NTAM

Mark has been organising NTAM since its inception and finished his training in London in 2004.

His research interests are: outcomes research in vascular anaesthesia, prevention of perioperative hypothermia, role of perioperative temperature management in enhanced recovery programmes. He regularly advises on NICE guideline committees, including 'Perioperative hypothermia: Management of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults'.

James is a trainee on the North East London school of Anaesthesia. 2020 will be James' first year as an NTAM Vice-Chair. As exhibited by his profile photo, he has an interest in pre-hospital care, developing his experience in this area alongside an interest in cardiac anaesthesia.

Viv vice-chaired NTAM for two years and continues to provide support to the current trainee leads. Her claims to fame are: 1. having a favourite clotting factor 2. being a fearless skier 3. nearly got on to Great British Bake Off.

After two years of Vice-Chairing for NTAM, Cyrus has continued his links with the organising committee by volunteering to maintain the conference website and booking system. He is a Consultant Anaesthetist at GSTT with an interest in perioperative medicine, regional anaesthesia and onco-anaesthesia. Cyrus is an NIAA/HSRC Research Fellow, working with an international collaboration to create a Core Outcomes Set for paediatric perioperative care. He is also an NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur, seeking to apply nascent technologies in apps, healthcare data and machine learning to the delivery of joined-up care in the NHS.

Dr Fennelly is a long-standing member of the academic committee for NTAM, and has been influential in making the meeting a successful event over the years. Dr Fennelly works at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and her specialist clinical interests include anaesthesia for spinal deformity surgery and intensive care medicine.

Tony was the first organiser of NTAM in 1999.

He now works at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) which currently has the largest single ICU in the UK and is treats critically ill patients from every adult speciality. Since starting his consultant post in 2004, Tony has an interest in infection and antibiotics in the critically ill. He has broadened clinical research at QEHB and collaborates widely with groups from around the world, the University of Birmingham and the Royal College of Defence Medicine.

Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, UCL; Honorary Consultant Anaesthesia and Critical Care UCL Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust; Director, Centre for Anaesthesia UCL; Director of Research and Development UCLH NHS Foundation Trust; Director Joint UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Unit; National Clinical Lead Enhanced Recovery Partnership Programme, UK Department of Health; Board Member of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Chair of the Intensive Care Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board; Chair of the Improving Surgical Outcomes Group; Editorial board member for The British Journal of Anaesthesia, Critical Care; Co-Chairman Evidence Based Peri-operative Medicine (EBPOM) annual meeting and website; Board Member, National Institute Academic Anaesthesia; Examiner for European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine.

Professor Michael (Monty) Mythen completed his UK anaesthesia fellowship (FRCA) in 1990, gained an MD in 1995 and was appointed assistant professor at Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, USA before returning to the UK.

He has a wide range of research interests including: peri-operative fluid management and trans-oesophageal Doppler, haemostasis in the critically ill, endotoxin and endotoxin immunity and the determinants of post-operative morbidity and mortality. He has over 100 publications on PubMed and has extensive editorial involvement with a number of anaesthetic and critical care journals. He recently took part in "Caudwell Xtreme Everest" and as project leader spent 3 months as the laboratory manager at The Smiths Medical High altitude laboratory, Namche, Nepal (3,500m).

Dr Davies qualified from the Welsh National School of Medicine and has worked at UCL Hospitals NHS trust (formerly The Middlesex Hospital) as a Consultant Anaesthetist since 1991. Dr Davies was an examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists from 1999 to 2009, and has held a number of administrative posts within the department of anaesthesia such as Royal College tutor and departmental chairman. He is a much respected educator within the Central London School of Anaesthesia.

Dr Presland is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, where he has held the role of Anaesthetic Service Director since 2012. His specialist clinical interests include ophthalmic anaesthesia, paediatric anaesthesia and day-case anaesthesia. His current professional commitments include advising the Royal College of Anaesthesia on ophthalmic anaesthesia. He is a regular speaker at NTAM and has been extremely influential in maintaining a high level of presentation and content from the educational and scientific programme.