GMC Number
4722575
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine (BM)
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)
European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia & Acute Pain Management (EDRA)
Main areas of interest
I regularly undertake general and regional anaesthesia for surgical specialties including general surgery, trauma & orthopaedic surgery, urology, neurosurgery, spinal surgery and ophthalmic surgery.
I have an interest in regional anaesthesia and am one of only a small number of anaesthetists in the area who has obtained the European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia & Acute Pain Management (EDRA). I use these skills to perform awake surgery as well as enhance post operative pain relief when appropriate including the use of ultrasound guided regional anaesthetic techniques.
Membership of learned societies
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland
Teaching interest
Advanced Life Support instructor since 2014
Regular faculty member on the 'Anaesthetic Crisis Resource Management' high fidelity simulator course at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth for anaesthetic trainees
Regular examiner on a Final FRCA revision course
Teaching of trainee anaesthetists on both local and regional teaching programmes
Hospital(s) where have practicing rights
Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital
Optegra Eye Hospital Hampshire
Biography
I studied medicine at the University of Southampton, qualifying in 2000. I undertook my anaesthetic training in Wessex, Bristol and the South Coast and have been a consultant in Southampton since 2013.
