ABOUT ME
Dr. Silvia Pierini
Specialises in all aspects of general paediatrics, neonatology and breastfeeding. She worked in Italy before migrating to the UK where she worked with St Thomas’ Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and other NHS hospitals before setting up a private practice. She is fluent in English and Italian and conversational Spanish.
- In 1991 – Degree in medicine from the University of Pisa, Italy graduating with “summa cum laude”.
- In 1996 – Specialisation in general paediatrics from the University of Pisa, Italy with a result of 50 out of 50
- In 1999 – qualification as a “General Practitioner”, University Of Florence
- In 2004 -Master in Neonatal Intensive Therapy from the University of Padua, Italy
- In 2007 “International Board Certified Lactation Consultant”, IBCLC
- 29/06/23 Allergy Academy Gp study day 2023
- 14/06/23 South London Peadiatrics Asthma Network Day 2023
- 10/6/23 Dyslexia Awareness
- 10/6/23 Autism Awareness in the Early Years – Level 2
- 10/6/23 Safeguarding Children – Level 3
- 23/03/22 Nocturnal Enuresis, ERIC
- 23/03/22 Nocturnal Enuresis, ERIC
- 15-16/17/05/2021 Advanced Pediatrics Life support course
- 15/05/2021 APLS course
- 14/03/2021 Safeguarding Children Level 3
- 5/2/2021 Assessing Mental Capacity
- 28/29/01/2021 Vaccinations and Immunisations course
- 5/4/2020 Calcio d’inizio. La carenza di vitamina D e calcio nei bambini e negli adolescenti, Online course Sanità in formazione
- 21/07/2020 Mandatory Training, Health and Safety Group, London
- 4/11/2019 Practical Management Of Food Allergy in Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
- 7/11/19 Pediatric Epilepsy, Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
- 27/11/19 Gastroenterology for General Pediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
- 21/07/2020 Mandatory Training, Health and Safety Group, London
- 7/7/19 Vitamin D and Obesity, Sanità in Formazione
- 8/7 /19 Red Flags for the Pediatrician: examination of the newborn and haemangiomas, Sanità in Formazione.
- 9/7 /19 Top Tips for the Management of Acne and Eczema, Cromwell Hospital, London
- 13/07/19 Pediatrics Conference, Cromwell Hospital
- 20/7/19 Pediatrician and Osteopathy, Sanità in Formazione.
- 24/7/19 Menopause: Guideline. Sanità in Formazione.
- 25/07/19 Celiac Disease, Gluten Sensitivity and Lactose Intolerance, Sanità in Formazione
- 4/11/2019 Practical Management Of Food Allergy in Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
- 7/11/19 Pediatric Epilepsy, Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
- 27/11/19 Gastroenterology for General Pediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
- 19/06/19 Asthma in Practice, Allergy Academy, King’s College, London
- 07/07/19 Vitamin D and Obesity, Sanità in Formazione
- 08/07 /19 Red Flags for the Pediatrician: examination of the newborn and haemangiomas, Sanità in Formazione.
