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My current role
I am currently a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Paediatric Critical Care Transport Medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals, having moved here in 2021. I am one of the original Consultants working on the PaNDR Paediatric service, which involves stabilizing and transferring critically ill children from the East of England to paediatric intensive care units in Cambridge and London. This is alongside my anaesthetic role in Addenbrooke's theatres, providing anaesthesia for mainly paediatric patients undergoing surgery or other procedures/imaging.
Previous history
I studied Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at The University of Oxford and then Medicine at Queen's University of Belfast. I completed anaesthesia training in the Northern Ireland Deanery with interests in paediatric and cardiac anaesthesia. I then carried out further training in paediatric intensive care medicine and paediatric anaesthesia at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.
Prior to moving to Cambridge, I was a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children from 2015-2021, which also involved work with the paediatric critical care transport service NISTAR. I held the role of Clinical Lead for Paediatric Organ Donation for RBHSC and lead for the Renal replacement therapy on PICU. I also lead on the anaesthetic provision for developing a Congenital Cardiac MRI service which was new to Belfast.
My main clinical interests are paediatric difficult airway management, stabilization of critically ill children, point of care ultrasound in paediatric critical care and Total Intravenous Anaesthesia for children.
Membership/ accreditations
Fellow of The Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Fellow of The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland.
Paediatric Critical Care Society.
Difficult Airway Society.
European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Critical Care.
European Society of Paediatric Anaesthesia.
Personal interests
Outside of work I am a sci-fi and fantasy fiction geek, enjoy swimming, play the flute, dabble in amateur astronomy and my family have also decided that I will be the keeper of 3 rabbits.
My favourite quote
"Never laugh at live dragons" - JRR Tolkien