Professor Neil Patel – Glasgow, Scotland 

• Neonatologist – Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Scotland
• Clinical Innovation Director – Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
• Clinical Lead – West of Scotland Innovation Hub

Professor Neil Patel is a consultant neonatologist at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, Scotland. 

His clinical expertise focuses on neonatal heamodynamic assessment and management, with a special interest in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). 

Prof Patel’s work aims to improve neonatal outcomes through advanced cardiovascular monitoring and tailored treatment strategies for high-risk infants, particularly those with complex conditions like CDH. 

Passionate about family-integrated neonatal care (FINC), Dr Patel advocates for a care model that includes parents as active participants in their infant's care, which has been shown to improve both clinical outcomes and family well-being. 

Academically, Prof Patel holds the position of Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde and Associate Professor at the University of Glasgow. He is also an NHS Research Scotland Senior Fellow and the Clinical Lead at the West of Scotland Innovation Hub, where he collaborates with healthcare professionals, engineers, and researchers to develop new technologies and solutions that can revolutionise neonatal medicine. 

Through these roles, he is dedicated to advancing research, mentoring emerging clinicians, and bridging the gap between research, education, and clinical practice in neonatology. 

Dr Lindsay Zhou - Melbourne, Australia

• Service Medical Director and Neonatologist, Monash Newborn
• PIPER Neonatal Consultant, Royal Children's Hospital
• Chair, Victorian Extreme Prematurity Collaborative

Dr Lindsay Zhou is a Melbourne-trained neonatologist and clinician-researcher with a particular interest in the care of extremely preterm infants and neonatal neuroprotection. As a Consultant Neonatologist at Monash Children's Hospital and a PIPER Neonatal Consultant at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, he provides specialist care for critically ill newborns across Victoria, both within the neonatal intensive care unit and through neonatal retrieval services.

He is the current chair of the Victorian Extreme Prematurity Collaborative, focusing on shared learnings on the care of 22-23 week infants at Victorian NICUs.

Alongside his clinical practice, Lindsay is completing his PhD through The Ritchie Centre and the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University. His research focuses on the development of umbilical cord blood-derived stem cell therapies for preterm brain injury, with the aim of improving outcomes for babies born extremely prematurely.

Professor David Tingay – Melbourne, Australia

• Neonatologist – The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
• Group Leader, Neonatal Research Group - Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

Professor David Tingay is a highly regarded clinical neonatologist and respiratory physiologist at the Melbourne Children’s Campus, Australia, whose work focuses on optimising respiratory support for babies in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

As Group Leader of the Neonatal Research Group at the MCRI, Prof Tingay leads an integrated molecular, imaging, and clinical research program aimed understanding lung injury and developing physiology-guided respiratory support strategies.

David's research has explored optimising lung volume with end-expiratory pressure, supporting the transition at birth using PEEP and dynamic tidal inflations, and developing new methods to image the human lung at birth. His recent work includes mapping the evolution of preterm lung injury through advanced imaging and proteomics.

Internationally recognised, Professor Tingay also currently serves as Chair of the Respiratory Failure Section of ESPNIC and is a committee member for the Lancet Future of Neonatology. 

On a professional level, Professor Tingay holds leadership roles in key international neonatal research groups, including serving as Chair of the Respiratory Failure Section of ESPNIC and participating in the Lancet Future of Neonatology committee.

Dr Arun Sett – Melbourne, Australia

• Neonatologist – Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital 
• Honorary Fellow - Murdoch Children's research Institute (MCRI)

Dr Arun Sett is a Victorian-trained neonatologist and clinician-researcher dedicated to advancing neonatal respiratory care. His PhD centred on the use of lung ultrasound to guide respiratory support in newborns, integrating pre-clinical translational research with clinical studies to refine and individualise ventilation strategies.

Consultant Neonatologist at the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Dr Sett leads several NICU-based research projects focused on improving bedside practice and outcomes. His broader clinical and research interests include electrical impedance tomography, neonatal respiratory physiology, point-of-care ultrasound, and neonatal haemodynamics.

Across his work, Dr Sett is committed to bringing emerging technologies into clinical practice, strengthening evidence-based approaches, and driving innovation in neonatal medicine.