All our doctors are also practising Consultants in Anaesthesia within the local NHS and participate in regular NHS appraisal and continuing medical education.
All of our Consultants are recognised by the major UK insurance companies.
Within our group we have a considerable wealth of specialist interests and skills, covering all the main types of surgery undertaken in Plymouth.
Our Consultants
Please click on the doctor's name below (listed in alphabetical order) to obtain more information about your anaesthetist.
Dr Jonathan Ambler
Dr Jonathan Ambler MB BS MD FRCA FFICM
Dr Ambler qualified in 1993 from UMDS (Guy's campus), University of London.
He undertook anaesthetic SpR training in the Wessex Deanery, with subspecialist training as a Cardiac Fellow in 2001-2 at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He spent a year as a Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Fellow at Green Lane / Auckland City Hospitals, New Zealand in 2003-4.
He obtained the Perioperative TEE exam of American Society of Echocardiography Dallas Texas in 2004.
Dr Ambler was awarded his MD (University of London) in 2009.
He was appointed as Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University Hospitals Plymouth in 2005 and is currently Clinical Lead for Cardiac Intensive Care.
He is a Senior Academic Tutor (Y3-5) at Peninsula Medical School since 2019.
Dr Somnath Bagchi
Dr Somnath Bagchi is a consultant in anaesthesia and leads the chronic and cancer pain services at University Hospitals Plymouth
He is a faculty tutor for Pain Medicine and has a special interest in regional blocks.
He was awarded the Key Workers Award by BBC Devon for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He has presented both nationally and internationally on the management of complex cancer pain patients.
Dr Matt Boyd
Dr Matthew Boyd graduated from Manchester University in 2005 shortly after joining the Army.
His early medical career included work in a number of U.K. hospitals as well as Afghanistan and South Africa. Following this he moved to the South West to train as an Anaesthetist with Overseas Fellowships in Toronto and Lusaka.
He remains a serving Military Anaesthetist. When not deployed his regular work at University Hospitals Plymouth covers major cancer resections, elective arthroplasty and trauma.
He is a regular practitioner of regional anaesthesia aiming to achieve optimum analgesia for his patients.
Dr Tom Bradley
Dr Bradley qualified from University of Bristol in 2006.
He trained in the Peninsula and Severn Deaneries and also in Adelaide, Australia. Dr Bradley completed a Fellowship in Head, Neck and Complex Airway Anaesthesia at Stanford University, California, USA, in 2018.
He was appointed in 2019 as Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Plymouth, where he has a specialist interest in ENT, Maxillofacial, head and neck anaesthesia.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and holder of the Diploma of Mountain Medicine
Dr Steve Bree
Dr Steve Bree is a Consultant Anaesthetist based at University Hospitals Plymouth where he is Head of Department.
His clinical interests are broad based and include vascular, paediatric and trauma anaesthesia
He has recently left the Royal Navy after 40 years service where his roles included Clinical Director of Royal Marine Surgical teams, Head of Military Anaesthesia and a 3-year posting to the USA based in Virginia working as the UK Surgeon Generals LO to the US Military.
He founded and was Chair of the Defence Paediatric Specialist Interest Group with a particular interest in education and improving the management of paediatric casualties in conflict zones.
He has deployed operationally multiple times and was honoured to be appointed Queens Honorary Physician
Dr Theresa Burnett
Dr Burnett has over 30 years experience in anaesthesia. She specialises in providing comprehensive general and regional anaesthesia care for adults undergoing a wide range of surgical procedures.
She joined Derriford Hospital in 2016 as a Consultant in Neuroanaesthesia, delivering a range of anaesthesia services, with a particular focus on neuro and thoracic anaesthesia.
Qualified in Poland in 1990, Wrocław University, she has a rich international background, having practiced in Poland before moving to the UK in 2008. Her commitment to the advancement of medical education and standards in anaesthesia is reflected in her contributions to the Penninsula Medical School and her role as an examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA).
Professional Experience
1996- 2008 Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , Poland
2005-2006 Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , Multinational Division Iraq
2008-2016 Consultant Anaesthetist , Portsmouth
2016 - Present Consultant in Neuroanaesthesia , Derriford Hospital Plymouth
Additional Professional Duties
- Medical School Faculty Member: Contribute to the education and training of the next generation of medical professionals through lecturing, mentoring, and practical instruction.
-Examiner, Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA): Play a pivotal role in the assessment and certification of future anaesthetists, upholding the professional standards and competencies required by the field.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA)
- Member, Neuroanaesthesia Critical Care Society NACCS
- Member AAGBI
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- Polish (Native)
Dr Stuart Cleland
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Dr Craig Dunlop
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Dr Sean Edwards
Dr Sean Edwards MBChB FRCA EACVI
Dr Sean Edwards graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2009 and subsequently worked in Emergency Medicine in Australia for 2 years. Following this he completed specialist anaesthetic training in the Peninsula deanery securing a consultant post at Derriford Hospital in 2021.
