The Whittington Hospital is a 500 bedded DGH in Highgate, North London. It is forms one of the 3 hospitals in UCL medical school.
The anaesthetic department supplies anaesthetic services to all areas of the trust.
There are 10 operating theatres; surgery performed includes general, bariatric, colorectal, gynaecology, urology, orthopaedics, spinal surgery and paediatric dental. We have a busy Labour ward with around 3600 deliveries per year.
Anaesthetic staff also provide support to the emergency department, pain management service, pre operative assessment clinic, Intensive care and outreach teams.
| Hospital type | General (DGH) Hospital |
| Address | Magdala Avenue, Archway |
| N19 5NF | |
| Modules and Training opportunities | Bariatric Fellow post - 6 months |
| Educational activities | Weekly - departmental meetings, which all members of the department are required to attend, are held at 0800 on Thursday. The anaesthetic rest room in theatres has reference bench books and desk top PCs with internet access for trainees use. A skills lab and simulator centre is housed in the education centre. We have ATLS, APLS and ALS courses on site. There are many opportunities to be involved in teaching within the trust. |
| Rota | 1 in 8 rota for CT 3 rota lines Obstetric Reg anaesthesia ST3+/SpR. The ICU has a separate resident CT2 and middle grade rota. Anaesthetics: ST level |
Sola Makinde - Clinical lead
Catherine Shaw – Regional Advisor North Central school
Trudi Young – College Tutor, rota co-ordinator
Tim Blackburn - Day surgery lead, Equipment lead
Kostas Miltsios - Obstetric lead
Samina Ishaq -Acute Pain Lead
Basil Almahdi - Chronic Pain service, Undergraduate Lead
Katie Batte – Simulation Lead,
Maurice Dunstan - Airway lead
Ahmad Ziyad - Bariatric Lead
Ahmed Chekairi -Preoperative assessment lead
Denise Lim - Audit Lead
Sotiris Nicholas – Paediatric Lead
Asela Wilmalaratne – Leave Co-ordinator
Sarah Ward
ICM/Anaesthetic Consultants
Nick Harper - ICU, Divisional director
Sarah Gillis – ICU Clinical lead Outreach
Andrew Badacsonyi – ICU Educational supervisor lead
Further information and contacts
Less-than-full-time Training Programme Director
Lead Training Programme Director and Regional Advisor
