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Home > Services > Clinical genetics service > Information for patients > Clinic locations > Meet the team

Meet the team

Clinical team

Consultants

  • Dr Marta Bertoli – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Dr Paul Brennan – Consultant clinical geneticist (clinical lead)
  • Professor Jordi Diaz-Manera – Honorary consultant neurologist
  • Dr Michaela Guglieri – Honorary consultant neurologist
  • Dr Lizzie Harris – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Dr Chiara Marini-Bettolo – Consultant neurologist
  • Dr Richard Martin – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Dr Tara Montgomery – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Dr Ruth Richardson – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Professor Volker Straub – Honorary consultant neurologist
  • Dr Brian Wilson – Consultant clinical geneticist
  • Dr Michael Wright – Consultant clinical geneticist

Genetic counsellors

  • Mrs Helen Bethell – Genetic Counsellor
  • Mrs Oonagh Claber – Lead Genetic Counsellor
  • Dr Lorraine Cowley – Principal Genetic Counsellor
  • Mrs Sharon McDonnell – Principal Genetic Counsellor
  • Mrs Lindsay O’Dair – Lead Genetic Counsellor
  • Ms Stella Robertson – Genetic Counsellor
  • Ms Hayley Walsh – Genetic Counsellor

Contact us

Address

Northern Genetics Service
Biomedicine East
Central Parkway
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3BZ

Telephone: 0191 241 8600

Email: General enquiries

Locations

  • Northern Genetics Service
Page last updated: 01/05/2025

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