Upcoming BMJ Future Health Webinar: Digital Frontiers in Paediatric Care – Inclusivity & Patient Empowerment
Thursday 10 April 2025
We would like to invite you join us online on Friday 9th May 2025 at 1:30pm BST for the BMJ Future Health Webinar, “Digital Frontiers in Paediatric Care: Inclusivity & Patient Empowerment”, where the Director of the NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health, Professor Paul Dimitri, will be joining two other speakers to discuss how digital technologies are changing paediatric healthcare.
Digital technology is delivering substantial improvement to paediatric care, making it more accessible, efficient, and personalised for children’s unique needs. While digital tools offer numerous advantages, it’s important to acknowledge the existing challenges, such as data security, ensuring equitable access, and providing adequate healthcare provider training.
This webinar will explore the impact of technologies on paediatric healthcare, focusing on how emerging technological solutions can enhance patient experiences, improve diagnostic accuracy, expand healthcare accessibility, and empower both young patients and their families through innovative digital platforms and patient-centred approaches.
Speakers
Dr Venkat is a Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician with expertise in Clinical Leadership, Quality Improvement, Clinical Informatics, Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence in health care. Clinical areas of expertise include Autism, ADHD and Physical Disability.
Dr Venkat Reddy
Clinical Director, Children, Families and Young People Directorate, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Paul has worked in the field of Paediatrics since 1998 and Paediatrics Endocrinology since 2004. As part of the paediatric endocrinology team, Prof. Dimitri sees patients with disorders of growth and puberty, and disorders of hormone excess and deficiency. Professor Dimitri co-leads the Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumour Service at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and co-leads the Paediatric Late Effects Endocrinology service developed to support childhood survivors of cancer with hormonal complications.
Professor Dimitri is internationally recognised in his research area studying the impact of childhood obesity on bone health and skeletal development. He is the Director of Innovation and Child Health Technology at the Trust, and is the Director of the NIHR Children and Young People MedTech Co-operative (NIHR CYP MedTech). NIHR CYP MedTech is hosted at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and is the first paediatric NIHR MedTech Co-operative in the country, bringing together seven NHS Trusts to support the development of child health technology.
Paul is leading on the development of the National Centre for Child Health Technology at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park which will support world-leading research and innovation to develop the most advanced child health technology worldwide. He is also the Clinical Lead for the National TITCH (Technology Innovation Transforming Child Health) Network established to support the development and adoption of technology for children’s healthcare. In addition, Prof. Dimitri is also the NIHR National Children’s Specialty Lead, leading 15 Local Clinical Research Networks delivering research for children and young people, and the Vice President for Science and Research at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Professor Paul Dimitri
Professor of Child Health Technology, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Director, NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health
Susan’s mission is to combine the magic of digital technology and children’s needs to make medicine better, safer, and more inclusive for kids everywhere.
As a paediatric (children’s) radiologist, academic, entrepreneur, and digital health innovator, Susan wears many hats but they all serve one purpose: transforming children’s healthcare through thoughtful technology and advocating for better inclusion.
Susan was recently named an AI Visionary by the Dept of Health and Social Care, believing that technology should help solve real-world problems and work for everyone, especially our youngest patients!
Whether it’s leading research (~£2M in grants), sharing knowledge (140+ peer reviewed publications, 60+ invited lectures), advising on healthcare policy (NICE EVA/ MHRA expert panel) – Susan wants to make complex concepts simple, accessible, and human-centred.
Professor Susan Shelmerdine
Consultant Radiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Roentgen Professor, RCR
For more information on the key themes of the webinar and to register to attend, please use the link below.