What we do
The Christopher Lane Trust is dedicated to Christopher Lane who took his own life in in 2008 at the age of 31.
The Trust seeks to help anyone who believes they may have hypopituitarism and has difficulty in getting the right tests.
What is hypopituitarism?
Hypopituitarism is damage to the pituitary gland, often caused by a head injury, no matter how mild. Symptoms include fatigue, loss of sex drive, infertility, weight issues and depression. For a fuller list click here
How do we help?
- We provide information to help you get the appropriate tests and diagnosis
- We help you to avoid being misdiagnosed with ME or other causes of clinical depression
- We provide financial help, if funds permit, to pay for private consultations for those living on benefits who have been unable to get the right tests through the NHS
The Trust is also actively involved in:
- Improving the dissemination of information about hypopituitarism to the public, GPs and other medical practitioners
- Cooperating with NICE to update the head injury guideline to include the risk of hypopituitarism.
Christopher Lane
Advisory Committee
Dr Sunil Babu, BSc, MBBS, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist
Professor Michael Barnes, MD, FRCP, Consultant Neurologist and Rehabilitation Physician
Professor Antonio Belli, MD, FRCS, FRCS (SN), Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dr Peter Brambleby, MBBS, DCH, FRCP (Edin), FFPH, Independent Public Health Consultant
Professor Dr Fahrettin Keleştemur, Yeditepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, İstanbul, Turkey
Professor Lady Ellen Birgit Lane, FRSE, FMedSci, Chief Scientist, SRI of Singapore, Agency for Science, Techology & Research
Professor Sir David Lane, FRCP, FRCSE, FMedSci, FRS, FRSE, Chief Scientist of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Dr David Shakespeare, MBBS, MSc, FRCP Edin, Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation Medicine
Mr Patrick Statham, MBBS FRCS (SN) (Ed), FRCS (Eng), Consultant Neurosurgeon
Dr Krystyna Walton, FRCP, Neurorehabilitation Consultant, President of the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
Mr Peter Whitfield, BM (Distinction in Clinical Medicine), PhD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Neuro Surg), FAcadMEd, FHEA. Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Associate Professor
Contact: joanna@christopherlanetrust.org.uk
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