Dr Terry Segal is a consultant in general paediatrics, paediatric and adolescent endocrinology and adolescent medicine at University College Hospital London ( UCLH) since 2007. She is Clinical Director for adolescent specialties at UCLH.
As a passionate advocate for adolescent health she is Children and Young People's Lead for Transition and developmentally appropriate healthcare for UCLH and previously for North Thames Paediatric Network. She was convenor of YPHSIG (Young Persons Health special interest group) from 2018-2021, and remains active in the steering group. She strives to improve young people's health, and enjoys working with others around the country to raise the voices speaking out with and for adolescents to improve their health.
Terry is co-lead of the Pan London Post COVID service, the largest in the country, and CYP lead of IPIC (International Post COVID and Post Infection Conditions Society). She is particularly interested in working with young people with complex physical and emotional health problems such as ME/CFS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, persistent physical symptoms and chronic pain, and really enjoys working in a multidisciplinary team, including patients where possible in service developments.
She is invited to lecture widely and has published more than 20 articles in peer- reviewed journals in the areas of transition, post-COVID syndrome, ME/CFS, adolescent written and clinical communication, HEADDSS psychosocial interview, obesity, pubertal delay and acne.
She has co organised several successful adolescent conferences, and presented workshops at RCPCH in past three years. She was clinical trustee of the Brandon Centre for Young People from 2019 to 2022.