Dr Helen SpoudeasPaediatric and adolescent endocrinologist in Central London
Dr Helen Spoudeas
MBBS DRCOG FRCP FRCPCH MD
GMC: 2716903Professional statement
Dr Helen Spoudeas is a highly-experienced, leading endocrinologist based in London. She is a paediatric endocrine subspecialist consultant, with 20 years' experience at both Great Ormond Street Hospital, the leading children's hospital in the UK, and at University College Hospitals.
Dr Helen Spoudeas is an international expert on the neuroendocrine effects of brain and pituitary tumours, particularly abnormalities of growth and development, hormone excess and deficiency.
Dr Spoudeas has published original research and articles in peer-reviewed literature, and has appeared as a guest speaker at national and international conferences on the topics of hormone secretion, growth, pubertal and fertility status after cancer therapies. Dr Spoudeas is a member of a multitude of reputable professional bodies, and works extensively with Success Charity.
Dr Spoudeas launched the first worldwide childhood pituitary tumour guidance at the Success Charity Conference on 2nd March 2024. This completes a ‘trio’ of pituitary tumour guidelines she set out to get inter-professionally agreed and endorsed to a NICE standard 12 years ago and includes craniopharyngiomas, and pituitary stalk thickening.
Clinics
London Medical
Central London, 49 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HJ,Medical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 41 years of experience
- Consultant in endocrine service to survivors of childhood cancer, especially brain tumours, at the London Centre of Paediatric Endocrinology between Great Ormond Street and University College Hospitals
Subspecialties
- Long-term-follow-up (LTFU): Late effects of Cancer
- Children and young people's endocrinology
Professional memberships
- Member of the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) (1990 - present)
- Member of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) (1999 - present)
Education
- Paediatric specialisation (1985)
- Attained her postgraduate doctorate (MD) (1995)
Teaching posts
- Honorary senior lecturer in Paediatric Endocrinology at University College London and the Institute of Child Heath, where her main NHS practice continues (1999 - present)
- She has provided expert advice to the NICE guidance on child and adolescent cancer (2005) and in 2012 to the national specialist commissioning (NCG) paediatric neurosurgery ‘safe and sustainable’ initiatives for service improvement in children with complex brain tumours.
Publications and conferences
- Hoong-Wei Gan, Kim Phipps, Kristian Aquilina, Mark Nicholas Gaze, Richard Hayward, Helen Alexandra Spoudeas. Neuroendocrine morbidity after paediatric optic gliomas: a longitudinal analysis of 166 children over 30 years. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2015)
- Spoudeas HA. The evolution of growth hormone neurosecretory disturbance during high dose cranial irradiation and chemotherapy for childhood brain tumours. MD thesis, University of London (1995)
Languages spoken
- English
- Greek
Registration number: 2716903
Reviews
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- Dr Spoudeas consultation was exactly what we needed. Explained everything which made us feel at ease and arranged our tests to be carried out on the same day. eager to see the results. we cannot recommend Dr S any more. 10/10 amazing service.
- This woman traumatised both my child and I, and we now have to work with a therapist to overcome what she did. Due to word limitation, I can’t post my whole review here, but if you look her up on Google you’ll see my review in details of what we suffered. I’d give her 0 ⭐!
- Smooth process. Excellent care and clear explanations from doctor.
- Great consultation to both the parent and the kid. Detailed explanations and justifications. I highly recommend Dr Spoudeas.
- Excellent
- I just couldn't understand that why we had to be seen 45 minutes later than our appointment and if it wasn't for me waking to the reception I think we probably would've waited even more, no one bothered to come to us and explain the reason ,not so up to the repetition .Doctor's response -Thank you for your feedback, I am sorry to hear that the reception staff at LMC did not keep you apprised of the reason for the delay in Dr Spoudeas seeing you in the clinic. I will feed this back to them. We would always strive to keep all patients aware of any reasons for delays in clinic appointment times.
- Really wonderful. A privilege to be seen by a such thoughtful worldly doctor with a philosophy that centres on a holistic assessment rather than unnecessary testsDoctor's response -Thank you very much for the wonderful review.
- Definitely one of the best experiences we had with doctors! Friendly nurses and staff, no queue to wait at all, and most of all, Dr Spoudeas gave us a very detailed explanation of all the pros & cons that really benefit patients. So glad we found her.Doctor's response -Thank you for your review, am so pleased you had a good experience.
- Definitely one of the best experiences we had with doctors! Friendly nurses and staff, no queue to wait at all, and most of all, Dr Spoudeas gave us a very detailed explanation of all the pros & cons that really benefit patients. So glad we found her.Doctor's response -Thank you for your review, am so pleased you had a good experience.
- The doctor is highly profissional consultant . She has given us all details that we need . I greatly appreciate her .Doctor's response -Thank you for kind review.