Dr. Chetan Srinath
I qualified from Bangalore University, India. I did my anaesthetic training in West Yorkshire.
I am a fellow of Royal College of Anaesthesia, UK and College of Anaesthetists, Ireland. I have a European Diploma in regional anaesthesia. I started as a Consultant Anaesthesia at Leeds teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 2015.
My other professional interests are regional anaesthesia and endocrine surgery. I am involved teaching regional anaesthesia courses in UK and abroad. I have been an IPC lead for the Theatres and Anaesthesia CSU at St James University hospital for 8 years. My other interests include teaching, mentoring and supervision.
During my free time I enjoy running, badminton and follow international cricket.
Mr. Yogesh Puri
I am a consultant in Organ retrieval and Liver transplantation.
I obtained my medical qualification in 2000 from India and then went on to do surgical training in Grant Medical College Mumbai in 2005. I came to UK as a Fellow in HPB and Liver transplant and got trained in the same in Royal free and then went on to have Liver transplant training in Adult and paediatric liver transplant in King’s College Hospital. Following that I went to India and got trained in Living donor Liver transplant in Prof Rela Unit in Chennai from 2019-22.
I came back to UK in Dec 2022 and got locum consultant position here in Leeds in Dec 2023. My interest is in Splits and machine perfusion and living donor Liver transplant and interested in developing NRP and Organ perfusion here at Leeds
Dr. Oliver Tavabie
I graduated from the University of Southampton in 2010 and have undertaken specialist Hepatology training at the Royal London, Royal Free and King’s College Hospital.
My clinical and research interests span across liver failure syndromes and liver transplantation. I undertook a research fellowship in the Regenerative Medicine group at the Institute of Liver Studies at King’s college Hospital and was awarded the Roy Calne award by the British Transplantation Society for my work developing novel microRNA based prognostic models in acute liver failure. I have an interest in clinical research and was awarded Andy Burroughs award by British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) for my work investigating outcomes for patients with decompensated cirrhosis across the UK.
I have a strong interest in Medical Education and have previously had formal teaching roles at the University of St Andrews and developed and led the Virtual School of Hepatology during my time as BASL Trainee Rep.
Dr. Jessica Shearer
I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2012 and completed specialist training in advanced hepatology, gastroenterology and general internal medicine in the Yorkshire and Humberside Deanery. I was awarded a post-graduate MD from the University of Leeds in 2023, for my research focussing on outcomes in patients with cirrhosis using electronic health data. I have trained in transplant hepatology on the Liver Transplant Unit in Leeds and the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
I was appointment as a Consultant Hepatologist in Leeds in 2024. I enjoy all aspects of hepatology including portal hypertension, liver transplantation and immune-mediated liver disease. I also have an interest in both undergraduate and post-graduate medical education.
Dr Mark Aldersley, Consultant Hepatologist
I graduated from the University of Southampton in 1987 before continuing my training in Coventry and Reading. In 1992 I was appointed as the first Leeds Liver Unit Hepatology Registrar and continued to work in West Yorkshire before completing my PhD thesis in molecular biology at the University of Leeds in 1998.
I was appointed to my first Consultant Hepatologist post in Coventry in 1999 and also worked one day each week on the Birmingham Liver Unit until I returned to Leeds in 2005.
My clinical interests are liver transplantation, viral hepatitis and alcohol and I am lead clinician for viral hepatitits in West Yorkshire and for clinical research in Hepatology.
I enjoy cross-country running and cycling particularly with Hector the Labrador and Reggie the Retriever.
Dr C Ramu Chimakurthi, Consultant Hepatologist
I qualified from Rangaraya Medical College of NTR University of Health Sciences, India in 2003. Having completed my Specialist Registrar training in South West Peninsula Deanery, I came to Leeds Liver Unit in August 2015 to do Fellowship in Advanced Hepatology including Liver Transplantation. I was appointed as a Locum Consultant in June 2016 and moved into a substantive post in August 2017. I currently do Pre and Post Liver Transplant clinics besides Viral Hepatitis and Immune Hepatology. I have an interest in clinical teaching to medical professionals and nursing colleagues.
