Meet the Team

The creation of the hoods, from initial design to final production, has involved a large team of people working in a variety of areas, to ensure the hoods are the most efficient and most protective they can be.

For the CPR Hoods

  • Inventor: Professor Peter Stonebridge, (Medical Director, NHS Tayside)

  • Innovation support: Robert Rea and SHIL (Scottish Healthcare Innovation Ltd)

  • Clinical design and oversight: Rodney Mountain, (ENT surgeon, NHS Tayside)

  • Health and Safety leadership: Kenneth Fleming, (NHS Tayside)

  • Engineering design and manufacture: Ruwan Fernando, (Keela, Glenrothes)

  • Product prototyping: Laura McLean, Laura Reid and Stephanie Whelan, (Keela, Glenrothes)

  • Research: Graeme McLeod, Paul Wasik, Matthew Casey, Barry McGuire (University of Dundee and NHS Tayside)

  • NHS Engineering: Jean Ngoie and Philip McLaren, (NHS Tayside Clinical Engineering)

  • Particle testing: Institute for Occupational Medicine (Edinburgh)

  • CPR Training: Lawson Barclay and Emma Nisbet (NHS Tayside)

  • Marketing and sales: Samantha Fernando and April Hazell (Keela, Glenrothes)

  • Special thanks to Margaret Kennedy and her NHS Tayside Health and Safety team who helped with particle testing and idea generation.

  • Similar thanks to Ashley McGregor and the Forfar Academy GP practice for ideas related to clinical use in General Practice and by Community nurses

For the EEG Hoods

  • Inventor: Ian Morrison (Consultant Neurologist, NHS Tayside)

  • Clinical design and oversight: Rodney Mountain, (ENT surgeon, NHS Tayside)

  • Engineering design and manufacture: Ruwan Fernando, (Keela, Glenrothes)

  • Product prototyping: Laura Reid and Stephanie Whelan, (Keela, Glenrothes)

  • Laboratory clinical development: Karen Walters (Lead Clinical Neurophysiologist)