Contact the Clinical Genetics team
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions using the below details:
Telephone number: 0121 335 8024
Email address: genetics.info@nhs.net
Postal address
Clinical Genetics Department
Lavender House
Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
B15 2TG
Senior Team
Clinical Director – Jennie Bell
Clinical Service Lead/Director: Dr Nicola Cooper
Divisional Director of Operations – Medicine Mr Matt Train
Deputy Divisional Director of Operations – Medicine Mr Dom St Louis
General Manager West Midlands Regional Genetics Service Mr Paul Caldwell
Genetics Service Manager: Dre Ogarro-Smith
Assistant service manager: Tanisha Clarke
Admin manager: Karen Morris
Admin Team leader: Toni Cooper-Finn
Consultant Clinical Geneticists
Dr Helen Brittain
Dr Trevor Cole
Dr Nicola Cooper
Dr Rebecca Igbokwe
Dr Joanna Jarvis
Dr Farah Kanani
Dr Esther Kinning
Dr Zena Lam
Dr Derek Lim
Dr Swati Naik
Dr Kai Ren Ong
Dr Mary O’Driscoll
Dr Deborah Osio
Dr Corinna Powell
Professor Nicky Ragge
Dr Ataf Sabir
Dr Monisha Shanmugasundram
Dr Suresh Somarathi
Dr Hannah Titheradge,
Dr Denise Williams
There are also several registrars employed within Clinical Genetics
Genetic Counsellors
Consultant Genetic counsellors
Laura Boyes (Lead)
Anna Considine
Claire Kulke
Peter Marks
Marie O'Donnell
Principal Genetic counsellors
Tom Austin
Fiona Beecroft
Claire Dolling
Lucinda Hordley
Julie Hewitt
Frances Lane
Phil Leonard
Antoniya Ruseva
Gayle Vincent
David Walker
Genetic Counsellors
Asfa Ahmad
Katherine Aitchison
Saira Ali
Helen Batchelor-Reagan
Lucy Burgess
Sue Carless
Jo Curtis
Megan Dancer
Jenny De Souza
Nezzy Evans
Manara Gul
Tricia Heaton
Elizabeth Kay
Shagufta Khan
Katrina Merrifield
Danielle Newby
Rachel Price-Tate
Claire Radford
Emma Rees
Natalie Warrington
Sonia Ward
We also have a number of genomic practitioners and associates working with us.
Specialist Nurses
Carolyn Smith and Melanie Murrell Neurofibromatosis Specialist Advisors
Janet Hunt and Edel Robinson Haemoglobinopathies Screening Practitioners