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Consultant Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist and Cardiac Intensivist

Craig Holdstock completed a Physics Degree in 1996 and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in 1997 at The University of Bristol. He studied medicine as a mature student at Peninsula Medical School graduating in 2010. He undertook his Speciality Training in Anaesthesia in the Peninsula Deanery gaining FRCA and completing CCT in 2021. During this he undertook a Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Imaging. He was appointed as a Consultant at University of Plymouth NHS Trust in 2021.

Qualifications:

BMBS BSc(Hons) PGCE FRCA

General areas of expertise:

•   General anaesthesia

•   Regional anaesthesia

•   Intensive Care medicine

•   Hyperbaric medicine

•   Education

Particular areas of expertise:

•   Cardiac, Thoracic and Upper GI anaesthesia

•   Cardiac intensive care

•   Peri-operative trans-oesophageal, trans-thoracic and lung echocardiography

•   Hyperbaric medicine and treatment of Level 2/3 patients

•   Regional anaesthesia for eye surgery

Contact details:

Terrence Lewis Building,

Derriford Hospital,

Plymouth PL6 8DH

Secretary: 01752 431847