Our Trustees
Tanya Sinnett
We are very pleased to welcome our newest trustee Tanya Sinnett to NTM Patient Care UK. Tanya has a PhD in history and last worked as an Early Years assessor and IQA for an FE college. After being ill for many years she was eventually diagnosed with NTM in 2021. Tanya is also a member of the NTM Patient Care UK Management Group.
Shirley Harwood
Shirley trained as a nurse, midwife & health visitor and practised for many years before her retirement a few years ago. Shirley was diagnosed with NTM (MAC) in 2008 following a CT scan & bronchoscopy, after having been unwell for several months. She brings not only her patient perspective to the NTM Patient Care UK trustee group, but also her healthcare background and equally importantly, her drive and enthusiasm, which have helped ensure NTM Patient Care UK continues to grow and help more NTM patients.
Prof Marc Lipman
Marc Lipman leads a specialist clinical service with an interest in NTM and mycobacterial disease management and research. He is one of the founders of NTM Patient Care UK.
Prof Heather Milburn
Heather Milburn is an honorary consultant respiratory physician who continues to undertake research into NTM disease at Guy’s and St Thomas’s.
Prof Michael King
It was a huge loss to NTM Patient Care UK and of course for his family, friends and anyone who had ever met him, when Michael sadly died in September 2021 from the rare lung condition pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. However, we will continue to build on all of the hard work that Michael did to ensure that NTM Patient Care UK continues to provide much-needed information and support to as many NTM patients as possible.
Prof Michael King was an extremely well-respected medical academic, a consultant psychiatrist, a patient with NTM and a trustee for NTM Patient Care UK. He was a driving force in developing NTM Patient Care UK and his infectious energy and desire to help others ensured the patient association has become such a valuable resource for many NTM patients.
