RCPCH-BPSU series

*NEW* RCPCH-BPSU Webinar: Don’t forget rheumatic fever!

In this webinar, Dr Tom Parks and the panel will discuss the BPSU study and provide a refresher on Strep A disease and post-infectious disease at a time when UK children are at increased risk.

Speakers

  • Dr Tom Parks
  • Professor Elizabeth Whittaker
  • Professor Jethro Herberg
  • Dr Mary Salama
  • Dr Joseph Wacher

Date of Recording

January 17, 2025

Available Until

January 16, 2026

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Speakers

  • Dr Tom Parks

    Tom Parks is an adult infectious diseases consultant and researcher at Imperial College London. He has studied and taught about rheumatic fever for the last 15 years. His research aims to better understand epidemiology and disease mechanisms with the goal of improved diagnostics and treatments and eventually, a vaccine to prevent Strep A infection

  • Professor Elizabeth Whittaker

    Liz Whittaker is the Clinical Lead for paediatric infectious diseases consultant at Imperial College London and Convenor of the British Paediatric Allergy Infection and Immunity Group.

  • Professor Jethro Herberg

    Jethro Herberg is a paediatric infectious diseases consultant at Imperial College London whose research focuses on improved diagnostics for childhood infections. He has a particular interest in Kawasaki disease and runs a joint clinic with Tom Parks at Imperial seeing children and young adults with suspected post-streptococcal disease.

  • Dr Mary Salama

    Mary Salama is consultant general paediatrician at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust where she is medical lead for Children with Medical Complexities and Human Factors. She undertook the most recent BPSU survey of rheumatic fever.

  • Dr Joseph Wacher

    Joseph Wacher is a consultant paediatrician with expertise in cardiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust with expertise in congenital heart disease, inherited heart disease, arrhythmia and Kawasaki disease.

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