Who we are
Founder
Rachael McCormack, who has had direct experience of Kawasaki Disease, is the Founder and Chair of Societi Foundation. Rachael is a management and leadership professional and drives forward the day-to-day business of our organisation, as a volunteer. Societi is led by volunteers. We have no paid Trustees.
Our Board of Trustees
Our Board Members bring together a strong combination of skills and expertise:
- Rachael McCormack, FCMI, FILM, Founder, Societi Chair & Company Director
- Roger Greenwood, FLI Company Director
- Prof Robert Tulloh, MA DM FRCPCH Honorary Professor of Congenital Cardiology and pulmonary hypertension
- Gerry Higgins, CIC Managing Director & Company Director
- Dr Louise Tulloh, General Practitioner – specialist in children’s health
- Sue Davidson/Nicky Clements, KSSG UK (advisory members)
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 Robert Tulloh; Honorary Professor of Congenital Cardiology and pulmonary hypertension, Bristol Heart Institute
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
Dr Tom Johnson; Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute
Associate Professor Despina Eleftheriou; Paediatric Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health
Dr Damian Roland; Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Leicester
Dr Owen Miller; Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Clinical Director, Congenital Heart Network, Evelina London Children’s Hospital