Neeta Lakhani Author & Editor

Dr Neeta Lakhani, Registrar in Clinical Genetics, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Dr Lakhani is a Specialty Registrar in Clinical Genetics, with a Paediatric background. Following a BSc Medical Genetics (University of Leicester) and MSc Clinical Oncology (University of Nottingham), she returned to Leicester to read Medicine. Her interest has always been to encourage people to share her passion for genetics through education and teaching. She has authored chapters in previous textbooks, and regularly teaches to undergraduate and post-graduate audiences. She also has a PGCert in Leadership and Management from the NHS Leadership Academy, and a MSt in Genomic Medicine from the University of Cambridge.

Mr Kunal Kulkarni, Senior Clinical Hand Fellow, Pulvertaft Hand Centre, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Mr Kulkarni is a post-CCT Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon. He qualified from the University of Oxford and has since completed his postgraduate training across Oxford, London, and the East Midlands. Through his paediatric orthopaedic training, coupled with a sub-specialist interest in Hand and Wrist surgery, he has developed an interest in the role of genetics in musculoskeletal development and pathology. He has a keen interest in both, undergraduate and post-graduate teaching, and serving as active faculty on a number of university and national courses. He has authored two textbooks, with a further two in press, alongside a number of peer-reviewed publications. For the past 15 years he has also run a free educational website for medical students.

Professor Julian G Barwell, Consultant in Clinical Genetics and honorary professor in genomic medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Dr Julian Barwell is a consultant in clinical genetics, division 3 clinical lead for the East Midlands Clinical Research Network and an honorary professor in Genomic Medicine at the University Hospitals of Leicester. He has a particular interest in the development and implementation of new digital and genomic technologies into 21^st century healthcare.

Professor Pradeep C Vasudevan, Consultant in Clinical Genetics and honorary professor, University of Leicester. Hequalified from University of Kerala in 1995. He underwent training in Clinical genetics and Paediatrics at Oxford and Sheffield and joined as a consultant in Clinical Genetics at University Hospitals of Leicester in 2006. He is the Head of Clinical Genetics service at Leicester since 2010 and a honorary professor in department of Genetics at University of Leicester and was also awarded visiting Professorship at Hubei University of medicine, China.

Dr Huw R Dorkins, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, University Hospitals of Leicester. Huw R Dorkins is Fellow and Tutor in Medicine at St Peter's College, University of Oxford where he is also Senior Tutor. He is dually accredited in medical and molecular genetics, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and of the Royal College of Pathologists. He trained in Oxford and has held consultant appointments in London and Leicester. He has served as President of the Medical Genetics section of the Royal Society of Medicine. His interests are in neurogenetics, cancer genetics and medical education. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Medical Genetics.