Specialty: Chief of Women and Children’s Health and Paediatrics

Dr Debbie Pullen is a consultant paediatrician and currently Chief of Service for the Women’s and Children’s Division which includes the specialities of paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology.

Dr Pullen has been a consultant at SASH since Aug 2003, covering general paediatrics and neonatology. She trained as a doctor at Manchester Medical School and her paediatric training took place in Newcastle upon Tyne and the South Thames London region. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Systems Management from the University of London.

Dr Pullen is a general paediatrician and therefore sees children in clinic with a wide range of medical problems. She has a special interest in endocrinology as well as growth and puberty and holds joint specialist clinics with Dr Albanese, Paediatric endocrinologist, from St George’s Hospital, London.

Dr Pullen has a special interest in medical management and also teaches externally on Advanced Paediatric Life Support and Neonatal Life Support Courses.