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I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee, having trained in Scotland and Australia. I have particular interest in anaesthesia for head and neck surgery, advanced airway management, paediatric anaesthesia, major trauma care and critical incident reporting. In 2009, I was chairman of the organising committee for the DAS ASM held in Perth and followed this... more
Dr Imran Ahmad has been appointed as the Secretary for DAS in November 2018. He has been a committee member since 2012, when he was appointed as the DAS Surveys co-ordinator. He was a co-author of the 2015 DAS intubation guidelines and is the chair for the DAS Awake Tracheal Intubation Guidelines.
I am a Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine in Warrington Hospitals, Cheshire. I trained in Liverpool, North West England and Melbourne, Australia. I have a long-standing interest in airway management, especially extubation and in the ICU. I was Clinical Director of ICU 2005-7 and joint Clinical Lead Anaesthesia/ICU 2007-11. I am a faculty member and contributor to the... more
Prof. Pandit currently works as consultant anaesthetist at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He is the clinical lead for the RCoA's NAP5 project. More details of his illustrious career can be found at http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/373-1129/Professor-Jaideep-Pandit.html
I have been the webmaster of DAS for the past 7 years. I have also played a key role in developing the online database for NAP4 and NAP5 projects. I designed the Oxford Region Airway Group website www.orag.co.uk.
Kariem El-Boghdadly completed undergraduate training at University College London in 2007 and proceeded to undertake his anaesthetic training in South East School of Anaesthesia. He was awarded the Nuffield Prize for the FRCA and completed fellowships in pre-hospital medicine in Sydney, Australia, followed by regional anaesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He completed the... more
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics in Oxford. I graduated from Cambridge University and still support them in the Varsity Matches and the Boat Race! I did surgery and emergency medicine before enetering anaesthetic training. I completed fellowships in Advancd Airway Management and Regional Anaesthesia. I am Airway Lead in the Trust. My main research... more
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics in Oxford. I graduated from Cambridge University and still support them in the Varsity Matches and the Boat Race! I did surgery and emergency medicine before enetering anaesthetic training. I completed fellowships in Advancd Airway Management and Regional Anaesthesia. I am Airway Lead in the Trust. My main research... more
I am a Royal Air Force Joint Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine trainee. I’ve trained within various anaesthesia schools – East of England, St George’s London, and now Imperial. My professional interests focus on difficult airways, education and medical leadership and management. I intend to help develop web-based educational resources for trainees hosted by the DAS... more
I am a 10th year Anaesthetic and ICM trainee in London. Admittedly not a specialist in ‘difficult airways’ per se, I hope to bring to the committee the views and opinions of a ‘jobbing anaesthetist’ – i.e. what is considered a ‘difficult airway’ to most of the committee, may be different to most of us! Additionally, I am very keen to work with the... more