Dr Lee Claridge, Consultant Hepatologist
I qualified in 1999 at the University of Nottingham and undertook higher specialist training in the West Midlands. I trained in Transplant Hepatology at the Birmingham Liver Unit where I also carried out research into the immunological aspects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and fibrogenesis. I joined the department as a consultant in 2012. My clinical interests include acute liver failure, liver transplantation, metabolic fatty liver disease and non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. I am clinical governance lead for hepatology and liver transplantation.
Dr Jayne Dillon, Consultant Hepatologist
I qualified from University College London Medical School in 2000. I completed my Specialist training in Gastroenterology in the West Midlands and worked on the Liver Unit in Birmingham for a year. I then completed an 18 month Fellowship in Liver Transplantation at the University Health Network in Toronto General Hospital at the end of 2013. I joined the Liver Unit at St. James’s University Hospital in January 2014. My main interests include Liver transplantation, Live Liver donation, Portal Hypertension and Palliative Care in Liver Disease. I am the Hepatology Lead for Undergraduate Education.
Dr Bruce Duncan, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia
I was born in Port Elizabeth and went to school in Cape Town, South Africa. I graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Cape Town, and did two years military service in South Africa, Namibia and Angola. I worked in South Africa for a further four years before moving to the UK where I attained a fellowship with the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1997. I attained a consultant post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals in 2000 where I have worked in anaesthetics, intensive care and liver transplant for the last sixteen years. I have also been involved in the development of robotic surgery over this period, and have been actively involved in teaching and training in both anaesthetic and surgical specialities.
Mr Shahid Farid, Consultant Transplant Surgeon
I am Consultant Liver Transplant and Multiorgan Retrieval Surgeon at St James’s University Hospital. After studying at the University of St Andrews and Manchester I completed my hepatobiliary and transplant training in Leicester and Leeds, before being appointed first to locum consultant in 2018 and then to substantive position in July 2019.
I have published over 50 peer reviewed papers and completed a MD at the University of Leeds in the field of Biomarker Discovery in Cholangiocarcinoma using ‘Omic’ platforms. My research interests include proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics in hepatobiliary cancer, liver and renal transplantation. Other interests include the use of social media in medicine, and promoting and representing an active voice for Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities in Organ donation in Yorkshire.
Dr Stewart Gibson, Speciality Doctor in Hepatology
I qualified from the University of Leeds in 2008, having also undertaken an intercalated degree at University College London. I have worked on the Liver Unit since 2013 and subsequently joined the team on a permanent basis as a Specialty Doctor. My clinical interests include all aspects of general and transplant hepatology, particularly the management of patients with complex portal hypertension. I also have an interest in clinical informatics and undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education, and am an academic and personal tutor for the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds.
Dr Rebecca Jones, Consultant Hepatologist
I studied Medicine at Oxford University and University College London and qualified in 1991. I undertook my specialist training in the South West of England and have worked in Liver Transplant Units in London (Royal Free), Birmingham and Melbourne, Australia. I was appointed as a consultant at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 2003 before moving to St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK in 2005. My clinical interests include all aspects of hepatology and especially liver transplantation, hepatocellular carcinoma and immune related liver disease. I also have an interest in education, patient experience and the interface between primary, secondary and tertiary services. I co-founded the Yorkshire and Humber Liver Network in 2007.
Dr Swamy Kashimutt, Consultant Anaesthetist
Dr Kashimutt qualified at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India in 2002. He undertook his anaesthetic training in the UK, initially in Cambridge and the West Midlands, then completing specialist training in West Yorkshire. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthesia, London in 2012 and a Fellow of the College of Anaesthesists (Ireland) in 2012. His clinical interests are Liver Transplantation anaesthesia, Anaesthesia for Endocrine surgery, Urology and Interventional radiology. In his spare time Dr Kashimutt enjoys running and badminton.
Dr John McElwaine, Consultant Anaesthetist
I qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School in 1997. After two years of medical and surgical training I spent 2½ years as an Anaesthetic Senior House Officer at North Staffs Hospital, which was Britain’s first Trauma Centre. From there I returned to Sheffield for my Registrar training. I moved to Leeds in June 2011, and have been involved in the transplant program ever since as one of the team of eight Anaesthetists.
My other professional interests include day case surgery, and Trauma management. I am an Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor and course director. I am the Trust lead for Information Governance, and am also the deputy Trust Caldicott Guardian. My other non-clinical interests include service development, and educational supervision.