Dr Edwards has a specialist interest in cardiothoracic anaesthesia completing a fellowship in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Greenlane CVICU in Auckland, New Zealand. This post included management of patients for heart and lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support including ECMO as well as complex ENT procedures. He has a special interest in perioperative transoesophageal echo and is a fellow of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI).
Dr Edwards is the anaesthetic lead for preassessment within the cardiothoracic directorate focussing on optimising patients before complex surgery and shared decision making with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Dr Paul Erasmus
Dr Paul Erasmus MB ChB, DASA, FRCA, PG Cert (R&D)
Dr Erasmus completed his undergraduate medical school training in Cape Town South Africa. He subsequently undertook anaesthetic training in the Wessex region with a clinical fellowship at Royal Perth Hospital Australia.
He was appointed as Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in 2005.
He has been a member of PA LLP since 2006.
Dr Jeremy Fabes
Dr Fabes MA MSc BM BCh PhD FRCA
Dr Fabes is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Derriford hospital.
He holds an Honorary Associate Professorship at the University of Plymouth and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
He is the Anaesthetic Lead for the South West NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network.
His main clinical and research foci are around transplantation, haemorrhage and coagulation, in particular how we can optimise management in these settings to improve patient outcomes.
He leads Quality Improvement and Innovation teaching within the MSc Healthcare Management, Leadership and Innovation at the University of Plymouth.
Dr Tom Gale
Qualified Nottingham University 1994 BM BS
Registrar in SW School of Anaesthesia and in Melbourne (Royal Women's Hospital)
Consultant appointment 2005
Dr Jennifer Hares
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Dr Andrew Hutton
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Dr Mohandas Jayarajah
Dr Mo Jayarajah FRCA, FFICM
Dr Jayarajah qualified from St George’s Hospital medical School, University of London in 1986. He continued his specialist training in cardiothoracic perioperative care at the Royal Brompton, Royal London and London Chest Hospitals. In 1997 he was appointed as Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University Hospitals Plymouth.
He holds practice privileges in general anaesthesia at the Wellington Hospital, St John’s Wood, St Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam and at the Nuffield Hospital Plymouth since 1998.
He is a specialist in cardiothoracic medicine, airway management and echo cardiology, as well as all aspects of regional anaesthesia.
His main non clinical interests involve the strategic improvement of human health. To this end; he is involved in a number international Research collaborations and published in the New England Journal of Medicine ; Chair of the Two Magnolias Venture capital fund 2, Health and Life sciences board and holds advisory roles for a number of UK life sciences Companies.
He relaxes by playing golf, tennis, painting and cycling around Dartmoor.
Dr Nilofer Mahmood
Dr Nilofer Mahmood MBBS,MRCP, FRCA, FFICM
Consultant cardiothoracic and cardiac intensive care anaesthetist since 1997
Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive care Medicine 2012
Dr N Mahmood qualified from Dow Medical College University of Karachi, Pakistan in 1982. Her postgraduate training includes four years in internal medicine in Doncaster, South Yorkshire during which she obtained her MRCP UK and joined anaesthesia as her area of specialist interest. She gained her specialist training in cardiothoracic perioperative care at Papworth Hospital and Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, UK.
In 1997 she was appointed as Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust.
Dr Mahmood holds practice privileges at the St Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam since 2018 and at the Nuffield Hospital Plymouth since 1998.
She is a specialist in general & cardio- thoracic medicine, cardiac intensive care, airway management and perioperative cardiac echocardiography.
Dr Paul Moor
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Dr Matt Oldman
Dr Matt Oldman MB BS, FRCA, PgCert, EDRA
Dr Oldman qualified from St Georges Hospital Medical School, London in 1994. He undertook his registrar training in Anaesthesia in the SW Peninsula Deanery.
During this time he developed an interest in regional anaesthesia and subsequently undertook fellowship training at Toronto Western Hospital, Canada in 2002.
Dr Oldman was appointed as a Consultant at Derriford Hospital in 2005 where he is currently clinical lead for orthopaedic anaesthesia, and regional anaesthesia.
He has a special interest in ultrasound guided regional Anaesthesia for awake surgery for both upper and lower limb procedures.
Dr Oldman is active in regional anaesthesia education both nationally and internationally and is an examiner for the European Diploma in Regional Aanesthesia.
He has held practice privileges at Nuffield Hospital Plymouth since 2005.
Dr Andrew Porter
Dr Andrew Porter MBBS FRCA
Dr Porter attended Guy’s Hospital Medical School from 1984 to 1989.
He started anaesthetic training at Derriford Hospital in 1991, and subsequently graduated from the North East School of Anaesthesia and became a Consultant Anaesthetist (with special interest in Intensive Care) in 2000.
