The department of anaesthesia

Introduction
The department runs a range of services alongside the anaesthetic management of complex orthopaedic procedures. It is a consultant led service with twenty one consultants, 6 specialist registrars and one associate specialist. The British Society of Orthopaedic Anaesthetists was inaugurated at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 1996.

The service provides peri-operative care for a wide range of procedures including spinal deformity and injury, paediatric orthopaedics, bone tumour surgery, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery, and revision joint replacement surgery. Regional blockade and peripheral nerve blocks are commonly used and maintained postoperatively for analgesia.

Consultant Anaesthetists/Specialist Interests

Dr Kofi Agyare - Head of Department - Clinical Lead for Intensive care - Chairman of Resuscitation Committee - Vascular access - Anaesthesia for Spinal Deformity Surgery
Dr John Barcroft - Upper Limb Anaesthesia - Regional Anaesthesia - Risk Management
Dr Jonathan Berman - Chronic Pain Management
Dr Jan Cernovsky - Paediatric Anaesthesia - Anaesthesia for Spinal Deformity Surgery
Dr Mogera Chandra - Regional Anaesthesia - Vascular Access
Dr Michael Cooper - Paediatric Anaesthesia - Anaesthesia for Bone Tumour Surgery
Dr Geraldine Edge - Paediatric Anaesthesia - Anaesthesia for Spinal Deformity Surgery
Dr Mary Fennelly - Anaesthesia for Spinal Deformity Surgery - Intensive Care
Dr Paul Flynn - Pre operative Assessment
Dr Rick Fox - Intensive Care - Clinical Lead for Chronic Respiratory Care
Dr Rita Gad El-Rab - Acute Pain Management - President of the British Society of Orthopaedic Anaesthetists
Dr David Goldhill - Intensive Care - Vascular Access
Dr Ernie Grundy - Regional Educational Advisor
Dr Michael Hetreed - Acute Pain Management - Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Sue Lowery - Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Faisal Salim - Anaesthesia for Spinal Deformity Surgery - Intensive Care - Vascular Access.
Dr David Seingry - Paediatric Anaesthesia - Pre Assessment
Dr Ruby Sharma - College Tutor - Regional Anaesthesia - Anaesthesia for Joint Replacement Surgery
Dr Val Taylor - Anaesthesia for Bone Tumour/Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery - Anaesthesia for Joint Replacement Surgery
Dr Ramesh Vijayaraghavan - Paediatric Anaesthesia - Anaesthesia for Radiology
Dr King Yau - Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Roxaneh Zarnegar - Chronic Pain Management

Associate Specialist

Dr Helen Falk

Department Secretary:

Kirti Popat kirti.popat@rnoh.nhs.uk

Tel: 020 8909 5560

Fax: 020 8909 5635