Consultant anaesthetist and sleep medicine physician at South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Work Experience
20+ years in anaesthesia and sleep medicine
Career Highlights
Honorary Professor Hull York Medical School, Visiting Professor at Teesside University and Associate Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University
Vice-President International Prehabilitation Society
Member of the Perioperative Medicine Leadership Committee for the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Faculty member for European and National Perioperative CPET Practicums
Research Lead for the Preoperative Association
Education
Graduated from Newcastle University medical school in 1998
Anaesthetic training with the Northern Deanery from 1992 to 2002
Fellowship training in Australia (1998-1999) and Canada (2000-2001)
Publications
"Community-based prehabilitation before elective major surgery: the PREP-WELL quality improvement project", 2020, DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000898
"Preoperative exercise training for adults undergoing elective major vascular surgery: A systematic review", 2022, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263090
"Anaerobic threshold as an independent predictor of mid-term survival following elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm", 2020, DOI: 10.23736/S0021-9509.19.11052-X
"Utility and reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in patients scheduled for major vascular surgery: a prospective, observational, multicentre observer-blinded study", 2022, DOI: 10.1186/s13741-022-00240-9
"The impact of a digital joint school educational programme on post-operative outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative cohort study", 2022, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07989-1
"Patients Awaiting Surgical Repair for Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Can Exercise at Moderate to Hard Intensities with a Low Risk of Adverse Events", 2017, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00684
