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ABOUT ME

Consultant Paediatrician

Dr. Silvia Pierini

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 her private practice. She is fluent in English and Italian and speaks conversational Spanish. Her practice focuses on careful, child-friendly care for babies, children and families.

30+ years

Paediatric experience

Paediatrics

Neonatology and breastfeeding

Languages

English, Italian and Spanish

Degrees and Qualifications

  • 2007: International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, IBCLC
  • 2004: Master in Neonatal Intensive Therapy, University of Padua, Italy
  • 1999/2000: Master in Neonatal Intensive Therapy, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • 1999: Qualification as a General Practitioner, University of Florence, Italy
  • 1996: Specialisation in General Paediatrics, University of Pisa, Italy, 50 out of 50
  • 1991: Degree in Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy, summa cum laude

Official Bodies and Memberships

  • General Medical Council, GMC, registration number 7052814.
  • Full registration on the Paediatric Specialist Register since October 2009.
  • GP Register from 20 November 2018.
  • Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, registration number 241401.
  • Order of Medical Doctors of Pisa, Italy, registration number 3548, registered since 1992.

Specialist Training and Conferences

Recent Training

  • 30-31 May 2026: European Advanced Life Support Course, London
  • 24-25 April 2026: 25th Annual Paediatric Dermatology Course, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
  • 10 March 2026: Paediatrics for the Generalist 2026, Royal Society of Medicine, London
  • 17 October 2025: How to Manage: Asthma Masterclass, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • June 2025: Mandatory Training
  • 14 October 2024: How to Manage: Common Dermatological Problems, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • 15-18 May 2024: Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Milan
  • 11-14 April 2024: Masterclass in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Porto, Portugal
  • 25 October 2023: Conference on Infant Allergies, London
  • 29 June 2023: Allergy Academy GP Study Day 2023
  • 14 June 2023: South London Paediatrics Asthma Network Day 2023
  • 10 June 2023: Dyslexia Awareness
  • 10 June 2023: Autism Awareness in the Early Years, Level 2
  • 10 June 2023: Safeguarding Children, Level 3
View full earlier training and conferences
  • 23 March 2022: Nocturnal Enuresis, ERIC
  • 15-17 May 2021: Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course
  • 15 May 2021: APLS Course
  • 14 March 2021: Safeguarding Children, Level 3
  • 5 February 2021: Assessing Mental Capacity
  • 28-29 January 2021: Vaccinations and Immunisations Course
  • 21 July 2020: Mandatory Training, Health and Safety Group, London
  • 5 April 2020: Calcio d’inizio. La carenza di vitamina D e calcio nei bambini e negli adolescenti, Online Course, Sanità in Formazione
  • 27 November 2019: Gastroenterology for General Paediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
  • 7 November 2019: Paediatric Epilepsy, Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
  • 4 November 2019: Practical Management of Food Allergy in Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
  • 25 July 2019: Coeliac Disease, Gluten Sensitivity and Lactose Intolerance, Sanità in Formazione
  • 24 July 2019: Menopause: Guideline, Sanità in Formazione
  • 20 July 2019: Paediatrician and Osteopathy, Sanità in Formazione
  • 13 July 2019: Paediatrics Conference, Cromwell Hospital
  • 9 July 2019: Top Tips for the Management of Acne and Eczema, Cromwell Hospital, London
  • 8 July 2019: Red Flags for the Paediatrician: Examination of the Newborn and Haemangiomas, Sanità in Formazione
  • 7 July 2019: Vitamin D and Obesity, Sanità in Formazione
  • 19 June 2019: Asthma in Practice, Allergy Academy, King’s College London
  • 8 May 2019: Healthy Bladder and Bowel, ERIC, London
  • 29 April 2019: Allergy Academy: 13th Food Allergy Study Day, Royal Society of Medicine, London
  • 10 October 2018: Masterclass in Infant Allergic Disease, Allergy Academy, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
  • 11 June 2018: Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education, World Obesity Federation, SCOPE School London 2018
