Jaideep Pandit

I am Consultant Anaesthetist at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I trained in Medicine at the University of Oxford (Corpus Christi College) where I obtained a First in Physiology, and University prizes in Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology. After a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship to support a DPhil in Respiratory Physiology, I undertook anaesthetic training in the Oxford region, while continuing teaching through a lectureship at Corpus Christi College. I was Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (1998-9), appointed to my NHS Consultant post at the John Radcliffe Hospital in 1999 and elected to a Fellowship at St John’s College, 2000.

I was the Academic Strategy Officer of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (2005-7), publishing the National Strategy for Academic Anaesthesia – a policy document commissioned to help prepare the specialty nationally for changes in academic medical training. I am elected Member of Council, Royal College of Anaesthetists, where as Chair of the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group (SALG) I am national director for patient safety. I instituted a SALG Safety Fellowship at Harvard University, where I hold a visiting professorship, in partnership with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, where I have a clinical faculty appointment. In 2014, commissioned by the Royal College I published the international report (NAP5, UK and Ireland) on ‘Accidental Awareness during General Anaesthesia’, culmination of a 4-year Royal College project making over 60 recommendations for clinical practice. This work received numerous awards including the British Medical Journal’s Book Award and the Irish Excellence in Healthcare award.

In the NHS, I have served for several years (until 2018) as Chair/Vice Chair of Medical Staff Council (chair of consultants); I was Training Program Director for Educational Supervisors in Oxford; I was seconded as Director of Medical Education at Worcester; I sat on development boards of two emerging medical schools (Aston and Three Counties); and I am currently Clinical Director, Operating Theatres, NOTSSCAN Division. I served for 3 years as National Clinical Advisor to the NHS New Care Models program, and have advised the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Home Office on drugs policy in relation to abuse of anaesthetic drugs.

I have received several national and international awards include the Royal College Gold (Jubilee) Medal (2000), Humphry Davy Medal (2006), the Spring Silver Medal (2012) of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland, Rowling Medal of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (for my work in patient safety). I have held visiting and other professorial appointments at several centres, including at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London (Macintosh Professorship), at Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, Florida), University of Texas Southwestern, University of Sydney (Jobson Professor), University of Michigan (inaugural USP Professor), Karolinska Institute Stockholm (Besokande Professor). I have delivered the Victor Horsley Lecture of the British Medical Association 2015, and the Spyros Makris Lecture of the Greek Society of Anaesthesia 2018.