Jo has over 20 years’ experience. Her clin neg work includes medico-legal advice, pre-litigation, early commercial resolution, and representation in trials, for a wide range of clinicians. Her experience includes defence work on a high value claim involving an error by a clinical perfusion scientist. Jo is a medical indemnity expert.

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Peter is a newly graduated perfusionist from Kerry, working in Beacon hospital Dublin. He has a background in neuro and cardiac physiology and completed this research as part of his MSc with the University of Bristol.

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Mike is a healthcare practitioner with nearly 2 decades of experience across a range of clinical roles, primarily within critical care. His interest in cardiac care developed whilst working in PICU, where exposure to ECMO inspired him to pursue a career in Perfusion. He qualified as a Perfusionist in 2018 and has since worked in senior perfusion roles, gaining extensive experience in cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal support. Mike is currently Deputy Perfusionist at Spire Southampton Hospital. He has a particular interest in introducing innovative technologies, driving improvements in clinical standards, and service quality.

Joseph Hughes is the ECMO lead for the Perfusion Department at Harefield Hospital in north London. He first trained and qualified at University Hospitals Birmingham, before moving to Harefield Hospital where his interests have developed to include ECMO, mechanical circulatory support and the emerging field of pre-hospital ECMO.

Dominic is a Consultant Transplant Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and an Affiliated Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. His main clinical interests are kidney and pancreas transplantation, along with vascular access surgery (creating access for patients to receive dialysis). Dominic's research interests includes epidemiological studies evaluating risk in transplantation and patient outcomes, clinical trials, and development of new types of organ donation pathways. He is the transplant lead in the East of England Renal Network and the Chief investigator of the UK pilot study of Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death.

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Mark is a member of the Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah’s Witnesses. This global network of more than 2000 HLC’s endeavours to create an environment of cooperation and understanding between hospitals and patients declining blood transfusion. It maintains a medical library of peer reviewed journals to support hospital services. And has a database of over 100,000 clinicians with experience in performing complex procedures without blood transfusion. Mark has made scores of presentations to clinical teams, has assisted with creating blood refusal policies and is available for consultation at any time. All HLC services are free of charge. In his spare time, he likes cycling and walking and has completed climbing the 214 fells in the Lake District and the national three peaks challenge.

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Leigh-Anne qualified in Perfusion Science in September 2026 and work at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, which provides adult, congenital and paediatric perfusion services. She spent over eight years in Newcastle's Cardiothoracic ITU, progressing to Sister before starting my career in Perfusion Science. This experience provided her with extensive critical care knowledge and skills in managing complex clinical situations. Leigh-Anne has a particular interest in simulation-based learning and education, exploring how structured in-house training can improve performance, enhance staff confidence and ultimately improve patient safety and outcomes.

Mya Rai is a Clinical Perfusionist at Basildon Hospital with a BSc in Physiology from University College London and an MSc in Perfusion Science from the University of Bristol. She has a particular interest in clinical research and evidence-based practice.

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Kirsty Dempster is a Partner at Cambridge Perfusion with more than 30 years' experience in clinical perfusion. After training at Bristol Royal Infirmary, she joined Royal Papworth Hospital in 1994 and has worked across cardiac surgery, organ retrieval, liver transplantation, VAD programmes and ECMO services. Kirsty became a line manager in 2006, combining a full clinical role with operational leadership and responsibility for quality management systems, including ISO 9001. Since becoming a Partner in 2016, she has balanced business leadership with continued clinical practice, maintaining a strong commitment to excellence in patient care and service delivery.

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Matthew Donald is a recently qualified Clinical Perfusionist at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. Before pursuing a career in perfusion, Matthew worked as a Biomedical Scientist specialising in Haematology and Blood Transfusion. Matthew’s background in transfusion science inspired his MSc dissertation, investigating the association between intraoperative red blood cell transfusion and prolonged ICU stay following cardiac surgery. Matthew’s professional interests include patient blood management, blood conservation and improving outcomes following cardiac surgery.

Saeed Taiyari, MSc, CCP, is a Senior Clinical Perfusion Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. His clinical interests include cardiopulmonary bypass, extracorporeal support, haemolysis reduction, blood conservation and perfusion management of complex high-risk patients. He has a particular interest in developing practical perfusion strategies to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Karl is a part-time Perfusionist at Wythenshawe hospital for Manchester Perfusion Practice. He is a PhD fellow at Imperial College with a British Heart Foundation fellowship for Allied Healthcare Professionals. His research is part of a collaboration between Imperial College London and UCL focused on developing a new medical device to reduce the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). The device is designed to remove iron-containing by-products released during surgery that can damage organs and increase the risk of long-term complications. By removing these harmful substances before they enter the patient’s circulation, the team hopes to prevent injury at the source.

Ben is a recently qualified Clinical Perfusion Scientist at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Prior to pursuing a career in perfusion, Ben spent ten years working as a nurse in specialities including intensive care, ECMO and both adult and paediatric organ donation. His special interests include oxygenator development, membrane thrombosis and teaching Advanced Life Support. Away from the clinical environment, Ben enjoys walking his two dogs and learning new languages.

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Keiren a Specialist HEMS Paramedic with London's Air Ambulance and the Lead ECPR Paramedic within the Endovascular Cardiac Arrest Team (ECAT). Before joining the team, he had no previous experience of ECMO, so his journey began with undertaking the dedicated ECPR training programme and developing the knowledge and practical skills required for this specialist role. Keiren now work as part of the multidisciplinary ECAT team, delivering ECPR to patients in refractory cardiac arrest. He looking forward to sharing my experience of the training process, the paramedic role within ECAT, and my journey from ECMO novice to Lead ECPR Paramedic.

Dr Mamoun Abu-Habsa is a Consultant in Critical Care and Resuscitation at Barts Health NHS Trust and Clinical Director of ACCESS, London’s adult critical care retrieval service as well as a Proctor for Pre-Hospital ECMO-CPR. His prior training spanned surgery, critical care and emergency medicine before undertaking a fellowship in cardiac critical care and ECMO. Mamoun collaborated on the conception of the Endovascular Cardiac Arrest Team, at London’s Air Ambulance having been interested in Resuscitative ECMO for over a decade and having operated as HEMS Physician for many years, in multiple regions.

Ryan Sapiandante is a Clinical Perfusionist with over 18 years of experience in cardiac perfusion across the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. For the past eight years, he has worked at the University Hospitals Bristol ad Weston NHS Foundation Trust, support both and adult and paediatric cardiac surgical services. His clinical expertise encompasses cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and extracorporeal support with particular interests in paediatric perfusion, quality improvement and clinical research aimed in advancing evidence-based practice and improving patient outcomes.

In his role as Vice President of International Business Development and a mechanical engineer with over thirty-five years of experience in perfusion technology development, market introduction and business development in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Canada and Australia/New Zealand, Mike is three years into a new startup company called Lifemotion Medical Technology. As a part of the executive leadership team, Mike is also the General Manager of the manufacturing facility being built in Mirandola, Italy for new and exciting ECLS/ECMO technology and the global market. Mike is a long-time advocate of perfusion technology, continuous Training and Education, and the profession of perfusion as a whole, having a fierce loyalty to the field while holding a strong commitment to bringing innovation into everyday use, as well as a commitment to continued supply and product availability.