Wheeler, Mr Robert

MS FRCS FRCPCH LLB (Hons) LLM

Speciality

Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery

Sub-speciality

Paediatric Surgical Oncology, Medical Law

Training and Education

Wessex Regional Centre for Paediatric Surgery

Great Ormond Street

Southampton & Cardiff Law Schools

Experience

Mr Wheeler has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since 1985.

I provide the surgical oncology service for the regional service

15 years of oncology surgery, specialising in tumour dissection and long term venous access

Comprehensive research program in consent law

Key achievements

Chairman, national paediatric oncology surgeons working group

Chairman of UK Children’s Cancer Surgeons (United Kingdom Cancer & Leukaemia Group) 2008-

Hon Senior Lecturer Medical Law, School of Medicine

Chairman of Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee

Key awards and prizes

Undergraduate & postgraduate surgical prizes

First Class Honours in Law

Research

Various publications in major medical and legal journals on surgical oncology and consent & confidentiality law; Co editor of Paediatric Surgery, along with my colleagues in this Unit.

Permanent fixation for long term central venous catheters (JPEN)

Surgery For pectus excavatum (Archives Disease in Childhood)

Gillick and Fraser competence (British Medical Journal)

The legal standard of consent (Lancet)