Course advisors
Professor Tim Harris
Tim Harris is qualified in intensive care medicine, emergency and pre-hospital medicine in Australia and the UK. He works in these specialties at the Royal London and Newham University Hospitals and London HEMS. He is academic lead for the London School of Emergency Medicine.
He is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust and QMUL, London, UK.
Dr Laura Hunter
Dr Laura Hunter is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London. She completed Emergency Medicine Higher Specialist Training in Merseyside Deanery, prior to her move to London in 2010. Special areas of interest include recreational drug toxicity, Inclusion Health and the development of Routine Blood Borne Virus screening within the Emergency Department.
She trained at King’s College Hospital and was initially a consultant radiologist at Imperial College NHS Trust for 10 years before returning to King’s College Hospital. She has published widely and special interest in imaging post arthroplasty hips.
Course faculty
Dr Mamoun Abu-Habsa
Consultant in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Lucy Bingham
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Imperial NHS Trust
Dr Bernard Foëx
Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Critical Care, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Dr Luciano Gattinoni
Dr Gattinoni is currently working as Gastprofessor at the University of Göttingen (Germany).
He invented the “Extracorporeal CO 2 Removal” and promoted the "baby lung" (1980's) and mechanical power concepts (2016). He has previously served as President for the Italian National Society of Anesthesia, and Intensive Care, the European Society of Intensive Care, and the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. His research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of acute respiratory failure, sepsis and acid base disorders. He has published more than 400 research articles in peer reviewed journals. He is Honorary Member of the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and was awarded with the Life Time Achievement Award by the American Society of Anesthesiology.
Dr Orla Lacey
Consultant Anaesthetist, (anaesthesia for head and neck/maxillofacial cancers), the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Andrew Leitch
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Syed Masud
Consultant Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Medicine & Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Michael Obiako
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Glamorgan Hospital - Cwm Taf University Health Board and Ultrasound Lead for the All Wales School of Emergency Medicine
Dr Alastair Proudfoot
Consultant in Critical Care & Lead for Cardiogenic Shock, Barts Heart Centre, London
Dr Rocio Santamaria
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Michael Trauer
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust