Sara qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2011 and is currently the Medical Director at St Christopher’s. From an early stage in her career, she developed a strong interest in palliative care and volunteered with Hospice Africa Uganda in 2014. She completed her specialty training in palliative medicine in Bristol in 2020 and subsequently took up her first consultant role as a hospital based palliative medicine consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

In 2022, Sara joined St Christopher’s Hospice as a community consultant, where she supports a large team of clinical nurse specialists and supervises resident doctors. Alongside her clinical work, she developed a growing interest in leadership and service development, leading to her appointment as Medical Director in 2025.

Her clinical interests include complex symptom management and the psychological aspects of palliative care, with a particular focus on the role of palliative care for people living with dementia. From 2023 to 2025, she was President of the Palliative Care Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, during which she organised multiple educational events, including programmes focused on mental health and palliative care, and established the RSM Scholars programme for palliative medicine Specialty Registrars.