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Clinician

Laurent Servais

Professor, University of Oxford; children's doctor and expert in rare muscle-wasting diseases

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press citations on 1 topic since 29 Jul 2026 · last quoted 29 Sept 2026

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Laurent Servais: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Professor, University of Oxford; children's doctor and expert in rare muscle-wasting diseases
Quoted on
Rare diseases
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
29 Sept 2026
First quoted
29 Jul 2026

04  The signal · where Laurent Servais sits on rare diseases

Ranked 25= of 100 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 23 others on 2 citations.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)9
  2. 2Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS England8
  3. 3=Prof Dame Sue Hill portraitProf Dame Sue HillRegulatorChief Scientific Officer for England and Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics, NHS England7
  4. 25=Natalie KhoazClinicianResearch Midwife and Principal Investigator of the Generation Study at Jessop Wing, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2
  5. 25=Russell WellsSector leaderFourth-year medical student at OHSU and lead author of the study2
  6. 25=Laurent ServaisClinicianProfessor, University of Oxford; children's doctor and expert in rare muscle-wasting diseases2
  7. 25=David Liu portraitDavid LiuAcademicThomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard, the Broad Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute2
  8. 25=Dominic Rowe portraitDominic RoweAcademicHead of Neurology Clinic, Macquarie University2

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05  On the record · press

What Laurent Servais has said

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  • oxfordmail.co.uk1
  • thesun.co.uk1

Where Laurent Servais has been quoted

  1. 01The toll of 'NHS newborn screening mistake' as 1 in 17 suffer like Jesy's twinsthesun.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
  2. 02Little Mix star welcomes newborn testing for rare genetic disorderoxfordmail.co.uk · 29 Jul 2026

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“It was a terrible mistake for the UK not to start sooner, but even more terrible would be to not learn from the mistake.”
Professor, University of Oxford; children's doctor and expert in rare muscle-wasting diseases · Rare diseases · thesun.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“This study represents a decisive step towards ensuring that every child born with SMA in the UK has the opportunity to be diagnosed and treated before irreversible damage occurs.”
Professor, University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics · Rare diseases · oxfordmail.co.uk · 29 Jul 2026 · Read the article

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