The Transplant Links Community
Staff
We have three members of staff at Transplant Links Community - Aimee Jewitt-Harris (Chief Executive Officer), Dr Jennie Jewitt-Harris (Founder and Director of Medical Activities) and Oliver Jamieson (Project Manager). They run the charity with the vital help of the board of trustees and wonderful Medical Faculty, who volunteer their skills and time at no cost.
Medical Faculty
We are blessed to have a growing team of Nephrologists (Kidney Specialists), Surgeons, Nurses, Operating Theatre Technicians and Anaesthetists who give up their time to travel around the world to pass on their skills and knowledge to medical staff in developing countries. Because our management team is small and our medical team are volunteers, we can keep our overheads and costs as low as possible.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a full list of our Medical Faculty and their roles.
Trustees and advisors
The charity is managed by Jennie and Aimee and a board of trustees: (left to right) Chair of Trustees / Medical Director / Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist Dr David Milford, TLC CEO/founder Dr Jennie Jewitt-Harris, Consultant Transplant Surgeon Mr Andrew Ready, Consultant Nephrologist Dr Dwomoa Adu, Beverley Evans, Jeanette Swan and Consultant Nephrologist Dr Shazia Shabir. We are also immensely grateful to have the support of ‘Computer Chris’.
Patrons
TLC are delighted to enjoy the support of some wonderful public figures who are passionate about helping children and adults with kidney failure in developing countries to get the treatment and care that they so desperately deserve. Our patrons are: Baroness Floella Benjamin OM DBE DL, Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE DL, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, Elsie Owusu OBE, Quentin Cooper, Lord Bernard Ribeiro CBE and Yinka Shonibare MBE.
The work of TLC is of great importance to me.
TLC is a small but mighty charity who take doctors and surgeons to developing countries to pass on their surgical and medical skills to local surgeons and doctors. They specifically train doctors and surgeons in kidney transplantation, where a healthy relative can save the life of a loved one who is suffering from kidney failure by donating a healthy kidney. This work saves and transforms the lives of children and adults, and ensures many more will benefit in the future. The generosity of the medical volunteers, the support of sponsors and the hard work of the TLC staff gives children and adults who previously had no hope the chance of a near normal life. I am honoured and privileged to be a patron of Transplant Links Community.
Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE DL, pictured right during a TLC teaching mission in 2020.
Medical Faculty
Clinical Director: Nick Inston
Medical Director: Dr David Milford
Transplant Surgery
Nick Inston (TLC Clinical Director), University Hospital Birmingham
Andrew Ready, University Hospital Birmingham
Ben Lindsey, Royal Free London
Marc Clancy, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
James Barnes, University Hospital Birmingham
Liam McCarthy, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Shraddha Shetty, Royal Free London
Prashanth Chowdary, Royal Free London
Jay Nath, North Bristol NHS Trust
Ayo Shonibare, St Nicholas Hospital, Nigeria
Steve Mellor, University Hospital Birmingham
Paediatric Transplant Nephrology
Dr David Milford (TLC Medical Director), Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Amrit Kaur, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Transplant Nephrology
Dr Dwomoa Adu, Korle Bu Hospital, Ghana
Professor Paul Cockwell, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Graham Lipkin, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Simon Ball, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Raj Thuraisingham, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Nerissa Jurawan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
Dr Lukas Foggensteiner, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Shazia Shabir, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Adnan Sharif, University Hospital Birmingham
Dr Tanya Pankhurst, University Hospital Birmingham
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Professor David Briggs, NHSBT
Operating Theatre Personnel
Gordon Evans, University Hospital Birmingham
Isobel Wells, Belfast City Hospital
Colette Somerville, Belfast City Hospital
Amanda Justice, University Hospital Birmingham
Vicky Brookes, University Hospital Birmingham
Rachel Walker, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Rachel Wilkins, University Hospital Birmingham
Transplant Nursing
Paulette Williams Jones, University Hospital Birmingham
Laura Ludman, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Kylli Luningas, University Hospital Birmingham
Contact us
If you are a healthcare professional who is interested in becoming part of the Transplant Links Community then please get in touch using this contact form.