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Dr Pearce is one of the founding member of DAS and author of the first DAS Intubation Guidelines published in 2004. He served as DAS president from 1999 to 2002. He also has the distinction of setting up the first DAS website and DAS News Letter. He was a consultant anaesthetist at Guy's and St. Thomas Hospital, London. Although he has now retired from active clinical work he is still... more
Dr. Rangasami is keenly interested in all things 'airway'! He made Wexham Park Hospital as one of the most sought after centres in Oxford region for airway training. He also established annual, local & international airway workshops across several countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. He is often invited as guest speaker for airway topics at international conferences. His other... more
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee, having trained in Scotland and Australia. I have particular interest in anaesthesia for head and neck surgery, advanced airway management, paediatric anaesthesia, major trauma care and critical incident reporting. In 2009, I was chairman of the organising committee for the DAS ASM held in Perth and followed this... more
I have been a Consultant Anaesthetist at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, a magnificent modern teaching hospital catering to a large population in Midlands. I have been a Difficult Airway enthusiast and teacher for over a decade and have been teaching in airway courses across the country, including AAGBI and RCOA. My lectures have been appreciated well and I have often... more
Dr Imran Ahmad was appointed as the Secretary for DAS in November 2018. He has been a committee member since 2012, when he was appointed as the DAS Surveys co-ordinator. He was a co-author of the 2015 DAS intubation guidelines and is the chair for the DAS Awake Tracheal Intubation Guidelines.
I have been a Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospital Aintree NHS Trust in Liverpool since 2003. Besides the difficult airway, I am interested in anaesthesia for liver surgery and carcinoid syndrome. Along with Prof. Charters, I developed the ADAM (Aintree Difficult Airway management) website and oversee its allied 1 day workshop dealing with the anticipated difficult airway. When I am... more
I am a Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine in Warrington Hospitals, Cheshire. I trained in Liverpool, North West England and Melbourne, Australia. I have a long-standing interest in airway management, especially extubation and in the ICU. I was Clinical Director of ICU 2005-7 and joint Clinical Lead Anaesthesia/ICU 2007-11. I am a faculty member and contributor to the... more
Prof. Pandit currently works as consultant anaesthetist at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He is the clinical lead for the RCoA's NAP5 project. More details of his illustrious career can be found at http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/373-1129/Professor-Jaideep-Pandit.html
Co Chair LOC DAS Ascot
I have been the webmaster of DAS for the past 7 years. I have also played a key role in developing the online database for NAP4 and NAP5 projects. I designed the Oxford Region Airway Group website www.orag.co.uk.
I am a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics in Oxford. I graduated from Cambridge University and still support them in the Varsity Matches and the Boat Race! I did surgery and emergency medicine before enetering anaesthetic training. I completed fellowships in Advancd Airway Management and Regional Anaesthesia. I am Airway Lead in the Trust. My main research... more
I am a Royal Air Force Joint Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine trainee. I’ve trained within various anaesthesia schools – East of England, St George’s London, and now Imperial. My professional interests focus on difficult airways, education and medical leadership and management. I intend to help develop web-based educational resources for trainees hosted by the DAS... more
I am an ST5 anaesthetics trainee in the Oxford School of Anaesthesia, currently on an educational fellowship in simulation and clinical skills. After medical school in Cambridge and Oxford, and foundation jobs in Oxford, I have trained in anaesthesia in the London and Oxford regions. I am currently studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education. My interests are in airway management,... more
I am a 10th year Anaesthetic and ICM trainee in London. Admittedly not a specialist in ‘difficult airways’ per se, I hope to bring to the committee the views and opinions of a ‘jobbing anaesthetist’ – i.e. what is considered a ‘difficult airway’ to most of the committee, may be different to most of us! Additionally, I am very keen to work with the... more
I have been a consultant in Cardiff since 2001.The initial nine years as a consultant in paediatric intensive care and latterly in a recovery phase as an adult general anaesthetist! My involvement with DAS stems from chairing the organisation of the a much enjoyed DAS meeting in Cardiff in 2012. Along with my co-editor Sajay I now compile the Newsletter armed only with the ‘... more
Trainee Rep
Sam's role is to offer the trainee perspective on matters proposed within the committee and to highlight areas that are important to trainees. This is the first year that DAS has had a trainee representative so if you have any questions or issues regarding airway training that you would like addressed at committee please contact her at the email below