Rapti Sofia Pediatrician

Board Member

• Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) Elected January 2021

• Member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Joined January 2020

• Associate Member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Joined November 2023

• Member of the Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine Joined December 2023 

• Member of the European Society of Emergency Medicine Joined December 2023

Editorial Boards/Consultancies/Working groups

• Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (APEM): PEM Guidelines Working Group

• WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative: Medevac Technical Working Group

• WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative: Spinal Cord Injuries Technical Working Group

• Medical Oxygen Taskforce, Save the Children International

• Paediatric Trainee Reviewer of Key Practice Points, Paediatric Care Online UK, 

• Paediatric specialist consultancy, UCL Partners, Child Health Informatics Platform

Professional Experience

• Director, Paediatric Emergencies and Outpatients Department, Mitera Children’s Hospital, HHG Group, Athens, Greece, June 2024 – Present

• Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, October 2023 – May 2024

• Consultant Paediatrician, Emergency Health Unit (EHU) Emergency Medical Team (EMT), Save the Children International (SCI), October 2020 – October 2023

• Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, March 2020 – July 2020

• Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Evelina Children’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge, London, September 2018 – March 2020

• Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Paediatric Intensive Care, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, March 2018 – September 2018

• Locum Paediatric Respiratory Specialty Registrar, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, January 2018-February 2018

• Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Department, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, September 2015 – July 2017

• Senior clinical Fellow (Registrar) in General Paediatrics, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, March 2015 – August 2015

• Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Department, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, September 2014 – March 2015

• Junior Clinical Fellow in General Paediatrics with clinical rotations in Neurosurgery/Neurology, Paediatric hepatology, and PICU, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, March 2013 – September 2014

• Junior Clinical Fellow in Neonates, St George’s Hospital, Tooting, London, September 2012 – March 2013

• Paediatric Specialty Trainee, Paediatric Department, Chania General Hospital, Chania, Greece, June 2010 – August 2012

Education Experience

• Instructor Candidate, Advanced Paediatric Life Support, ALSG

• Instructor Candidate, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), FACS/University of Patras

• Founder and Administrator, Save the Children International Clinicians’ Learning Hub, October 2020 

• Development and implementation of national/regional clinical training packages during joint WHO/Save the Children International disease outbreak responses, October 2020 – October 2023

• Simulation co-lead, with focus on virtual simulation and gamified departmental flow training, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, April 2020 – September 2020

• Medical student on-the-job teaching and mentoring, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, April 2020 – May 2024

• Simulation fellow, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, March 2019 – September 2019

• Neonatal Emergencies Training Lead, THET/King’s College London Somaliland Partnership, Hargeisa Somalia March 2016 – April 2016

• South London Learning Together – Paediatric primary care training program, September 2015 – May 2016

• Online tutor, Medicine Africa and Somaliland Projects, King’s College Hospital Global Health Department, February 2014 – December 2019

Clinical and Research Interest

• Clinical Interest: Paediatric Emergency Medicine

• Research Interest: Paediatric Emergency Medicine / Health Economics

Books

• Minor injuries series book 1: Foundations, Don’t forget the Bubbles, copyright 2023 (editor)

Recent Publications

• Rose K, Bressan S, Honeyford K in association with the REPEM network as part of the EPISODES Study, et al. Responses of paediatric emergency departments to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a cross-sectional survey study, BMJ Paediatrics Open 2021;5:e001269 (collaborator)

• Medical Oxygen Therapy: Clinical Guidelines, Save the Children International 2022 (author)

• Rapti S., et al. Early identification of sepsis in children presenting to the ED: Redesigning our escalation pathway, Poster presentation, Evelina Children’s Quality Improvement conference, July 22, 2020, London

• Neelakshi G., Rapti S., Paediatric Emergency Review Clinic: The experience of our centre, Poster Presentation, Evelina Children’s Quality Improvement Conference, July 22, 2020, London

• Rapti S., et al. Rapid Registrar Review (RRR) in Children’s ED: a journey of learning through trialling, Poster presentation, Evelina children’s Quality Improvement Conference, July 22, 2020, London

• Deehan G., Raptis S., et al. Saving lives through accident prevention, Poster presentation, International Forum on quality and safety in healthcare, May 3-4, 2018, Amsterdam

• Durkin N., Raptis S., et al. Is it really reflux, or should we cut to the chase? Oral presentation, BAPS Conference, July 22-24, 2015, Cardiff

• Rapti S., et al. Seropositivity against Cytomegalovirus, Rubella virus and toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women. Poster presentation, 4^th National Neonatology Congress, May 11-13, 2012, Athens, Greece

• Rapti S., et al. A newborn with situs inversus totalis. Presentation of a case. Poster presentation, 4^th National Neonatology Congress, May 11-13, 2012, Athens, Greece

• Argyropoulos A., Rapti S., et al. Non-antibiotic associated Cl. difficile infection in a 6-year-old boy. Poster presentation, 2^nd Southeast European Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection, November 3-6, 2011, Belgrade, Serbia

• Mantzourani M., Raptis S., et al. Peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotype analysis in immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Archives of Hellenic Medicine, 33(4):527-531 

• Meletis J., Raptis S., et al. Successful treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura with the thrombopoietin-mimetic Romiplostin. Medical Science Monitor, 2010, 16(8):CS100-102