We are grateful for the very strong and committed team of individuals acting as the backbone of the Society. If you would like to get in touch with a BSPED Committee, please contact the BSPED Office in the first instance. If you would like to be more involved with the BSPED, please visit our Vacancies Page.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is responsible for the strategic aims of the Society, financial planning, liaison with the Department of Health, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Society for Endocrinology. The committee is comprised of three elected Executive Officers: the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and meets four times per year. The Executive Officers provide representation at the Clinical Committee, the Programme Organising Committee and the Clinical Studies/Research Groups.
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Chair |
Talat Mushtaq, Leeds |
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Secretary |
Senthil Senniappan, Liverpool |
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Treasurer |
Fiona Regan, London |
Clinical Committee
The Clinical Committee was established in 2009 to respond and give opinion on matters in clinical paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. The Committee also develops guidelines for optimal management of children with diabetes and endocrine disorders, participates in the development and maintenance of national audit, facilitates peer-review of paediatric endocrine centres to improve patient care and provides an interface with patient support groups. The Committee meets 4 times per year.
| Chair | Jarod Wong, Glasgow |
| Diabetes Officer | Rachel Besser, Oxford |
| Digital and Information Officer | Dan Leach, Bristol and Sarah McCarrison, Glasgow |
| Clinical Guidelines Officer | Melanie Kershaw, Birmingham |
| Audit and Peer Review Officer | Guftar Shaikh, Glasgow |
| District General Hospital Officer | Ewa Lichtarowicz-Krynska, London |
| Clinical Standards Officer | James Law, Nottingham |
| Nursing Officer | Christine Desmond, Southampton |
| Diabetes Nurse and AHP Officer | Rachel Wright, Nottingham (Nurse) and Nabil Boulos, Southampton (Pharmacist) |
| Trainee Representative |
Katherine Hawton, Bristol |
| Executive Committee Representative | Senthil Senniappan, Liverpool |
Clinical Committee Remit (236 kb)
The clinical content of the website, newsletter and social media engagement falls under the remit of the Clinical Committee. An Online Communication Strategy has been formulated to increase engagement across the membership, provide a platform for guidance, advice and news and promote high quality training and professional development opportunities.
Programme Organising Committee
The Programme Organising Committee is responsible for the planning and organisation of the annual BSPED meeting. The Committee comprises a Chair, the local organiser/convenor, the local organiser of the forthcoming and previous meetings, endocrine nurse representative, the CME Officer and Executive representation.
| Chair | Renuka Dias, Birmingham |
| 2024 Convenor | Guftar Shaikh, Glasgow |
| 2025 Convenor | Paul Dimitri, Sheffield |
| CME Officer and 2026 Convenor | Dinesh Giri, Bristol |
| Executive Committee Representative | Talat Mushtaq, Leeds |
| Paediatric Endocrine Nurse Representatives | Peter Laing, Liverpool and Karen Thompson, Belfast |
BSPED Awards Committee
| Awards Committee Chair | Charlotte Elder, Sheffield |
| BSPED Chair | Talat Mushtaq, Leeds |
| BSPED Secretary | Senthil Senniappan, Liverpool |
| BSPED Treasurer | Fiona Regan, London |
| BSPED Clinical Committee Chair | Jarod Wong, Glasgow |
Other BSPED Representatives
| BSPED Endocrine Nurse Representatives | Peter Laing, Liverpool and Karen Thompson, Belfast |
| BSPED CME Officer / RCPCH Academic Liaison Officer | Dinesh Giri, Bristol |
| Diabetes Research Steering Group 7: Young People With Diabetes | May Ng, Liverpool |
| RCPCH CSAC Chairs (job share) | Dinesh Giri, Bristol and Zainaba Mohamed, Birmingham |
| CSAC Trainee Representatives | Salma Ali, Glasgow, Katherine Hawton, Bristol (GRID) and Helen Couch, Cambridge (SPIN) |
| Adrenal and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Special Interest Group Coordinator | Nils Krone, Sheffield |
| Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) Special Interest Group Coordinator | Zainaba Mohamed, Birmingham |
| CYP Type 2 Diabetes Special Interest Group Coordinator | Pooja Sachdev, Nottingham and Evelien Gevers, London |
| Growth Disorders Special Interest Group Coordinator | Helen Storr, London and Justin Davies, Southampton |
| Hypothalamic Pituitary Tumours (HPAT) Special Interest Group Coordinator | Paul Dimitri, Rotherham and Hoong-Wei Gan, London |
| Research Special Interest Group Coordinator | Indi Banerjee, Manchester (Endocrine) |
| Thyroid Special Interest Group Coordinator | Tim Cheetham, Newcastle and Catherine Peters, London |
| ACDC Chair | Fiona Regan, London |