12: Meet the My Pleural Effusion Journey Team
Project Leads:

Professor Matthew Evison, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust & University of Manchester

Dr Deepan Sivakumar, Western Sydney Local Health District & Western Sydney University

Dr Rahul Bhatnagar, University of Bristol, Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine | University of Southern Denmark, Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, North Bristol NHS Trust
My Pleural Effusion Journey Team – 2025 update
Dr Avinash Aujayeb, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Sister Jennifer Rees, Senior Pleural Specialist Nurse, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust & University of Manchester
Dr Junyi Zhang, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Chris Craig, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Hannah Collins, Interventional Pulmonology Specialist Nurse, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Selina Tsim, Macmillan Consultant Respiratory Physician, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and the Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Leah Taylor – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Head of Nursing for Mesothelioma UK
Professor Gary Lee – Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Western Australia
Dr Owais Kadwani – Guys and St Thomas Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Janeth Liang – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Fredrik Vivian – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Kirstin Tirant – Northern Health, Melbourne
Dr Sanjeevan Muruganandan – Northern Health Melbourne
My Pleural Effusion Journey Team – 2020
Wythenshawe Hospital:
Dr Jayne Holme
Dr Judith Lyons
Dr Maryam Ahmed
Dr Kelly Marshall
Susan Jackson
Jen Jones
Guys and St Thomas’:
Dr Liju Ahmed
Farinaz Noorzad
Deirdre Wallace
North Bristol:
Anna Morley
Bethany Watts
NIHR CLAHRC Yorkshire and Humber
Angela Tod
Cheryl Grindell
Daniel Wolstenholme
Remi Bec
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Naj Rahman
Ioannis Psallidas
One Vision Health Team:
Samuel Beavan
Dawit Mesfen
Hamid Satur

