Consultant in Anaesthesia, Perioperative & Intensive Care Medicine, Doctor, Researcher, Adventures & Expeditions

Southampton, England
Joined December 2014
TopMedTalk’s coverage of Anesthesiology 2026 (the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists) in San Diego begins with @katy_skier & @acumpstey introducing this year’s hosting team Mike Grocott, Sol Aronson, James Bowness and Harriet Hopf topmedtalk.com/podcasts/anes…
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New @topmedtalk: at @EBPOM World Congress, @acumpstey interviews Deena Harji & Cathy Price about cancer pain, surgical robotics & pain management They discuss rapid UK adoption of surgical robotics & the pain management across the perioperative journey topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebpo…
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New @topmedtalk - at the @ANZCA ASM in Auckland, @katy_skier & @acumpstey interview David Story & @Ed_TimWalsh about what inspired them to pursue a career in research and how they support emerging research leaders. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/enab…
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New TopMedTalk Classic - Dr Jugdeep Dhesi explores how our understanding of frailty improved. How do we build a patient’s physical reserve? What is the best way to conceptualise frailty? Are there any universal treatments available? topmedtalk.com/podcasts/topm…
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New @topmedtalk from EBPOM Ireland: @katy_skier & @IFecherJones interview Oliver Pratt, & Joe Cosgrove about contributing to pre-hospital care in mountain rescue and event healthcare. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebpo… To support Mountain Rescue: mountain.rescue.org.uk/suppo…
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This month’s @topmedtalk #PerioperativeProfile features Duminda Wijeysundera, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and IHPME at the University of Toronto, and a Staff Physician at St. Michael’s Hospital. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/peri…
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New @topmedtalk - @acumpstey, Guy Ludbrook & Georgia Cadzow discuss the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) They cover the economic impacts, quality indicators, plans for shared core datasets, the EPOC Network & 2027 EPOC World Congress topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebpo…
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New @topmedtalk - At the 58th SOAP meeting in Montreal, @mike_grocott and @ChappellDesiree interview Heather Nixon, SOAP immediate past president, about SOAP’s educational mission, governance, outreach, and special interest groups. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/soap…
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New @topmedtalk - Joff Lacy & @IFecherJones speak with @drmalcolmwest & Tim Baker, clinical co-leads for the National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC). topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebpo… FOR MORE ON EBPOM IRELAND GO HERE: ebpom.org
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New @topmedtalk Classic from 2018 - BobbieJean Sweitzer discusses whether perioperative risk in frail patients can be managed, emphasizing that current risk tools underweight frailty and functional outcomes. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/topm…
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New @topmedtalk: At the Collaborative Clinical Trials meeting in Prato, Italy, @mike_grocott & co-host @priestley608 speak with @sachinkheterpal, & Kelley M. Kidwell about sequential multiple assignment randomized trials (SMART) pragmatic trial designs. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/smar…
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New @topmedtalk #PerioperativeProfile. Dan Sessler tells @acumpstey about his career as a perioperative trialist with >1,000 publications He emphasizes mentorship, philanthropy, and his current focus on reducing postoperative mortality topmedtalk.com/podcasts/peri…
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New @topmedtalk: @mike_grocott & @ChappellDesiree speak with Rebecca Aslakson & Michael Gropper about the Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research They describe how FAER’s early-career support helped launch our guest’s own research trajectories topmedtalk.com/podcasts/iars…
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#BreakingTrials @acumpstey & @mike_grocott interview Paul Myles about the ITACS trial (intravenous iron treatment for anaemia before cardiac surgery). topmedtalk.com/podcasts/brea…
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New @topmedtalk At the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (@EBPOM) 2026 World Congress, Nicolai Bang Foss describes wide European variation in postoperative pathways driven largely by ICU bed capacity. Listen here: topmedtalk.com/podcasts/ebpo…
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New @topmedtalk: @katy_skier & @acumpstey discuss the @ANZCA Emerging Leaders Conference (ELC) with Dr Saana Taylor FANZCA & Dr Vik Singh FANZCA, co-conveners of this year’s ELC, named Te Herenga Matua (“the pursuit of consciousness”). topmedtalk.com/podcasts/anzc…
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New @topmedtalk from Society of Obstetric Anaesthesiology & Perinataology (SOAP) in Montreal, @mike_grocott & Joe Larvin speak with SOAP president Ron George about SOAP’s growth to over 1,000 attendees and its international, collaborative community. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/soap…
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𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜: 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲? Joff Lacey & Monty Mythen discuss with their guests; Tim Cook & William Harrop-Griffiths topmedtalk.com/podcasts/topm…
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Recorded at @ANZCA's ASM, @katy_skier interviews Professor Alan Merry for a @topmedtalk perioperative profile, covering his retirement from clinical practice, ongoing research supervision, & work on environmental sustainability. topmedtalk.com/podcasts/peri…
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New @topmedtalk AI - @bowness_james & Amy Gomes speak with Joe Harris & Sanjay Wijayatilake about “AI demand signaling” in intensive care. The intensive care survey is open until July 31st. Follow this link for more: demandsignal.uk/ topmedtalk.com/podcasts/topm…
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