Jonathan Wyllie

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Dr Jonathan Wyllie is a Consultant Neonatologist at James Cook University Hospital with a long-standing interest in resuscitation and neonatal haemodynamics as well as special expertise in paediatric cardiology.

Biography

Jonathan has been a consultant neonatologist at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough since 1994 and was clinical director of neonatology until May 2017. He has a long-standing interest in resuscitation and neonatal haemodynamics as well as special expertise in paediatric cardiology. He has run PEC clinics since 1994 and was a founding member of PECSIG. He retired from acute neonatology in 2021, but continue his other roles and clinical work in paediatric cardiology. 

Originally a member of the APLS International Working Group (ALSG), he was one of the originators of the Newborn Life Support course in the UK and Europe. Having been involved in the ILCOR process for evidence evaluation since 1998, he was a co-author of Newborn resuscitation guidelines for Europe and the UK for 2005, 2010 and 2015 and is closely involved in the 2020 process. 

Other appointments:

• President of the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2017-2021. Vice President 2021-2022.
• Past chair and presently member of the Newborn Life Support (NLS) subcommittee and the Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI) working group for the Resuscitation Council (UK).
• Member of the ERC NLS Science and Education Committee until 2021. Previous Science Co-chair of the European Resuscitation Council NLS Science and Education Committee. Previous chair of the ERC NLS Committee.
• Co-chair of the ILCOR neonatal task force for the evidence evaluation process of 2010, 2015 and vice-chair of the ILCOR neonatal task force until 2019 when he became an emeritus NLS task force member until 2023.
• Honorary Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatology

Honours

• Fellowship of the European Resuscitation Council 2010 (FERC)
• Honorary membership of the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2015
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2018 

Special interests

• Resuscitation 
• Neonatal haemodynamics 
• Special expertise in paediatric cardiology

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