Breast care team
The breast service is a multidisciplinary team service, which comprises several different specialties, all working together to achieve the best outcomes for our patients:
- Breast Surgeons
- Consultants (Professor Pereira, Mrs Downey, Associate Professor Down, Mr Leeper)
- Associate Specialists (Mr Joglekar, Mr Rajput)
- International Clinical Fellows
- Physician’s Associate (Miss Smith)
- Breast Imaging
- Specialist Breast Radiologists (Dr Vachtsevanos, Dr Musgrave, Dr Newman)
- Specialist Breast Radiographers
- Breast Care Nurses
- Lead: Samantha Glee
- Team: Sharon Thain, Rachel Fenn, Jill Swan, Rosemary Thompson, Ancy Samuel
- Oncology team (James Paget)
- Dr Aslan and Dr Han
- The James Paget oncology team is also supported by the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital oncology service.
- Pathologists: Our pathology colleagues are based at the Cotman Centre in Norwich, and provide a rapid results service for our one-stop symptomatic clinics
- Plastic Surgeons: Our Plastic surgery colleagues are based at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and are available via a direct referral system
- Genetics Service: Our genetics service is based at Addenbrookes Hospital, and provides a tertiary referral service for those patients we believe are at significantly increased risk of developing breast cancer due to their family history
- Lymphoedema service: We are fortunate to have an on-site specialised lymphoedema service to provide treatment and management for arm and truncal swelling
- Orthotics department: Our colleagues undertake personalised measurements to provide temporary and permanent external prostheses to attain breast symmetry in clothing
- Secretarial staff (Tracy Miller-Burrage, Kate Cannon, Josefina Moure-Cubitt)
- Breast Screening administrative staff (Lead: Catherine Stimpson)
- Business Manager (Abi Ife)