Meet the stroke team

Our stroke service is managed by a team of consultants and clinical nurse specialists.

Consultant stroke physicians

Dr Soma Banerjee, head of specialty
Dr Marius Venter, associate medical director
Dr Lucio D’Anna
Dr Omid Halse
Dr Dheeraj Kalladka
Dr Joseph Kwan

Consultant neurologists

Dr Ieuan (Harri) Jenkins
Dr Pankaj Sharma
Dr Paul Bentley

Lead nurse for stroke services

Mr Brenton Key

Clinical nurse specialists

Ms Tsering Dolkar
Ms Astha Kafle

Therapy leads

Ms Davina Richardson, clinical service lead therapist (neurosciences and major trauma)
Ms Louise Penny, clinical lead therapist, acute stroke unit
Ms Victoria Atheron, clinical lead therapist, hyper acute stroke unit