  • 17-19 April 2018: Paediatric Respiratory Conference, King’s College Hospital, London
  • 8 November 2017: Level 3 Paediatric Safeguarding Course, Surrey and Sussex NHS
  • 2 November 2017: Teach the Teacher / Train the Trainer Course, ISC Medical, London
  • 12 October 2017: Effective Educational Supervision, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
  • 22 June 2017: Introduction to Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
  • 2 June 2017: Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Related Disorders: A Clinical Update, UCL, London
  • 16 May 2017: Update on Asthma, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
  • 15 March 2017: Mandatory Training: Information Governance, East Surrey Hospital
  • 9 December 2016: Managing Constipation in Children Study Day, UCL, London
  • 6 December 2016: Nutricia Paediatric Food Allergy Day, Expert Meeting, Royal College of Physicians, London
  • 12-13 October 2016: 12th Update in Paediatric Emergencies, Infomed, London
  • 23 September 2016: Childhood Epilepsies Course, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
  • September 2016: Communicate with Success, Sanità in Formazione, Italy
  • 29 May 2016: Child Protection Recognition and Response, Advanced Life Support Group
  • 8 December 2015: Radiology Course for A&E Doctors, Northwick Park Hospital
  • 10 November 2015: 5th Allergy and Skin Study Day, Allergy Academy, London
  • 9 October 2015: APLS Recertification, Manchester
  • 8 September 2015: Paediatric Home Ventilation Study Day, Cambridge University Hospitals
  • 28 August 2015: Ebola, Agenas
  • 29 June 2015: Minor Burns Injury Management, St Andrew’s Centre, Mid Essex Hospital
  • June 2015: BLS Course, West Suffolk Hospital
  • 21 April 2015: Practical Allergy in Primary Care, Allergy Academy, King’s College London
  • 27 November 2014: Practical Management of Food Allergy, Allergy Academy, King’s College London
  • 14 November 2014: Practical Asthma Day, Allergy Academy, King’s College London
  • 22 June 2014: Basic Life Support, London
  • 10 February 2014: Neonatal Life Support, Reading
  • 2013: Paediatric ECG, Royal College of Paediatrics, London
  • 2013: ECG Interpretation Course, West Middlesex Hospital, London
  • 2013: Paediatric Epilepsy Training, Level 1, Royal College of Paediatrics, London
  • 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’s Hospital, Liverpool
  • 2011: Child Protection Course Level 3, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, London
  • 2011: APLS, Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool
  • 2010: NLS, Neonatal Life Support Course, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
  • 2009: Paediatric Life Support Course, Stafford, UK
  • 2004: Course in Respiratory Assistance to Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants, University of Padua, Italy
  • 2004: Course for Becoming a WHO-UNICEF Teacher on Breastfeeding and Counselling, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Italy
  • 2003: Breastfeeding Practical Counselling Course, WHO-UNICEF, Hospital F. Lotti, Pontedera, Italy
  • 2003: Course of Specialisation in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • 2000/2001: Course in Paediatric Gastroenterology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • 1999/2000: Course in Neonatal Intensive Therapy, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Work History

Publications

View publications
  • 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 allogenico. XI Congresso Nazionale AIEOP, Pisa, 16-18 giugno 1994
  • F. Massei, B. Loru, C. Caputo, M. C. Monconi, S. Pierini: La celiachia vista dall’ematologo. V Congresso della Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia ed Epatologia Pediatrica, Trieste, 2-4 ottobre 1997
  • Gianetti E., Tonacchera M., Russo L., Ciampi M., Santini F., Gazzarrini D., Pierini S.: Evaluation of neonatal thyroid function and anthropomorphic parameters in newborns from mothers affected by thyroid diseases. European Thyroid Association Congress, Leipzig, September 2007

Interests

When not working, Dr Pierini goes for long swims and enjoys scuba diving. She has dived in some of the most distinctive locations around the world.

Regulation and patient recognition

Dr Silvia Pierini Paediatric Clinic is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and is recognised by patient review platforms.