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Professor Rob Galloway: no photograph is held, so the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Rare People – The Research Charity monogram is shown instead.
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Professor Rob Galloway

Consultant in Emergency Medicine; Founder and trustee, Rare People – The Research Charity; Honorary Clinical Professor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Rare People – The Research Charity

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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 3 Mar 2026

OfficeUniversity Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Rare People – The Research Charity, HoveThe organisation’s office, not a personal address.

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Professor Rob Galloway: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Consultant in Emergency Medicine; Founder and trustee, Rare People – The Research Charity; Honorary Clinical Professor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Organisation
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Rare People – The Research Charity
Quoted on
Rare diseases
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
13 Apr 2026
First quoted
3 Mar 2026

03  Profile

Who Professor Rob Galloway is

Professor Rob Galloway is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, working at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, and an Honorary Clinical Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. His stated medical interests are in improving patient outcomes by changing 'systems of care', including human factors, cognitive decision-making approaches, patient pathways and staff welfare.

He has spoken on reducing medical errors using tools such as checklists, repeat-back communication and structured escalation. With his wife Dr Laura Galloway, he founded Rare People – The Research Charity after their daughter was diagnosed with DeSanto-Shinawi syndrome. The charity aims to fund clinical trials of AI-identified, repurposed drugs for rare genetic neurodevelopmental conditions.

He has written about the barriers that rare disease creates for safe and equitable care.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Named in the HSJ's Top Ten Wild Card Influencers in 2021 for his impact on changing NHS practices Source ↗

  2. 02

    Co-founded Rare People – The Research Charity, which was formally awarded charity status on 1 September 2025 (Charity number 1214750) Source ↗

  3. 03

    Holds an Honorary Professorship at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and launched Rare People publicly in March 2026 Source ↗

04  The signal · where Professor Rob Galloway sits on rare diseases

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Quoted in the press on rare diseases.

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  1. Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)Leading
  2. Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS EnglandLeading
  3. Dr Rich ScottSector leaderChief Executive Officer of Genomics EnglandLeading
  4. Haydar FrangoulClinicianmedical director of HCA Healthcare's Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Programme at TriStar Centennial Children's Hospital
  5. Dr Anil JoshiClinicianconsultant ENT and facial plastic surgeon
  6. Professor Rob GallowayClinicianConsultant in Emergency Medicine; Founder and trustee, Rare People – The Research Charity; Honorary Clinical Professor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Rare People – The Research Charity
  7. Dr Tasmin SommerfieldAcademicinterim director of screening at NHS National Services Scotland
  8. Catherine RandallClinicianChief nurse, Derian House

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05  On the record · press

What Professor Rob Galloway has said

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  • pslhub.org

Where Professor Rob Galloway has been quoted

  1. From diagnosis to system change: what rare disease is teaching us about safety, bias and AI - Rare diseases - Patient Safety Learning - the hubpslhub.org · 13 Apr 2026
  2. AI hope drives Brighton medic to start rare disease research fundbbc.co.uk · 3 Mar 2026

How we found the articles that name Professor Rob Galloway: we searched news for these terms.

  • rare disease
  • rare conditions
  • orphan drugs
  • genetic disorder
  • cystic fibrosis
  • motor neurone disease
  • muscular dystrophy
  • Huntington

Also searched with “rare disease” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Rare diseases

Verbatim

“Rare disease is a diagnostic safety issue, because children are often reassured repeatedly before referral.”
Professor, Emergency Medicine Consultant and Founder of Rare People · pslhub.org · 13 Apr 2026 · Read the article
“This new strategy to treat rare genetic diseases is so different, so novel and so new, that many of us in medicine (myself included) couldn't see the significance of what was happening in plain sight. I had underestimated just how remarkable it is, and how much potential it could offer children like my daughter.”
Senior emergency doctor at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton · Rare diseases · bbc.co.uk · 3 Mar 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. From diagnosis to system change: what rare disease is teaching us about safety, bias and AI - Patient Safety Learning. Describes him as an Emergency Medicine Consultant and Founder of Rare People. He writes about barriers to safe and equitable care for people with rare diseases.
  2. Brighton doctor launches medical research charity inspired by daughter's rare condition - BSMS. He is Honorary Professor at BSMS and an A&E Consultant at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. He founded Rare People after his daughter's DeSanto-Shinawi diagnosis. Donations go directly to research.
  3. Professor Rob Galloway - CHFG - Clinical Human Factors Group. Gives his role at University Hospitals Sussex and BSMS, his medical interests in systems of care and human factors, and the 2021 HSJ Wild Card Influencers recognition.
  4. About Rare People. The charity was founded by Prof Rob and Dr Laura Galloway. Charity status was awarded on 1 September 2025. Charity number is 1214750.
  5. Professor Robert Galloway – Reducing Medical Errors – Injury Rehab Network. He is dual trained in emergency medicine and intensive care. He has spoken on reducing medical errors with checklists, repeat-back communication and structured escalation.
  6. Professor Rob Galloway Seeks Support for Daughter and Others Battling Rare Genetic Conditions. He is a founder and trustee of the charity. Its mission is to fund clinical trials of repurposed, AI-identified drugs for rare genetic neurodevelopmental conditions, starting with DESSH.
  7. RARE PEOPLE - THE RESEARCH CHARITY - 1214750 (Charity Commission). The charity's registered contact address is in Hove, East Sussex, and its website is rarepeople.org. The postcode and the contact phone and email are deliberately omitted: the address may be a private residence and the contact details look personal.
  8. Dr Robert Galloway - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. Employer staff page confirming he is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
  9. Rob Galloway on X. X account in his name, posting about his daughter's diagnosis and the launch of Rare People.

07  Contact & links

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x.com/DrRobgallowaypublished here ↗
Staff page
uhsussex.nhs.uk/consultants/dr-robert-galloway
Website
rarepeople.orgpublished here ↗

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