[Spotlight] Sailesh Kotecha—preterm birth respiratory medicine expert

Sailesh Kotecha's family settled in London after being expelled from Uganda in 1972. Given his strong interest in human biology, he opted to study medicine. He was awarded a scholarship to study at Cambridge University and Middlesex Hospital Medical School and enjoyed his paediatric rotations, including in Mumbai, India, and Nairobi, Kenya, the most. During his first post in emergency medicine at London's Whittington Hospital, while contemplating a career in paediatrics, Kotecha tells The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that “my colleagues sent most paediatric patients to me so I learnt paediatrics very fast”.