Damian Roland BMedSci, MBBS, MRCPCH, PhD

Prof. Damian Roland is an experienced Paediatric Emergency Medicine clinician scientist with considerable experience in the development of educational resources and their evaluation, especially e-health technologies. He has an international profile in the utilization of scoring systems to improve the recognition of ill and injured children in emergency and acute care settings. The Paediatric Observation Priority Score developed by Prof. Roland is highlighted by the Intercollegiate Committee on Standards of Care for Children and Young People in emergency settings.

He has a strong interest in Social Media as a means of Knowledge Translation using the Twitter account @damian_roland (15000+ followers) and blog http://rolobotrambles.com. He has strong connections with both the Royal Colleges of Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics and Child Health and sits on the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Advisory Group for both organisations. As head of service of the Children’s Emergency Department of the Leicester Royal Infirmary, he is already well placed to move forward with initiatives with the local integrated care system.