MCATTS team
Our staff
Below is a list of key staff who you might meet when you come for your appointment:
Management
- Kathryn Payne and Rashida Pickford – clinical leads
- April Collins – acting service manager
Practitioners
Kathryn Payne – consultant physiotherapist and joint MCATTS lead
- specialist interests: spinal pathology, joint hypermobility, exercise rehabilitation, spinal injection therapy
- education and qualifications: BSc Physiology and Pharmacology University of Leeds, BSc Physiotherapy West London institute of higher education/ Brunel University, graduate diploma advanced neuro-musculoskeletal physiotherapy University of Brighton, Member of manipulative association of Chartered Physiotherapists.
Rashida Pickford – consultant physiotherapist and MCATTS lead
- specialist interests: spinal conditions, knee and shoulder pain
- education and qualifications: BSc physiotherapy, University of Bombay; MSc musculoskeletal physiotherapy, University of Bombay.
Paul Kidman
- specialist interests: spine and lower limb
- education and qualifications: BSc physiotherapy, Hertfordshire University (2003).
Sarah Friel
- specialist interests: spine and shoulder
- education and qualifications: BSc (Hons) physiotherapy, University of Salford; MSc advanced neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy, University College London; PgD injection therapy, University of Southend.
Charlotte McKinnon
- specialist interests: sports medicine, foot, ankle and spine
- education and qualifications: BSc (Hons) physiotherapy Brunel University; MSc advanced neuromuscular physiotherapy, Hertfordshire University.
Melanie Martin
- specialist interests: inflammatory back pain and spondyloarthritis
- education and qualifications: BSc (Hons) physiotherapy, King's College London; MSc physiotherapy, University of Brighton (completion 2013).
David Burliston
- specialist interests: sports medicine, foot, ankle, injection therapy
- education and qualifications: BSc physiotherapy; MSc sports medicine; PgD injection therapy; PgD orthopaedic medicine; PgCert musculoskeletal studies.
Elizabeth Heywood
- specialist interests: foot, ankle, knee injuries and injection therapy
- education and qualifications: BSc (Hons) physiotherapy; MSc clinical physiotherapy (manipulative therapy); PgD orthopaedic medicine. Currently studying for PgD injection therapy.
Administration
- Anthony Collins – assistant service manager
- Nurjahan Hoque – team secretary
- Monique Hamilton – MCATTS receptionist