Dr. Shoo Lee is a retired neonatologist, health economist and arguably the most respected 

expert in the field of neonatology, having helped shape neonatal care worldwide. 

He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and Honorary Staff Physician at 

Mount Sinai Hospital. He currently serves as US-China Commissioner for Child Health, 

Founding President of the Canadian Neonatal Foundation, Founding Chairman of the 

Canadian Neonatal Network, Founding Chairman of the Chinese Neonatal Network, and 

Chairman of the German Center for Child & Youth and Mental Health Review Board. 

He is also an International Advisory Panel member for the Imperial College UK Center for 

Pediatrics and Child Health and the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of 

Medicine, and a member of the WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Working Group. 

Dr Lee took particular interest in the case of Lucy Letby after he was approached by her defence team prior to an application to the court of appeal. A paper he co wrote in 1989 on air embolism constituted a heavy part of the evidence used by prosecution expert witness Dewi Evans to prove air embolism as a method of murder in a number of the indicted babies. This became a cause for concern for Dr Lee because the interpretation of the paper used in court was not what he had written. 

On this basis he chose to become a witness for the defence at the leave to appeal hearing. The fact that the paper was misinterpreted, and therefor not reliable, was put to the court, but his evidence was rejected because, as the judges argued, it could have been adduced at the original trial so didn't constitute new evidence (a requirement under UK appeal law). One can get into the horrendous implications of UK appeal law, that an innocent person can remain behind bars because evidence possibly proving innocence was not presented first time around, but that will be discussed elsewhere.

This setback didn't deter Dr Lee but instead spurred the gathering of a panel of fourteen medical experts, some of the best in the world, to carry out a blind study of all the indicted babies to determine whether there had been fould play, or if other causes could be found. In every case the experts found either natural causes, or poor medical care to be responsible. In a press conference held to disclose these findings, Dr Lee explained to the world's media that they "did not find any murders".

Since the press conference the number of highly credentialed experts to come out in support of Lucy Letby has increased exponentially. It is likely that such a highly public statement as to the doubts around how these babies really died, gave courage to many who previoiusly felt unsafe in speaking up. These experts have continued to help the defence gather new and compelling evidence and argument to present to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

The panel of experts:

Eric Eichenwald, Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, USA Chief of the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Holder of the Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair.

Helmut Hummler, Senior Medical Director, European Foundation for Care of Newborn Infants, Germany. 

Tetsuya Isayama, Head of Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Director, Asian Neonatal Network. 

Joanne Langley, Head of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dalhousie University, Canada, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Holder of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, Active Staff, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, IWK Health Centre. 

Neena Modi, Professor of Neonatal Medicine & Vice-Dean (International), Imperial College London, Honorary Consultant, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, President, European Association of Perinatal Medicine. 

Sandra Moore, Staff Nurse, NICU, Southlake Regional Health Center, Newmarket, Canada, Sullivan Medicolegal Experts, Richmond Hill, Ontario. 

Mikael Norman, Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Chairman, Swedish Neonatal Quality Register, Founder, International Society of Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO). 

Bruno Piedboeuf, Professuer Titulaire en Pediatrie, Universitaire Laval, Canada, Coordonnateur des Services Cliniques du RUIS de l’Universite Laval 4Directeur des Affaires Universitaires, Ministere de la Sante et des Services Sociaux du Quebec.

Prakeshkumar Shah, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada, Head, Department of Pediatrics & Maternal-Infant Care Research Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Senior Clinician Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute Director, International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes for Neonates (iNEO), Director, Canadian Preterm Birth Network, Scientific Advisor & Past Director, Canadian Neonatal Network. 

Nalini Singhal, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada, Co-Editor of WHO/AAP Helping Babies Survive Programs. 

Erik Skarsgard, Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada, Director, Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network. 

Ann R. Stark, MD, FAA, Professor in Residence of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, USA, Director of Faculty Development, Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 

One member of the panel has chosen to remain anonymous for the time being.