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Business Hours

Mon to Fri 09:00-17:00

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education and Qualifications

University University of London
1965-1970 Guy's Hospital Medical School.
 
Qualifications
Jan 1970 LRCP MRCS
May 1970 MB BS
July 1974 FFARCS (Eng) (FRCA)
July 1974 ECFMG
May 1980 HST Accreditation Certificate
Oct 1993 Certificate in Management (OU)
July 1995 Diploma in Management (OU)
July 1992 BMAS Accredited Acupuncturist
Mar 2008 FFPMRCA.

Present Appointments

  Attending Consultant in Pain Medicine
Charing Cross Hospital
Part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Previous Appointments

Post Registration
May 1970 Locum appointments Southampton General Hospital
July 1970 House Surgeon Nottingham General Hospital
Jan 1971 House Physician Nottingham General Hospital.
 
Anaesthesia Training
July 1971

SHO Anaesthetics United Sheffield Hospitals

(University Department of Anaesthetics)

Aug 1972 SHO Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics Oxford
Jan 1973 Registrar Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics Oxford
July 1974 Senior Registrar Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics Oxford.

Specialist Post Graduate Training

Regional Anaesthesia and obstetric Anaesthesia
Dec 1974 Anaesthetist (Senior Registrar equivalent) Gotland Sweden.
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
April 1975 Fellow in Cardio-Thoracic Anaesthesia, Auckland NZ.
Regional Anaesthesia and obstetric Anaesthesia
Dec 1974 Anaesthetist (Senior Registrar equivalent) Gotland Sweden.
General, Orthopaedic and Critical Care
May 1976 Specialist in Anaesthesia – Australia
May 1978 Anaesthetist (Consultant status) Gotland Sweden.
Pain Medicine
Oct 1978 - June 1982 Research Fellow in Pain Management
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics. Oxford.

Consultant Appointments

July 1982 - Feb 2010 Consultant Anaesthetist, Director Pain services
Charing Cross Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
March 2010 - Feb 2013 Post Retirement Contract
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
March 2013 - Present Licence to Attend (LTA)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Past Professional Activities

1994 College Assessor Consultant Interview Committees
1994 Editorial Board PAIN REVIEWS
1996 Reviewer for PAIN
1998 Reviewer European Journal of Pain
1999 Professional advisor to Trusts on staff performance issues (PAP’s)
1997 Advisor to Professional Indemnity organisations
2006 Honorary Treasurer British Pain Society
2007 Expert panel on chronic Pain Hillingdon PCT.

 

Former Appointments

1983-1987 Vice Chairman Division of Anaesthesia Charing Cross Hospital
1987-1990 Chairman Division of Anaesthesia Charing Cross Hospital
1983-1994 Member N W T R Anaesthetic Advisory Committee
1982-1987 Member Charing Cross Hospital Research Committee
1988-1990 Member of Council Section of Measurement RSM
1988-1990 Council Member Pain Society of Great Britain
1987-1991 Member of Pain Society Working Party on Training in pain
1990-1999 Member of North Thames (West) BMA Consultants Committee
1990-1994 Lead Clinician (Clinical Director)
Riverside Hospitals Anaesthetic & Theatres Services
1990-1999 Member of North Thames (West) BMA Consultants Committee
1994-2000 BMA Local Negotiating Committee (LNC) representative
1993-2000 Vice-Chairman of HH Hospitals Blood Transfusion Committee
1994-2000 BMA Local Negotiating Committee (LNC) representative
1993-2000 Vice-Chairman of HH Hospitals Blood Transfusion Committee
1991-1995 Member of North Thames (West) Regional "C" Awards Committee
Assistant Secretary Pain Society of Great Britain
1992-1993 Member of Riverside Hospital Information Systems (HISS) project board
1992-1997 Member of Hammersmith Hospitals Medical Policy Board
Member of Working Party NHS Clinical Terms Project
1993-1997 Chairman Thames Acute Pain Club
1993-1996 Council Member British Medical Acupuncture Society
1993-2001 Chairman CX&W Medical School undergraduate selection committees
1993-2003 Member of Hammersmith Hospitals Clinical Services Executive
1993–1997 Honorary Secretary to the Pain Society GB
1994-1998 Clinical Director Anaesthesia, Hammersmith Hospitals
1995-1996 Member of College Working Party on Pain Services
1996-2000 External Assessor – Health Technology (HTA) projects
1997 Audit Commission “Anaesthesia under examination”
1998–2003 Deputy Clinical Director Surgery & Anaesthesia
1999-2003 Chairman Risk Management Committee, HH Trust
1999-2001 Project Leader – Operating Theatres Redevelopment
2001-2006 Interviewer for undergraduate selection committees.

Membership of Societies

  • Association of Anaesthetists GB
  • British Medical Association
  • British Pain Society
  • British Medical Acupuncture Society
  • ESRA (European Society of Regional Anaesthesia)
  • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
  • Clinical and legal Issues in Pain (CLIP) founded by IASP
  • PANG (Co-founder)
  • Royal Society of Medicine
  • West London Med Chur Society
  • American Pain Society
  • Specialist Info - Medicolegal
  • 2011 Awarded Honorary membership of British Pain Society.

Current Hospital Admitting Rights

  • Charing Cross Hospital London
  • Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
  • The Lister Hospital, London
  • The Wellington Hospital, London