Professor Bob Klaber OBE Consultant general paediatrician and director of strategy, research and innovation

Background

Professor Bob Klaber studied at the University of Cambridge and Bart's and The London School of Medicine, before completing his postgraduate training in paediatrics in hospitals across London. He has also trained as a medical educationalist in quality improvement and, through an MD at University College London, in mixed methods research. He is a professor of practice (population health) at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, a member of the NHS Assembly and a trustee of the Nuffield Trust.

In his current executive director role, he is responsible for strategy, research, innovation and improvement across the Trust. This also involves clinical leadership around redevelopment, sustainability, improving population health, developing the Trust’s role as an anchor institution and improving health equity. He continues to work as a consultant paediatrician at the Trust and as part of Connecting Care for Children, an integrated child health programme in north west London. Bob is also one of the leaders of Kindness in Healthcare, a network of 1400 people from 34 different countries.

Expertise

All general paediatrics

Research & publications

Evaluating innovative approaches to service delivery (including Connecting Care for Children), leadership development, how teams work, how people learn, quality improvement