Clinical Genetics

YRGS is part of The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The clinical service is based at Chapel Allerton Hospital.

At the Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service we have a professional and experienced group of consultants and counsellors dedicated to ensuring that our patients receive the best possible care.

The vast majority of our team see both general adult and paediatric cases, as well as having an interest in a specialist area. These specialist areas are detailed below.

Meet the Team

Professor David Bonthron (cranio-facial disorders)
Dr. Jennifer Campbell [Clinical Lead] (prenatal genetics/fetal genomics; paediatric and adult genetics; skeletal genetics/skeletal dysplasias)
Dr. Verity Hartill
Dr. Jenny Hague
Dr. Emma Hobson (HD and neurodegenerative)
Dr. Rosalyn Jewell (cancer; paediatric oncology)
Dr. Alison Kraus (cancer; HD and neurodegenerative)
Dr. Katrina Prescott (inherited cardiac conditions; inherited eye condition; paediatric genetics, dysmorphology; prenatal genetics; pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

Bill Beckett (lead genetic counsellor)
Kathryn Ashcroft (genetic counsellor with special interest in cardiology)
Kathryn Moore (genetic counsellor with special interest in cardiology)
Emma O’Malley (genetic counsellor)
Hema McSara (genetic counsellor)
Lauren Jones (pre-registration genetic counsellor)
Tom Inglehearn (STP genetic counsellor trainee)
Rachel Belk (deafness)
Kerry Cresswell (prenatal, HD and neurodegenerative)
Stephanie Hart (cancer, general, prenatal)
Saghira Sharif, PhD (prenatal,general)
Deborah Holliday (VHL disease, general, cancer, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)
Hannah Musgrave (cancer)
Cheryl Stopford (HD and neurodegenerative, general, cancer)
Rose Begg (STP genetic counsellor trainee)
Amanda Hogg (STP genetic counsellor trainee)

Dr Judith Hayward (Cancer)
Dr Will Evans

Patricia Braithwaite (NF2 nurse)
Sarah Cockcroft (NF1 Nurse Specialist)
Patricia Braithwaite (NF 2 Nurse Specialist)

Dr Jennifer Campbell (Clinical Lead)
William Beckett (Lead Genetic Counsellor)
Roberta Ocran (Service Manager)
Katherine Thomas (Business Development Manager)
Soneel Zafar (Business Support Manager)
- Hymesha Williams-Crockwell (Patient Services Co-Ordinator)

Natalie Mellard (PA to the Senior Management Team)
Safaila Akhtar (Appointments Officer)
Shabnum Bi (Appointments Officer)
Gurdev Singh (Appointments Officer)
Bev Owens (Appointments Officer)
Liz Swinney (Appointments Officer)
Jo Akaw (Senior Medical Secretary)
Julie Myers (Senior Medical Secretary)
Vincent Byrne (Senior Medical Secretary)
Sue Driffield (Clerical Officer [Secretarial Team])
Sonia Walters (Clerical Officer [Secretarial Team])
Karolin Sagayarajan (Patient Pathway Administrator)
Meredith Middleton (Patient Pathway Administrator)
Rajan Pandha (Patient Pathway Administrator)
Shane Caffrey (Family History Administrator)
Steph O’Neill (Family History Administrator)
Victoria Sanni (Clerical Officer [Medical Records])
Heling Yu (Clerical Officer [Medical Records])
Sania Khan (Clerical Officer [Medical Records])
Augustine Nwaose (Clerical Officer [Medical Records])

Contact Us

Referrals

Access our referral forms and referral pathway guide

Our clinic facilities

Our service is based at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds. Our large geographical area covers a population of approximately 4.2 million people, with outpatient clinics held both virtually and face to face. Our face to face clinics are held at Leeds General Infirmary, Chapel Allerton Hospital and Castle Hill Hospital in Hull.