Outside of medicine my main interests are Irish music, and trying to hit a golf ball further than my nine year old son can.
Dr Joanna Moore, Consultant Hepatologist
I qualified from the University of Sheffield Medical School in 2004 and subsequently completed specialist training in advanced hepatology, gastroenterology and general medicine, working throughout Yorkshire and in Edinburgh. I trained in Transplant hepatology at both the Liver Transplant Unit in Leeds and also the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit in Edinburgh. I was awarded a postgraduate MD through the University of Edinburgh for my research into pioneering stem cell therapy for patients with cirrhosis and involving patients with Acute Liver Failure.
My clinical interests include liver transplantation, trying to improve treatments for people with cirrhosis and Acute Liver Failure. I also enjoy medical education and have formal postgraduate qualifications in it.
Dr Richard Parker, Consultant Hepatologist
I qualified from the University of Bristol in 2005 and my initial postgraduate medical training was based around the south west. In 2009 I started specialist training in liver disease at the University of Birmingham and the Birmingham Liver Transplant Unit. I was awarded a Medical Research Council fellowship to undertake a PhD in 2011, where I studied mechanisms of inflammation in liver disease with a particular focus on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. After completing my PhD I was appointed as a clinical lecturer in Birmingham to complete my specialist training in liver transplantation in addition to continuing my research interests. I established several research projects with partners in the UK, Europe and the USA to investigate alcohol-related liver disease. I was appointed as a Consultant Hepatologist in Leeds in August 2017. I enjoy all aspects of liver disease from primary care through to specialist transplantation services. I am particularly interested in alcohol related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Dr Komal Ray, Consultant Anaesthetist
Dr Ray is the Lead Clinician for Theatres and Anaesthesia at St James’s University Hospital. She holds the MBBS and FRCA qualifications. Her clinical interests are liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgery anaesthesia, acute surgery and trauma and orthopaedics.
Dr Krishna Prasad Rao, Consultant Anaesthestist
Dr Rao has 14 years anaesthetic experience with the last decade all being in the UK. His sub speciality interests are Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic surgical and Transplant anaesthesia. His interests outside medicine include Badminton where he plays men’s doubles in the Leeds league. He also enjoys cookery.
Dr Ian Rowe, University of Leeds Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist
I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2002 and trained in medicine at Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham. I then moved to Birmingham to train in Liver Medicine and Transplantation. Whilst in Birmingham I was awarded a Medical Research Council Fellowship to study the mechanisms of hepatitis C virus uptake into the liver and gained a PhD in 2013. I was the appointed as a Clinical Lecturer in Birmingham before moving to the University of Leeds at the end of 2015 as a new University Academic Fellow to establish a research programme in liver disease. My research interests are primarily in the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis and of patients undergoing liver transplantation and in recognition of achievements in research I was awarded the Andrew Burroughs Young Investigator Award by the British Association for the Study of the Liver in 2016. My clinical expertise is in the management of patients with primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC) and patients with hepatitis B and C infection.
Administration Support
The Liver Unit is supported by a small dedicated admin team, consisting of Medical Secretaries, Clerical Officers and Ward Clerks who help to arrange and coordinate each visit a patient makes to the unit.
Each Consultant Hepatologists has their own secretary who can be contacted on the following numbers:
Dr Aldersley 0113 2067223
Dr Davies 0113 2064856
Dr Jones 0113 2065951
Dr Claridge 0113 2066301
Dr Tachtatzis 0113 2065951
How you can help the admin team
The demand on outpatient appointments is particularly high and if you receive an appointment that is not convenient, please contact the number on your appointment letter to re-arrange. We can then offer the cancelled appointment to someone else. The number of appointments lost each week to patients who do not contact us and fail to attend is very high, so your cooperation in helping us reduce this is appreciated.
Complaints/Concerns
During the course of your visits and/or treatment, should you have any concerns or are unhappy with any aspect of the service you have received you can speak to a Senior Sister or Matron on the clinic or ward on the day of your attendance. If you would rather speak to someone at another time then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (The aim of PALS is to resolve any problem or concerns quickly. They can be contacted:
By ringing the Patient Relations Office Tel: 0113 2067168
By emailing [email protected]