- 09/07 /19 Top Tips for the Management of Acne and Eczema, Cromwell Hospital, London
- 08/05/2019 Healthy Bladder and Bowel, ERIC London
- 29/04/2019 Allergy Academy: 13th Food Allergy Study Day, Royal Society Of Medicine, London
- 10/10/2018 Masterclass in Infant Allergic Disease, Allergy Academy, St Thomas Hospital, London
- 11/6/2018 Obtained a Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education by the World Obesity Federation, Scope School London 2018
- 17-19/4/2018 Paediatrics Respiratory Conference, King’s College Hospital, London
- 8/11/2017 Level 3 Paediatric Safeguarding course, Surrey and Sussex NHS
- 2-2/11/17 Teach the teacher/train the trainer course, ISC Medical, London
- 12/10/2017 Effective Educational Supervision, RCPCH, London
- 22/6/17 Introduction to Quality Improvement and patient Safety, RCPCH, London
- 16/5/17 Update on Asthma, RCPCH, London
- 2/6/2017 Caeliac Disease and gluten-related disorders: a clinical update, UCL, London
- 15/3/2017 Mandatory Training Information governance, East Surrey Hospital
- 9/12/2016 Managing constipation in children Study day, UCL, London
- 6/12/2016 Nutrician Paediatric Food Allergy day, Expert Meeting Royal College of Physicians, London
- 12-13/10/2016 12 th Update in Paediatrics Emergencies, Infomed, London
- 23/09/2016: Childhood Epilepsies course, RCPH, London
- 9/16: “Communicate with success”. Sanità in formazione. Italy
- 29/05/2016: Child protection recognition and response, Advance and life support group
- 08/12/2015 Radiology course for AeE doctors , Norwick Park Hospital
- 10/11/2015 5th Allergy and skin study day, Allergy Academy, London
- 09/10/2015 APLS recertification, Manchester
- 08/09/2015 Paediatric Home Ventilation study day, Cambridge University Hospitals
- 28/08/9/2015 E-bola . Age.na.s
- 06/2015 BLS course , West Suffolk Hospital
- 29/06/2015 Minor Burns Injury Management, St Andrew’s Centre Mid Essex Hospital
- 21/04/2015 Practical Allergy in Primary Care, Allergy Academy, King’s College, London
- 10/02/2014 Neonatal Life Support, Reading
- 22/6/2014 Basic Life Support, London
- 27/11/14 Practical Management of Food Allergy, Allergy Academy, King’s College, London
- 14/11/14 Practical Asthma day, allergy , Allergy Academy, Kink’s College , London
- 2013 Paediatric ECG, Royal College of Paediatrics, London
- 2013 ECG interpretation course, West Middlesex Hospital, London
- 2013 Paediatric Epilepsy Training (Level 1), London, Royal Society of Paediatrics
- 2013 Newborn Behavioural Observation Training, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
- 2012 Paediatric Immediate Life Support Training, West Middlesex Hospital, London
- 2012 Newborn Basic Life Support Training, West Middlesex Hospital, London
- 2012 Management and Leadership skills course, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
- 2011 The paediatric emergency medicine course, Alder Hey Children Hospital, Liverpool
- 2011: Child protection course level 3, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, London
- 2011: APLS (advance paediatric life support course ) in Alder Hey Children Hospital, Liverpool
- 2010 NLS (neonatal life support course), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
- 2009 Paediatric Life Support (PLS) course in Stafford, UK
- 2004 Course in “Respiratory Assistance to the extremely low birth weight”, University of Padua, Italy 2004 Course for becoming teacher WHO-UNICEF on breastfeeding and counselling, University of Florence, Hospital Careggi, Italy
- 2003 “Breastfeeding practical course of counselling” WHO-UNICEF, Hospital F.Lotti, Pontedera, Italy
- 2003 Course of specialization in” Paediatric Gastroenterology”, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- 2000/2001 Course in “Paediatric Gastroenterology”, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
- 1999/2000 Course in “Neonatal Intensive Therapy” University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- 8/11/2016 to 31/12/17 Paediatric Consultant in East Surrey Hospital, Canada Ave, Redhill RH1 5RH
- 9/5/2016 to 08/11/2016 I worked as paediatric Consultant in St Peter Hospital Guildford Rd, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ
- 01/03/2015 to 26/03/2016 I worked as consultant in paediatrics and paediatrics A&E in West Suffolk Hospital, University of Cambridge
- 01/09/2014 to 28/02/2015 Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics, Homerton University Hospital, London
- 1/3/2014 to 31/08/2014 Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics Emergency ( A&E) , St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London
- 1/3/2013 to 1/3/2014 – Speciality Doctor in Paediatrics in Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham
- 1/9/2012 to 28/2/2013 – Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics and Neonates, West Middlesex Hospital in London
- 1/3/2012 to 31/8/2012 – Clinical Fellow in paediatric HDU, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London
- 1/9/2011 to 29/2/2012 – Middle Grade Trust Doctor in paediatrics, Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS trust in London
- 29/3/ 2010 to 31/8/2011 – Trust Fellow in neonatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London
- 1/9/1999 – March 2010 – Consultant in paediatrics and neonates. Hospital Felice Lotti, Pontedera, Italy
- 21/3/1999 – 1/9/1999 – Consultant in paediatrics and neonatology in Presidio Ospedaliero Livorno, Italy
- 1996 – 1999 – Consultant in paediatrics and neonatology, hospital “Casa di cura suore dell’Addolorata”, Pisa, Italy
- 1991 – 1996 – Training in general Paediatrics and neonatology in the University of Pisa, Italy where I gained a special interest in haematology, oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation.
