MB, BS, FRCPCH, MRCP, DCH

Position

Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, Medway Maritime Hospital

Contact Details

Tel: 01634 825139

Fax: 01634 825128

Email:

Area of Expertise

Neonatology, Perinatology, Paediatric Cardiology and Paediatric Neurology

Biography

Dr Soe is a Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham since 1996. He worked as a Senior Registrar between February 1994 and September 1996 in different clinical areas at several hospitals in the UK; General & Community Paediatrics at Whips Cross Hospital in London, Neonatology at Homerton Hospital in London, and Community Paediatrics at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Between February 1991 and January 1994, he worked as a Registrar in Paediatrics (Neonatology, Cardiology, Neurology) at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and in General and Neonatal Paediatrics at Wycombe General Hospital.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES OR WORKING GROUPS

1. Health Technology Assessment Programme, National Institute for Health Research (Aug 09 - )

2. NPSA - Safer Practice in Neonatal Care - Expert working Group: Medication (Sep 2007 - )

3. Joint RCPCH / NPPG Standing Committee on Medicine (Sep 2007 - )

4. NICE Interventional Procedures Programme, Special Adviser (May 2007 - )

5. RCPCH & Royal College of Ophthalmologists - Retinopathy of Prematurity Guideline Development Group (Jan 2005 - Sep 2007)

6. RCPCH Quality of Practice Committee (Jan 2004 - )

7. CESDI - National Recommendation Advisory Group on Confidential Enquiry in Stillbirths & Infancy: Project 27-28 (Jul 2002 - Mar 2003)

TEACHING in Neonatology, Paediatrics, Perinatal

1. Medical students in outpatients and clinical setting, weekly neonatal F1, SHO teachings, Paediatric monthly grand round

2. Weekly joint meetings with Obstetricians, midwives and perinatal seminars

3. Invited lecturer in regional neonatal study days, local GP study days and national management courses for Specialist registrars

4. Work closely with Greenwich University, Medway School of Pharmacy to supervise under and post graduate students with their projects

5. Peer review submitted papers for Archives of Disease in Childhood, seminar in Neonatology and Implementation Science

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

1. Clinical Director, Children’s Directorate (Oct 2002 - ), including Women’ services (Apr 2004 - Apr 2007)

2. Member, Medway NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Operation Group (Jan 2007 - )

3. Member, Medway NHS Foundation Trust Directors’ Strategy Group (Jan 2008 - )

4. Chair, Medway NHS Foundation Trust Children Services Committee (Dec 2002 -)

5. Member, Children Trust, Medway (Jan 2009 - )

6. Lead Clinician, Kent & Medway Perinatal Network Board (Jul 2008 - )

7. Member, Children & Young People Strategic Partnership Executive Board, Medway (Oct 2002 – Dec 2008)

8. Regional Champion for Kent, CEMACH BEADI Project (Sep 2006 – Dec 2007)

9. Member, Regional audit committee on Neonatal Surgery Capacity in SE England (Jan 2005 - Dec 2006)

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE

1. South Thames CESDI & CEMACH Clinical Assessor Panels (Mar 1999 – Mar 2007)

2. Lead clinician for a South Thames regional audit project on ‘the usage and complications of central venous catheter in newborn infants’ (Published Jun 2004)

3. Member, Medway NHS Foundation Trust Governance & Risk committee (Jan 2005 – Dec 2006)

4. Chair, Medway NHS Trust Clinical Governance Strategy Group (May 2001- May 2004)

5. Chair, Neonatal & Paediatric Clinical Governance Group ( May 1999 - May 2007)

6. Lead consultant for guidelines, clinical audit and annual report for Neonatal unit (Oct 1996 - Mar 2007)

RESEARCH

Involved in various multi-centre and local research trials and ethical applications to COREC & LREC. Following details are selected projects and publications.

Multi-centre projects

1. EUNO; The effects of Nitric Oxide for Inhalation on the development of chronic lung disease in preterm infants (Local Principal Investigator)

2. The Preterm Prebiotic Study; A UK Multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial of the effect of a Prebiotic mixture of bifidogenic oligosaccharides on enteral tolerance in preterm infants (Local Principal Investigator)

3. Co-operative of Safety of Medicines in Children (COSMIC); Scoping study to identify and analyse interventions used to reduce errors in calculation of paediatric drug doses (Local Principal Investigator)

Local projects

1. Nasal CPAP weaning study (Principal Investigator)

2. Neotrend - Continuous blood gas measurement using fibre optic sensors (Principal Investigator)

Selected Publications

1. Soe A. Combined oscillatory and mandatory ventilation in newborn infants. Infant. 2009; 5(3): 98-103

2. Soe A. Central venous catheterisation in newborn infants. Infant. 2007; 3(5): 172-5

3. Soe A. Weaning from nasal CPAP in premature infants. Inspire. 2007; 5(1): 8 -10

4. Soe A et al. Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital (Protocol). The Cochrane Library 2006, Issue 4

5. Soe A. Managing information, Risk management in Neonatology. Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2005; 10: 105-12

6. Soe A et al. Changes in gas changes and oxygenation during surfactant administration using continuous blood gas monitoring. Pediatric Research 2004; 56:505

7. Soe A. Prophylactic Indomethacin in Preterm Infants: Past, Present & Future. International Paediatrics 2003; 18:197-9

8. Soe A. The usage and complications of central venous catheters and umbilical venous catheters in newborn infants. J of Perinatal Medicine 2003; 31(1): 322.

Also published by Specialist Clinical Audit Programme for London, Kent Surrey and Sussex