I am a consultant anaesthetist and have worked at Birmingham Childrens’ Hospital since 1998. My main interests are liver transplantation and long term central venous access. I have been providing long term central venous access for over 25 years.

 

The venous access team places over six hundred tunnelled lines a year. The hospital has a busy haematology/oncology unit, as well as a dialysis unit and a home parenteral nutrition service. The latter two groups of patients provide the biggest challenge: vessel maintenance.

 

I have published widely on paediatric central venous access, have delivered lectures, and run workshops on the subject. I am a board member of NIVAS and a one of the co-authors of Safe Vascular Access 2025 published by the Association of Anaesthetists.

 

I am one of four paediatric anaesthetists providing anaesthesia for liver, intestinal and renal transplantation as well as caring for those children undergoing hepatobiliary surgery, interventional radiological and endoscopic procedures.

 

I have published numerous articles and chapters on paediatric transplantation. I am on the council of the Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe, LICAGE and regularly teach and speak on the subject.