Dr Deborah Zeitlin

Senior Consultant Paediatrician in London

MBChB BMedSc (Psych) MRCP FRCPCH

GMC: 6028051

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Dr Deborah Zeitlin is a leading Senior Consultant Paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, both in the NHS and the International and Private Care sectors, who specialises in general illnesses of childhood, complex care and child development alongside bed wetting, respiratory infections and newborn feeding. She sees patients from the UK and internationally, from birth to 18 years old.

Dr Zeitlin takes a family-centred, holistic approach to assessing and managing children and young adults and has a specialist expertise in Complex Care Paediatrics. This includes children with rare or difficult to treat conditions; chronic conditions; or multiple conditions. Dr Zeitlin also provides tailored support for patients and families to navigate through the UK health system.

Dr Zeitlin graduated from Birmingham University Medical School (2001) with an additional degree in psychiatry. She trained in Adult Medicine before dedicating her career to Paediatrics where she trained at the Evelina Children's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr Zeitlin has a sub-speciality training and GMC dual accreditation in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine.

Dr Zeitlin has been at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children since 2018 as a Consultant General Paediatrician and, since 2020, she has held the additional role as the Named Doctor for Safeguarding.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr Zeitlin sits on the European Paediatric Life Support Committee and is a resuscitation instructor for children’s life support. She has written various publications (chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals and various media publications) in the areas of child development, maternal-foetal bonding, paediatric resuscitation, Kaposi’s sarcoma in children (an HIV-related condition), childhood anaesthesia and depression.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6028051

Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Senior Consultant Paediatrician, NHS and International and Private Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital (September 2018 - present)
• Named doctor for Safeguarding, Great Ormond Street Hospital (September 2020 - present)
• Consultant general paediatrician, 999 Medical and Diagnostic Centre, The Therapeutic Consultants (Present)

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Sub-specialties

• General illnesses of childhood
• Complex medical conditions (rare, difficult to treat, chronic or multiple conditions)
• Infant, child, and adolescent nutrition and feeding (incl. weaning, reflux, and diet management)
• Infant and child sleep management and disorders
• Neonatology and new-born physical examination
• Development and faltering growth (including general paediatric input for eating disorders)
• Constipation, bowel disorders and abdominal pain
• Childhood acute infections (incl. respiratory, urinary, and skin)
• Enuresis (including daytime bladder control and bed wetting)
• Respiratory and throat conditions (including chest infections and tonsillitis)
• Skin conditions
• Atopic conditions (hay fever, eczema, and asthma)
• School concerns (behavioural, academic regression and socialisation)
• Congenital conditions (those a child is born with)
• Physical assessments (including those required for residential camps)

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Positions in public associations

• Committee member, European Paediatric Advanced Life Support

Teaching posts

• EPALS Instructor Faculty, GOSH (2018 - present)
• Restart a Heart
• Return to Work: ART Course (Nov 2022)

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Education

• MB ChB, University of Birmingham (2001)

Publications and conferences

• Zeitlin, D et al. 2022. International consensus statement on the radiological screening of contact children in the context of suspected 3 child physical abuse. JAMA Pediatrics March 6, 2023.
• Incidence of Severe Critical Events in Paediatric Anaesthesia (APRICOT): A prospective multicenter observational study in 261 hospitals in Europe. Study Contributor. Lancet Respir Med 2017 5:412-25.
• European Paediatric Life Support, Fifth Edition. Resuscitation Council, 2022. Content Contributor / Author.
• European Paediatric Life Support, Fourth Edition. Resuscitation Council, 2017. Content Contributor / Author
• Paediatric Immediate Life Support, Third Edition. Resuscitation Council, 2016. Content Contributor / Author

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Prizes and awards

• Mentor of the Year, JUMP (Jewish Undergraduate Mentoring Programme, ORT) (2014)
• Trainee of the Year Nomination, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2014)
• Mentor of the Year, JUMP (2012)
• Winnicott NICU Prize for Best Audit – Congenital Group B Streptococcus Infection Prevention Tactics. St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, London (2008)
• Special Placement: Zeitlin, D. Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: ‘The Boy with half a brain’. Placed in Birmingham University Medical School Library by Professor I Brockington. The Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, Prof. E Taylor (2000)
• Pathology Prize - The process of neurological degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease. Birmingham University Medical School (1998)
• Undergraduate Honours: Psychiatry; Neurology SSM (Bridging the Gap: The problems and practicalities of restoring motor function after spinal cord injury) (1995 - 2001)

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Professional membership

• Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
• Medical Defence Union (MDU)

Languages spoken

English