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Consultant Anaesthetist

Dr Anderson studied medicine at Newcastle University, trained in the North East in anaesthesia and worked as a consultant at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne from 2007-2013. She moved to the South West and Derriford Hospital in July 2013 and is the Lead for Pre-operative Assessment.

Dr Anderson has extensive experience providing anaesthesia and critical care cover for high risk patients undergoing major elective and emergency surgery, utilising intra-operative monitoring, enhanced recovery programmes and appropriate critical care services to minimise surgical risk and optimise peri-operative care to improve patient outcomes.

General areas of expertise

Anaesthesia for ENT, hepato-biliary surgery, orthopaedics and trauma surgery, vascular surgery and urology.

Particular areas of expertise

• Pre-operative assessment, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and shared decision making.
• Dr Anderson's role in the multidisciplinary team involves assessment and preparation of complex, high risk patients for surgery using a combination of patient review, investigation and treatment of co-existing medical conditions and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. This enables a treatment plan produced with close co-operation with the patient, surgeon, MDT, cardiologist, anaesthetist and critical care team incorporating an individualised risk assessment, the individuals wishes and surgeons and peri-operative teams expertise.
• Research in cardiopulmonary exercise testing and assessment of high risk patients.

Contact details

Anaesthetic Department, Level 9
Terrence Lewis Building, Derriford Hospital
Derriford Road
Plymouth
PL6 8DH

01752 439203 / 439205