Mahesan Nirmalan

Overview

I currently undertake 7 Direct Patient Care (DPC) clinical sessions at Manchester Royal Infirmary and 5 academic sessions at the Manchester Medical School.

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health: I am the Vice Dean for Social Responsibility and Public Engagement

Manchester Medical School : Until August 2016, I was the Director of Clinical Placements and Academic Lead for Years 3,4&5. In this role I led the team responsible for overhauling the entire clinical curriculum and for introducing Mandatory Minimum Standards for all UG Clinical Placements in Manchester and Lancashire. I am currently the Lead for Cancer care and consolidation module in Year 5 

Postgraduate Research Supervision : I have successfully supervised 3 PhD students and 2 MD students. I currently supervise 1 PhD student.

Manchester Royal Infirmary : I am a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. The ICU is one of the larger Units in the UK with approximately 40 (Level 2 and Level 3 beds).

International : Visiting Professor in Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cairo Egypt

Biography

I graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri lanka in 1990 (MB BS). I obtained the MD(Anesthesiology) from the University of Colombo in 1994 and FRCA(London) in 1996. I worked for the Medical Research Council (UK) Trauma Group between 1999-2001 and during this period I undertook research on the pulmonary consequences of shock. This led to my PhD thesis "Quantifying pulmonary injury in shock" in 2001. I completed my specialist training in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care at the North West Deanery and was appointed Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2002. I joined the Manchester Medical School in 2010 and In 2015 was appointed as Professor in Medical Education and Training.