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Robert Ross Russell

Paediatrics
Respiratory Paediatrics
Paediatric Intensive Care
Computers in medicine
Ethics in paediatrics

Dr R I Ross Russell,
The Old Tiled House,
Red Cross Lane,
Cambridge CB2 2QU

Tel: 44 1223 248880
Fax: 44 1223 248880
Email: robert.ross-russell@ntlworld.com

Qualifications:

BA (Cantab)        1979
MB BChir (Cantab)        1982
MRCP (UK)        1986
MA (Cantab)        1991
MD (Cantab)        1995
FRCP                1997
FRCPCH                1997
ILTHE           2002
Recognised Teacher, University of London        1991
Associate Lecturer, Cambridge University        1997
Director of Studies in Medicine,
Peterhouse, Cambridge                                 2001

Clinical Experience.

Intensive Care

I currently work on an 8 bedded general Paediatric Intensive Care Unit admitting 450 children each year. We see a wide range of cases including trauma, general surgery and severe infections. Our hospital provides regional paediatric sub-specialty skills in oncology , neurology, endocrinology and diabetes and neonatology. Paediatric orthopaedics, urology, general surgery are also provided.
I have an active regional role in the provision of intensive care and have been responsible for regional reports on intensive care and the establishment of regional audit. I have also set up a retrieval service for critically ill children which operates throughout East Anglia.

Respiratory

My background in paediatric respiratory medicine has meant that I have a major responsibility with a colleague, Dr Richard Iles, for the clinical care of children with respiratory disease outside the first few years of life.

Cystic Fibrosis
I look 50 children with cystic fibrosis from Cambridge and the surrounding districts. Since taking over the care of these patients I have organised a multidisciplinary CF clinic that is run with physiotherapy. dietetic and social work support.

Asthma
I have also established a dedicated respiratory clinic in which the bulk of the work relates to severe asthma. This clinic is run jointly with a respiratory nurse. An adolescent asthma clinic run with the adult physicians is also being developed. As from August 1996 we have been running a separate clinic with dermatological, immunological and ENT input providing a comprehensive atopy service.

Legal experience:

I have written around 50 reports over the last 5 years, mostly relating to paediatric intensive care.

My major experiencxe is in paediatrics, especially intensive care and respiratory conditions.  Although I have experience of non-accidental injury, this is not an area in which I usually advise, except where it relates to intensive care.