Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Hull Royal Infirmary

Dr Klonin  has over 40 years’ experience in clinical settings, across three continents (Europe, Asia, USA) and has taught and lectured nationally and internationally .She set up the UK’s first stand-alone Pediatric High Dependency unit and runs a university pediatric programme for Physicians Associates as well as organizing  the first ever VTA and the first full day UK national high dependency conference, uniquely run by both carers and the clinical team.  

She has run her departmental CME teaching pogramme for over a decade, rejuvenating it from a small group of determined local learners to a regular lecture programme attracting up to 40 delegates per lecture with lecturers from across the UK and the globe. 

She has run TB programmes in remote areas and is the hospital lead for paediatric TB

She is a strong advocate for the patient’s voice and has set up a successful family and carer public patient participation group and advocate for patient safety  and staff care. In 2019 she won a national award for outstanding contribution to equality and diversity and was the runner up in the hospital friendship award.  Her combined experiences include expertise and publications in a range of areas in respiratory and intensive care and non-invasive ventilation, service and patient safety, infection control, and septic shock. She has been cited around 250 times.