Meet the Breast Unit team | James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Meet the Breast Unit team

Key Consultant staff

Professor Jerome H Pereira MD, FRCSEd, FRCS, FEBS

Professor Pereira

Honorary Professor of Surgery & Consultant Surgeon in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.

Expert in delivering innovative solutions to improve patient related outcomes, education and training for Healthcare Professionals and National Health Service (NHS) workforce challenges.

Founder/Programme Director for multiple Specialist e-Learning Mastership Programmes at the University of East Anglia, Norwich:- MS Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, MCh Breast Oncoplasty, MCh Coloproctology, MSc Regional Anaesthesia, and other courses currently recruiting candidates from over 70 countries.

Founder/Programme Director for multiple blended Continuing Professional Development courses in Medical, nursing, midwifery and for other healthcare professionals.

Originator and Lead Surgeon for the UK National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit Programme, the first national study in the world looking at outcomes of breast cancer surgery, which led to the publication of “Best practice national guidelines for Oncoplastic breast surgery”.

Lead for training, mentorship, and quality assurance for BreastGlobal.

Past appointments:-

Co-Founder member of Norwich Medical School, established undergraduate training programme at the James Paget Hospital leading to University hospital status for the Trust.

Examiner for the MBBS European Breast Specialist Examination Board (EBSQ), MD, MSc and MS degree programmes.

Member of MED Teaching Executive Committee, Norwich Medical School.

Member of the International Forum of the Association of Breast Surgery, UK, involved in providing Oncoplastic surgery training for the African continent.

Guest speaker, delivering over 250-lectures including keynote addresses across more than 20 countries.

Founding Course director of HEE commissioned Blended Learning Programme in ISCP Emergency Surgery.

Member Steering Committee for Blended Learning for East of England Deanery.

Former member of the Editorial Board of the “European Journal of Surgical Oncology”.

Author of multiple peer reviewed publications in breast, peripheral nerve reconstruction surgery, PROMS and medical education.

Member – Association of Breast Surgery Education Training Committee.

UK National & International Trainer in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and Breast Reconstruction.

Chairman of Norfolk & Waveney Breast Cancer network.

Member of Curriculum Development Team for Norwich Medical School, MBBS course.

Member National Curriculum Development team for Breast Training in the UK.

Member of Academic Surgeons group at the Association of Breast Surgery UK.

Bernard Sunley Research Fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mrs Sarah Downey BM,BS FRCS

Associate Professor Sue Down FRCS (Eng), PhD, BSc(Hons), MBChB

Mr Alexander (Sandy) Leeper FRCS, MD

Mr Alexander (Sandy) Leeper

Consultant Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon at JPUH.

Sandy has an interest in all aspects of breast disease, benign or cancerous and patients with a family history of breast cancer. He utilises the latest oncoplastic techniques including therapeutic mammoplasty/mastopexy, partial breast reconstruction with local flaps, full breast reconstruction with implant and lipofilling techniques.

Other specialist interests include screen-detected breast cancer, impalpable cancer localisation techniques, risk-reducing surgery for patients with a family history of breast cancer and benign breast conditions.

Sandy joined the Breast Unit in August 2021, having completed a National Training Interface Group Fellowship in London, gaining extensive aesthetic and oncoplastic experience. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and undertook his postgraduate doctorate MD in the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, developing in vitro 3D models of breast cancer. His core and higher surgical training incorporated working in a range of units within Scotland, Belfast and Norfolk.

Additional information:

• Interest in overseas healthcare delivery previously working in Nepal, the Solomon Islands and Rwanda.

• Design and delivery of educational and cadaveric courses in the UK and United Arab Emirates

• Local Schools’ Projects to aid school leavers pursue a career in Medicine

• Principle Investigator for BEAM Study in association with Quadram Institute

• Medicolegal Advisor for TMLEP

• Health Technology Innovation – Remote Assessment of Future Breast Cancer Risk

Secretary: Josefina Moure-Cubitt - Contact details: 01493 452236.

Mr Sandeep Joglekar MBBS, MS, FEBS (Breast surgery), FRCS

Laura Smith, Physician Associate (PA-R) specialising in Breast Surgery

Our team also includes;

Dr Maha Aslan (Consultant Oncologist)
Dr Dan Broad (Consultant Anaesthetist)
Dr Ilona Ladd (Consultant Anaesthetist)
Mr Guido Koehler (Consultant Plastic Surgeon; joint with NNUH)
Dr David Newman (Director of Breast Screening and Consultant Breast Radiologist)
Dr Elizabeth Musgrave (Consultant Breast Radiologist)
Dr Nikolaos Vachtsevanos (Consultant Breast Radiologist)
Donna Shrubsall (Breast Consultant Radiographer)

Breast Care Nurse Specialists

Our nurses

Their role

How to contact our Breast Care Nurses