Shehla Mohammed, consultant clinical geneticist
Contacts
Tel: 020 7188 1364
Email: shehla.mohammed@gstt.nhs.uk
PA email: louise.conn@gstt.nhs.uk
Area of expertise: Paediatric Dysmorphology, DNA repair disorders
Languages spoken: English, Urdu
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Biography
- Shehla Mohammed is a full time NHS consultant and Paediatric clinical geneticist with 22 years’ experience predominantly in rare genetic disorders and in the care of children and families with life-limiting disorders.
- As a previous Head of Service of the Guy’s Regional Genetics Service (1997-2017) she has extensive experience of negotiating the establishment of new services, implementing Highly Specialist Service clinics and devising novel models of service delivery
- She represents the genetics speciality on local, regional and national committees working on national policy developments and research
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Education and training
Shehla Mohammed, graduated in Pakistan and undertook her postgraduate training in paediatrics and genetics in the U.K.
- MBBS, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan 1982
- MRCP, UK 1989
- MD, University of London, 1998
- FRCP, London 2003
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Specialist interests
- Paediatric dysmorphology
- Premature aging syndromes
- Chromosome breakage disorders
- Paediatric neuromuscular diseases
- Expert Clinical Advisor to UK Genetic Testing Network
- Member of Highly Specialist Technology Committee of NICE
- Clinical advisor to the Cockayne Syndrome Support Group (“Amy and Friends”)
- Genetic Lead : London South-Sub speciality steering group UKCRN/NIHR
- Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) faculty member
A key focus on translational research, the implementation of robust technology platforms with the rapid translation of these into routine clinical diagnostic care aimed at delivering patient-focused, flexible, responsive and an integrated multidisciplinary genetics service.
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Awards
- 1991 ICRF (Imperial Cancer Research Fund) Clinical Research Fellowship in Cancer Genetics: to investigate clinico-pathological and genetic basis of familial breast cancer (formed basis of MD study)
- 2010 Discovery Award 2010, Fanconi Anaemia Research Fund
- 2009 Shortlisted for UK Muslim Women's Power List
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Research interests
- Clinical and research interests are in paediatric neuromuscular and DNA repair disorders
- Local PI for DDD study