Core Committee
CHAIRS
John Cronin MSc MRCP(UK) FRCA
Chair
Anaesthetic Registrar in South East London with a specialty interest in cardiothoracic anaesthesia. Research interests include pulmonary aeration and perfusion during ventilation and space physiology.
Sibtain Anwar PhD FRCA
Consultant Lead
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, and Lead for Clinical Research at Bart’s Heart Centre.
NORTH CENTRAL
Stuart Connal MBChB BMedSci(Hons)
Anaesthetic registrar in the North Central School of Anaesthesia.
Julia Denham-Hermetz FRCA
Anaesthetic trainee with the North Central School of Anaesthesia in London.
Steve Howey FRCA PGDip (Periop)
Higher Anaesthetics Registrar in North Central London School
Shaun May
Dan Martin PhD FRCA FFICM
North Central consultant lead
Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at University College London and the Royal Free Hospital.
Links:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anaesthesia/people/martin
NORTH WEST
Leda Lignos BSc MBBS FRCA
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Anaesthesia and registrar in Imperial School of Anaesthesia with specialty interests in paediatric and neuroanaesthesia. Research interests include neuronal pathways of sleep and general anaesthesia.
Nicole Greenshields FRCA
Registrar in Imperial School of Anaesthesia. Specialist interest in perioperative medicine and completed the UCLH fellowship. Nicole is currently writing up her dissertation for the masters on enhanced recovery
Sham Karmali MBBS BSc MRCP FRCA FFICM FHEA DLM
Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Registrar in the Imperial School of Anaesthesia. Subspecialty interest in anaesthesia for head and neck surgery and perioperative medicine
Vimal Gover MB ChB (Hons) BSc (Hons) MRCP FRCA MD (res)
North West consultant lead
Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. North central PLAN consultant lead.
Links:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vimal_Grover
SOUTH WEST
Aidan Fullbrook FRCA
Anaesthetic Registrar, St George's School of Anaesthesia. Interests include perioperative medicine, medical education and quality improvement. Recently completed a perioperative medicine fellowship in Wellington, New Zealand.
Louise Nolan BSc MBBS FRCA DTMH
Anaesthetic Registrar and Trainee Representative for St George’s School of Anaesthesia. Interests include paediatric anaesthesia and perioperative anaesthesia.
Matt Oliver MBChB FRCA AFHEA(UCL) PhD
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Matt was the first HSRC NELA Research Fellow in 2012 and has been NELA’s Research Lead since 2017. In 2017 he completed a UCL Health Services Research PhD investigating organisational determinants of mortality after emergency laparotomy, before being appointed UCL’s NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in anaesthesia.
Matt has been on the PLAN committee since 2016 and promotes trainee engagement in research both locally and across the region. He enjoys sharing his experience in methods, statistics and data analysis for surgical outcomes and health services research.
Adam Samways BSc MBBS FRCA
Anaesthetic Registrar, St George's School Of Anaesthesia.
Matthew Sinnott BSc MBChB FRCA
Anaesthetic Registrar, St George’s School of Anaesthesia
Carolyn Johnston FRCA MA (Oxon)
South West Consultant Lead
Consultant St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust with special interest in quality improvement.
Links:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carolyn_Johnston2
SOUTH EAST
Daveena Meeks
Core Anaesthetics trainee in London and the South East
Emma-Jane 'EJ' Smith MRCP FRCA FFICM
Anaesthetic and ICM registrar in South East London. Interests include human factors, resuscitation, obstetric anaesthesia and maternal critical care
Sarah Tian BSc MBBS FRCA
Anaesthetic Registrar and Trainee Representative for Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Liana Zucco FRCA
Anaesthetic registrar in South East London, with an interest in prehabilitation, quality improvement, trainee well being and constantly exploring how I can learn from fellow colleagues in other hospitals and other specialties, to promote higher standards of care … and get it right, first time!
Phil Hopkins PhD FRCA MRCP FFICM DICM
South East Consultant Lead
Consultant & Hon Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia & Trauma at Kings College Hospital. Research Lead for the ACET Research team in Critical Care at KCH and Joint CRN lead for Critical Care for London South.
NORTH EAST
Queenie Lo FRCA
Anaesthetic registrar in Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia, OAA trainee rep. Currently undertaking a fellowship i patient safety.
Benjamin Post FRCA
Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Registrar in Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia.
Oliver Boney FRCA
Anaesthetic Registrar in Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia.
Chloe Baker BA MPH MRCP
Anaesthetics Registrar in Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia.
Anil Visram BSc FRCA
North East Consultant Lead
Consultant at the Royal London Hospital. Specialist interests in neuroanaesthesia and paediatric anaesthesia research.
