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Who we are

The Vascular Research Priority Setting Partnership brings together expertise in research, clinical practice, patients and carers, so we can address the key gaps in knowledge that are essential to help people with vascular conditions.

The Vascular PSP is led and managed by the following:

The Vascular PSP is led and managed by the following.
Name  Role
Professor Ian Chetter

Vascular PSP Clinical Lead

Professor of Surgery at Hull York Medical School and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

George Smith

Vascular PSP Clinical Lead

Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Vascular Surgery at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Tom Wallace

Vascular PSP Clinical Lead

Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Judith Long Vascular PSP Coordinator
Toto Anne Gronlund James Lind Alliance Chair


Steering group

Clinical representatives

Steering group clinical representatives
 NameOrganisation 
Graeme Ambler SSL Vascular Surgery
Leanne Atkin  The Society for Vascular Nursing
Ruth Benson VERN / SSL Vascular Surgery
Mathew Bown LCRN East Midlands 
Patrick Coughlin LCRN Eastern 
Mo Hamady British Society of Interventional Radiology
 Ashok Handa  LCRN Thames Valley & South Midlands 
 Rob Hinchliffe  LCRN West of England 
Chris Imray The Vascular Society 
Michael Jenkins Circulation Foundation
James McCaslin  LCRN North East and North Cumbria 
Bijan Modarai  LCRN North West London 
Sandip Nandhra SSL Vascular Surgery
Tawqeer Rashid LCRN Greater Manchester 
David Russell  LCRN Yorkshire and Humberside 
Richard Simpson  The Society for Vascular Technology GBI
Gerard Stansby Cochrane
Rao Vallabhaneni  LCRN North West Coast
Tom Wallace Academic Vascular Surgical Unit Hull


Patient representatives

  • Robert Antill
  • Tracy Goodwin
  • Jeffrey Shires