Aortic Surgery
High Risk Cardiac Surgery
Minimal Access Surgery
Medical Law and Ethics
Medical Education
Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Medical Management and Leadership
Medical Research
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian.
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London.
Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, London.
Member of The Academy of Medical Educators.
Member of the Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care (ACTACC)
Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC)
Member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (ELSO)
Member of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM)
Member of the Expert Witness Institute (EWI)
Member of the British Medical Association (BMA)
Member of the Medical Protection Society (MPS)
Member of the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK)
National Cardiac Benchmarking Collaborative Steering Group (NCBC) Member.
Clinical Supervisor, Educational Supervisor, Faculty Tutor for Cardiac Anaesthesia and Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine.
Qualified in peri-operative transoesophageal echocardiography with British Society of Echocardiography.
Anaesthesia and Peri-Operative management of adult patients for:
Standard access and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) including Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve repair or replacement, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) / Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) repair, Myxoma removal and Myomectomies.
Standard access and Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) including wedge resection, lobectomies and pneumonectomy, pleural biopsies, bullectomies, rib resection and tracheal stenting.
Major Aortic Surgery including acute and chronic Type A Dissections and Aneurysms.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI) by all access routes.
Advanced Cardiac mechanical support including ECMO.
Electrophysiology (EP) procedures, Coronary Angiography, Heart defect device closures and Cardiac Pacemaker / Defibrillator implantations and removals.
Transoesophageal Echocardiography.
Pre- and post- operative Intensive Care Medicine management for patients requiring all forms of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology procedures.
Medical Management and Leadership
Medical Research
Medical Law and Ethics including Expert Witness reports
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Usher Institute, Centre for Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Science, University of Edinburgh. MSc in Cardiac Critical Care, University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Critical Care Research Group, University of Edinburgh.
NHS Research Scotland (NRS)
National Specialty Group (NSG) - Anaesthesia, peri-operative Medicine and Critical Care
Scottish Anaesthetic and Peri-operative Medicine network - Research Lead NHS Lothian
National Cardiac Benchmarking Collaborative (NCBC)
National Steering / Research Group Member
National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) - Research PI / CI