Who we are

Founder

Rachael McCormack, who has direct experience of Kawasaki Disease, is the Founder of Societi Foundation.  Rachael is a management and leadership professional and drives forward the day-to-day business of our organisation.

Our Board of Trustees

Our Board Members bring together a strong combination of skills and expertise:

• Rachael McCormack, FCMI, FILM, Founder & Company Director
• Roger Greenwood, FLI Company Director
• Prof Robert Tulloh, MA DM FRCPCH Honorary Professor of Congenital Cardiology and pulmonary hypertension, Societi Chair
• Prof Paul Brogan, ​Professor of Vasculitis and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
• Prof Mike Danson, DLitt, FAcSS, FIED, FeRSA, FRSA, Professor Emeritus of Enterprise Policy, Heriot-Watt University

Scientific Advisory Board

Kawasaki Disease has many effects on a child and as such a multi-disciplinary approach to research/care is needed for this disease. Societi is supported by the phenomenal clinical expertise of:

Prof Despina Eleftheriou; Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health
Prof Paul Brogan; ​Professor of Vasculitis and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Prof Michael Levin; Professor of Paediatrics & International Child Health, Imperial College London
Prof Tom Johnson; Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Prof Damian Roland; Consultant and Honorary Professor in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Leicester
Dr Owen Miller;Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Deputy Medical Director, Director of International Services, Evelina London Clinical Group
Dr Filip Kucera; Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology with specialist interest in Kawasaki Disease, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Prof Jethro Herberg; Clinical Reader in Paediatric Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
Prof Ifeanyichukwu Okike; Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Professor, Nottingham University School of Medicine

Specialist Support

Societi Foundation is advised by Browne Jacobson LLP on legal matt

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