BTS People
BTS Executive Committee

Richard Baker
Richard is a nephrologist in Leeds with a specialist interest in transplantation. He also contributes to the living liver donation and hand transplantation programmes. He has a long interest in all aspects of transplantation since his PhD studies in London. He has previously been treasurer and remains a staunch advocate of the BTS.
2 Year Term
2025-2027
St. James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF

Nicholas Torpey
Nick is a transplant nephrologist in Cambridge. As well as an interest in ABO and HLA antibody incompatible transplants he is actively involved in non-renal transplantation, both at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth Hospitals. He too has previously been BTS Treasurer and is committed to developing the BTS as the voice of all transplant professionals.
2 Year Term
2025-2027

Rommel Ravanan
Rommel is a consultant nephrologist and transplant Physician in Bristol. High immunological risk transplantation and medical leadership are his work related passions. Outside work he is a foodie and cricket buff.
4 Year Term
2024-2028

Chris Callaghan
Chris is a transplant surgeon at Guy’s Hospital, London, and also at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. He specialises in kidney and pancreas transplantation, and has research interests in machine perfusion and the use of higher risk deceased donor organs.
3 Year Term
2024-2027
BTS Council Members

Adnan Sharif
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician (University Hospitals Birmingham). Honorary Professor (School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham)

Elijah Ablorsu
3 Year Term
2024-2027
Consultant Transplant and General Surgeon, Clinical Lead for Organ Retrieval, University Hospital Wales

Aimen Amer
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Consultant Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Rosa Montero
Co-opted
2025-2026
Consultant Nephrologist, Renal & Transplant Unit, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Adrienne Seitz
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Consultant in Renal Medicine/Transplant Immunology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Shahid Farid
3 Year Term
2024-2027
Consultant Hepatobiliary & Liver Transplant Surgeon at St James’s University Hospital

Clare Ecuyer
3 Year Term
2024-2027
Lead Nurse Renal Transplant, Viral Hepatitis and NORS at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Sapna Shah
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Consultant Nephrologist KCH, Clinical Lead for Transplantation, King’s College Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer KCL

Lucy Dames
3 Year Term
2023-2026
Team Manager -London Organ Donation Services Team at NHSBT

Sarah Hosgood
co-opted
1 year term
2025-2026
University of Cambridge, Department of Surgery

Emily Thompson
Elected by Herrick Society Members
2024-2026
Association for UK Transplant Surgical trainees

Cat Boffa
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Consultant kidney transplant and vascular access surgeon, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS trust

Douglas Thorburn
3 Year Term
2024-2027
Liver Physician at Royal Free Hospital with an interest in liver transplantation and autoimmune liver disease

Marius Berman
3 Year Term
2024-2027
Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon. Surgical Lead Transplantation and MCS
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Chair, Retrieval Advisory Group, NHSBT. Associate UK Clinical Lead for Organ Retrieival – NHSBT

Andy Fisher
3 Year Term
2025-2028
Respiratory and Lung Transplant Physician, Newcastle Hospitals NHS FT, Professor of Respiratory Transplant Medicine at Newcastle University.
Chapter & Committee Chairs

James Hunter

Michael Ramage

Stephen O’Neill

Clare Pattenden

Cat Boffa

Clare Ecuyer

Lucy Dames
Other BTS Members

Derek Manas

Lisa Burnapp
The aim of the Society is to advance the study of the biological and clinical problems of tissue and organ transplantation, to facilitate contact between persons interested in transplantation, and to make new knowledge available to any person for the general good of the community.

Our vision is to be the professional voice of transplantation in the UK, representing all the disciplines of the transplantation community and developing scientific, clinical and ethical practice for the benefit of patients.