- L.Luti, C.Favre, M.Nardi, S.Pierini: Pancitopenia di probabile origine autoimmune post-TMO allogenico. Rivista Italiana di Pediatria 21/S-3:520,agosto 2005
- M.Nardi, F.Innocenti, C.Favre, S.Pierini: correlazioni tra concentrazioni eritrocitarie di nucleotidi della 6- tioguanina e granulociti neutrofili in pazienti affetti da LLA. Rivista Italiana di Pediatria 21/S3: 161, agosto 1995
- C.Favre, M.Nardi, L.Luti, S.Pierini: Orchiepididymitis arisen during conditioning regimen for BMT in a patient with ALL. Bone Marrow Transplantation 17/S1: 606, 1996
- L.Luti, C.Favre, M.Nardi, F.Massei, S.Pierini: impiego del tropisetron nella profilassi del vomito da anti- blastici. Esperienza clinica. XI Congresso Nazionale AIEOP Pisa, 16-18 giugno 1994
- C.Favre, L.Luti, F.Massei, S.Pierini: orchiepidimite di probabile origine virale durante il regime di condizionamento del TMO allo genico. XI Congresso Nazionale AIEOP. Pisa 16-18 giugno 1994
- F.Massei, B.Loru, C.Caputo, MC Monconi, S. Pierini: la celiachia vista dall’ematologo. V congresso della società italiana di gastroeterologia ed epatologia pediatrica. Trieste, 2-4 ottobre 1997
- Gianetti E., Tonacchera M., Russo L., Ciampi M. Santini F.,Gazzarrini D., Pierini S.: Evalutation of neonatal thyroid function and anthropomorphic parameters newborns from mothers affected by thyroid diseases. European Thyroid Association congresso, Lipsia, settembre 2007
General Medical Council (GMC), registration n° 7052814:
1) Full registration in the Paediatric specialist registered since October 2009
2) GP Register from 20 November 2018.
Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and child Health, Registration n° 241401
Order of medical doctor of Pisa, Italy, Registration n° 3548, registered since 1992
When not working, Dr. Pierini goes for long swims and enjoys scuba diving. She has dived in the most exotic places around the world.
Dr Chaban understands that children need to receive the best care at all times. His extensive experience means he is able to provide world class treatment to infants and children alongside a detailed explanation and reassurance for parents.
He has trained at renowned hospitals including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, University College London Hospital and the Royal London Hospital with the finest practitioners in the UK.
He completed a Master’s degree in Advanced Paediatrics and Child Health at University College London. He holds the position of Royal College Tutor and Education Lead at the University College London.
He is fluent in both English and Arabic.
Dr. Chaban does charity work in many developing countries including Nigeria, Uganda, and Sri Lanka. He is scheduled to go to Vietnam in June 2023.
Dr. Chaban’s Research & Publications
Dr Chaban understands the importance of research in order to improve and further the care of infants and children. Please see below for his most recent work:
Magnetic Resonance Biomarkers in Neonatal Encephalopathy (MARBLE) Study. January 2014-present
Cool Xenon 3: The neuro-protective efficacy of 50% Xenon along with whole body cooling in neonatal encephalopathy, using proton MRS thalamic [NAA] levels and neurodevelopmental outcome at 18 months.
