to improve clinical practice.
Outside of work, Shahzad enjoys discovering new restaurants and exploring the latest AI tools.
Email: shahzadsalim@nhs.net
Dr Rachael Mitchell
APEM Events Organiser Co-Lead
Rachael is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant at King’s. She has a passion for all things education and is always looking for innovative new ways to distil information. She is mainly fuelled by coffee, cake and bubbles - in any order!
Outside of work, Rachael enjoys exercise and spending time with friends and family. She is the Events Organiser for APEM and would love to be contacted if you have an idea for a PEM event or would want to be involved in one!
Email: rachaelmitchell@nhs.net
Dr Katy Rose
Interim Website Manager
Katy is a PEM Consultant in North London having trained between London and Yorkshire. She is new to consultant life but is keen to ensure all PEM doctors have a landing place and a community they feel heard and supported by. She is actually quite technologically challenged and can't believe she has been put in charge of a website!
Hopefully alongside Nadia we won't make anything too glitchy. Do get in touch if you think we have done something daft or need to do something better.
Email: katy.rose2@nhs.net
Dr Nadia Audhali
Interim Website Manager
Nadia is a PEM Consultant at BHRUT Queen's and King George's hospitals in East London, her Consultant role involves leading on safeguarding and guidelines and trainees career development. She's passionate about supporting trainees and is a key member of Soft Landing, the IMG paediatric support hub. Before graduating in medicine, she worked in BBC Radio and now loves communicating all things PEM. Growing up in Saudi Arabia with mixed heritage English and Yemeni, she plans to make the website a welcoming place for everyone who loves, and works in Paediatric emergency medicine. She adores (children), and dogs but will not be posting unnecessary puppy pictures unless it helps illustrate a new Peruki study, or to get you to respond to a survey on APEM's aims of being your home for all things Paediatric Emergency in the UK.
Email: nadia.audhali@nhs.net
Dr Anju Menon
APEM Events Support
Anju is an ED Consultant with a specialist interest in PEM. She holds a Master’s degree in PEM and FRCEM gold medal (RCEM). She is the founder and lead of the NEPTUNE conference(2023).
She is a member of the Civility Saves Lives initiative and a QSIR associate and serves as the RCEM Deputy Quality Improvement lead. She has also developed an International recognised maternal emergency course for ED physicians.
Much of her free time at the moment is devoted to entertaining my toddler! However, she also also runs a dance institute dedicated to Indian dance.
She has thoroughly enjoyed being part of APEM's growing learning culture, as well as contributing to the organisation of educational events.
Email: anju.menon@nhs.net
Dr Helen Mollard
APEM Events Officer Co-Lead and PEMISAC Lead
Helen is a Consultant and Lead Clinician in PEM at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. She is passionate about all aspects of education and training especially SIM training, and also has a particular interest in Paediatric trauma.
Outside of work she is mainly kept busy by her 2 unruly boys, but when possible also loves good food and wine, holidays and reality TV.
Email: helen.mollard@nhs.net
Dr Sarah Reynolds
APEM RCPCH trainee rep
Sarah is a PEM grid trainee at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. She believes PEM is the most rewarding and enjoyable medical specialty and is passionate about teaching and mentoring students and juniors with an interest in the subspecialty. Her other areas of interest include simulation teaching and writing for medical journals. Outside of work she enjoys gardening, baking and playing the flute.
Email: s.e.reynolds.02@cantabgold.net
Dr Trisha Gupta
APEM RCEM Trainee Rep
Trisha is an ST6 emergency medicine trainee who has a PEM subspeciality interest which she completed at Kings College Hospital, London. She has previously worked in EMTA as the PEMPAF representative. When she's not doing her professional roles, she is a busy mum to two children, who loves to fill her social calendar to the brim and bake cakes (badly).
Email: trisha.gupta@nhs.net
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Dr Neha Jain
Website and Events Officer
Neha is a paediatric emergency medicine consultant at North Middlesex Hospital, North Central London. She loves all things educational. Her other interests include paediatric trauma, global health and forensic medicine, having worked at The Bridge SARC in Bristol for the past year.
When not at work, Neha is likely playing a board game or hiking up a mountain.
Feel free to contact her about PEM event ideas or interesting educational opportunities.
Currently on maternity leave. We can't wait for her return!