Training
I graduated from medical school at Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom in 1991. Following my Junior House Officer (Intern) year at Craigavon Area Hospital I entered specialty training in anaesthetics within the Northern Ireland Regional Anaesthetic Training Program. I completed my anaesthetic training in August 1999 which included 18 months subspecialty training in Intensive Care Medicine within Northern Ireland. I then completed the final 6 months of my ICU training at the University of Toronto and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Current Position
Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Craigavon Area Hospital, United Kingdom (2006-present)
Royal College of Anaesthetists College Tutor, Craigavon Area Hospital (2008-present)
Previous Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Critical Care) and Anesthesia
Dalhousie University and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada (2005-2010, part-time 2006-2010)
Chair, Critical Care Multidisciplinary Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Committee, Dalhousie Division of Critical Care Medicine (2005-2006)
Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Antrim Area Hospital, United Kingdom (2000-2005)
Qualifications and Fellowships
Primary Medical Degree MB BCh BAO 1991
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists FRCA 1995
Diploma of the Irish Board of Intensive Care Medicine DIBICM 1999
Master of Education MEd 2003
Elected Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians FCCP 2008
Fellow of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland FJFICMI 2010
Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (United Kingdom) FFICM 2011
Professional Interests: Clinical
Echocardiography and ultrasound in ICU and anaesthesia
Acute kidney injury
Regional anaesthesia techniques
Fluid management
Peri-operative medicine
Gram-positive sepsis and toxic shock syndromes
Professional interests: Non-clinical
Medical education
Formative assessment of medical trainers
Medical publishing and peer review
Medical and scientific writing and editing
Quality Improvement