Imperial College London, August 2015-present
Magnetic Resonance in Infection-Primed Neonatal Encephalopathy and N-acetyl Cysteine (MARINAC) study. January 2016
MSc Project (2011- 2013) Cell death and microglial activation in the newborn piglet following 6h of Isoflurane anaesthesia. University College London, 2011-2013
- The efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide treatment in premature infants with acute pulmonary hypertension. D Rallis, A Deierl, G Atreja, B Chaban, J Banerjee. Early Hum Dev. 2018
- Surgery increases cell death and induces changes in gene expression compared with anesthesia alone in the developing piglet brain. KD Broad, G Kawano, I Fierens, E Rocha-Ferreira, M Hristova, M Ezzati, J Rostami, D Alonso-Alconada, B Chaban, J Hassell, B Fleiss, P Gressens, RD Sanders, NJ Robertson. 2017
- Predictive value of amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) after rescue hypothermic neuroprotection for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: a meta-analysis. M Chandrasekaran, B Chaban, P Montaldo, S Thayyil. Journal of Perinatology 2017
- Isoflurane Exposure Induces Cell Death, Microglial Activation and Modifies the Expression of Genes Supporting Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function in the Male Newborn Piglet Brain. KD Broad, J Hassell, B Fleiss, G Kawano, M Ezzati, E Rocha-Ferreira, PLoS One 11 (11), e0166784 2016
- Therapeutic hypothermia in neonatal cervical spine injury. P Montaldo, V Oliveira, PJ Lally, B Chaban, G Atreja, O Kirmi, S Thayyil. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2016
- Quantification of ante-mortem hypoxic ischemic brain injury by post-mortem cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in neonatal encephalopathy. P Montaldo, B Chaban, PJ Lally, NJ Sebire, AM Taylor, S Thayyil. European journal of paediatric neurology 19 (6), 665-671 3 2015
- Magnetic Resonance Biomarkers in Neonatal Encephalopathy (MARBLE): a prospective multicountry study. PJ Lally, S Pauliah, P Montaldo, B Chaban, V Oliveira, A Bainbridge, BMJ open 5 (9), e008912 2 2015
- Neonatal abdominal radiograph interpretation: a clinical survey. K Styles, E Boot, B Chaban, S Chuang, E Ogundipe. Archives of Disease in Childhood 99 (Suppl 1), A49-A50 2014
- Determinants of brain injury in a piglet perinatal asphyxia model. KD Broad, G Kawano, A Oliver-Taylor, J Hassell, B Chaban, I Fierens. Pediatric Academic Societies 2014
- Neonatal Ventilation, Search and Rescue Team in Special Situation (SARTISS) conference, Oradea, Romania, October 2014
- Management of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension, Search and Rescue Team in Special Situation (SARTISS) conference, Oradea, Romania, October 2014
- Neonatal Critical Care Stabilization and Transport, Search and Rescue Team in Special Situation (SARTISS) conference, Oradea, Romania, October 2013
- Dehydration management and Fluid management, Search and Rescue Team in Special Situation (SARTISS) conference, Oradea, Romania, October 2013
- Accuracy of amplitude–integrated EEG in predicting adverse neurodevelopmental outcome after rescue hypothermic neuroprotection for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy – A systematic review and meta-analysis. M Chandrasekaran, B Chaban, and S Thayyil. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, San Diego 2015
- Accuracy of the standard manufacturer software for proton MR spectroscopy post-processing in neonatal encephalopathy at long and short echo times. Fitzpatrick JA, Lally PJ, Pauliah S, Montaldo P, Chaban B, Thayyil S. Pediatric Academic Society Meeting , San Diego 2015
- Determinants of Brain Injury in a Piglet Perinatal Asphyxia Model. KD Broad, G Kawano, A Oliver-Taylor, J Hassell, B Chaban, X Golay, NJ Robertson. Pediatric Academic Society, Vancouver. May 2014
- Neonatal abdominal radiograph interpretation: a clinical survey. E Boot, K Styles, B Chaban, S Chuang, E Ogundipe. RCPCH Annual Meeting, Birmingham. April 2014
- Effects of Aquaphor on transepidermal water loss and electrolyte balance in preterm newborn infants. B Chaban, E Ogundipe. 4th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies EAPS, Turkey, Istanbul, October 2012
- Asphyxia: Risk Factors, Prevalence and Neurological Impacts, Perinatal infection as risk factor of neonatal encephalopathy. P Montaldo, L Montaldo, B Chaban, S Thayyil. 2014
When not working, Dr. Pierini goes for long swims and scuba diving. She has dived in the most exotic place around the world.
Dr. Pierini also frequents the Maldives where she interacts with local children and provides free medical advice. (Add image of her in the Maldives here)