Robert Wheeler

Robert Wheeler has been a Paediatric & Neonatal Surgeon in Southampton since 1994. His main surgical interest is in paediatric oncology, especially in techniques of tumour dissection in babies and older children. He has also been an Hon. Senior Lecturer in Clinical Law at the University of Southampton since 2009, after LLB Hons & LLM.

As the Director of the Department of Clinical Law at University Hospitals of Southampton since 2009, the first such department in the NHS, Robert has dealt with over 1500 enquiries from clinicians of all the regulated professions. He also has separate regular clinical legal columns in the house journals of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and Paediatrics & Child Health; and surgical and legal chapters in medical and legal textbooks.