He moved back to the South West as a Consultant Anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital late 2001 where he has continued.
Dr Porter is very familiar with providing anaesthetic care for all the surgical specialties carried out at Plymouth Nuffield Hospital.
He has a particular interest in Vascular Access and regularly inserts the more complicated types of vascular devices to support patients who are undergoing chemotherapy, having long term antibiotics or total parentral nutrition (TPN).
He is keen advocate of regional anaesthesia (usually provided in combination with general anaesthesia). The main goal of this is to provide his patients with the best possible pain relief that modern anaesthetic techniques allow.
Dr Richard Reed
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Dr Iain Robinson
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Dr Paul Sice
Dr Paul Sice has been a Consultant Anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital since 2007.
His regular NHS clinical commitments include anaesthesia for emergency surgery, head and neck (maxillofacial) /ENT surgery, vascular surgery, interventional radiology and he co-runs the service for investigation of perioperative anaphylaxis.
His NHS work also involves working flexibly across a range of surgical specialties.
He has a special interest in simulation-enhanced learning and has previously run a module on a M.Sc. programme (University of Plymouth) in Simulation and Patient Safety.
He is actively involved in the education of medical students and anaesthetists in training and teaches for the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Dr Martin Steynor
Dr Martin Steynor MBChB FRCA
Dr Steynor qualified in 2005 from the University of Birmingham. He undertook the majority of his anaesthetic training in the West Midlands and spent a year in Auckland, New Zealand completing his obstetric anaesthetic fellowship.
He was appointed as a consultant with a special interest in obstetrics at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth in 2016 and has been a member of Plymouth Anaesthesia since 2018.
He other areas of interest include anaesthesia for vascular and neurosurgical procedures, vascular access devices and anaesthetic allergy.
He is active in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate doctors.
Dr Chris Sweeting
Dr Chris Sweeting MBBS BSc AStM FRCA
Dr Sweeting trained in London, the South West and Sweden, gaining his FRCA.
He was appointed as a consultant anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital in 2004.
General areas of expertise:
General anaesthetic practice, especially anaesthesia outside the operating theatre.
Particular areas of expertise:
Particular expertise in head and neck anaesthesia, and the management of difficult airways. Sedation, Orthopaedics and Plastic surgery.
Dr Elfyn Thomas
Dr Elfyn Thomas BSc, MBBS, FRCA, FFICM
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Thomas qualified in 1990 from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, University of London.
He undertook postgraduate training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in the South West of England and Sydney, Australia.
Dr Thomas was appointed to an NHS Consultant post at Derriford Hospital Plymouth in October 2000.
Has held a number of local, regional and national leadership roles in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine.
Areas of interest: Anaesthesia fort neuro/spinal surgery, orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery. Intensive Care Medicine.
Immediate past director of Plymouth Anaesthesia LLP
Dr Daryl Thorp-Jones
Anaesthetic consultant since 2008.
Wide range of experience in all surgical specialties.
Dr Borys Torpor
Dr Topor is a Consultant in Anaesthesia at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
He undertook postgraduate training in Anaesthesia in the South West of England.
He has a special interest in Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology.
He has an active role in Postgraduate training in Anaesthesia, as a college tutor and as an examiner for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) at the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
He has held practice privileges at Nuffield Hospital Plymouth since 2021.
Dr Ross Vanstone
Dr Vanstone is a Consultant Anaesthetist & Director of Plymouth Anaesthesia LLP.
He has a specialist interests & peer reviewed publications in:
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He is Clinical Lead for Day Surgery and the 23h Stay Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, and is the Secretary of South West Regional Anaesthesia (SOWRA) Group.
His interests outside of work include spending time at the beach with his family, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, snowboarding and paddleboarding
Dr Matt Ward
Dr Matthew Ward MBChB, DipPaeds(NZ), FRCA
Dr Ward qualified from Bristol University in 1997. After undertaking 2 years of post graduate training in general medical specialties in New Zealand he settled on anaesthetic training in the South West obtaining CCT in 2009. After 5 years as a consultant anaesthetist in Somerset he moved back to Devon.
His areas of clinical expertise include anaesthesia for vascular surgery, orthopaedic and plastic surgery and pre-operative assessment of the high-risk surgical patient.
He has an active role in both undergraduate and post graduate medical education. He is the current Training Program Director for Higher Anaesthetic training in the Peninsula.
Dr Gavin Werrett
Dr Gavin Werrett MB ChB, MRCP, FRCA,
Dr Werrett qualified in 1995 from Bristol and undertook his SpR training in the Peninsula Deanery, obtaining his CCST in 2007.
During this time he was a Lecturer at Fiji School of Medicine in 1999, and a Fellow at CDHB, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2006
He is current Lead for Anaesthesia at Plymouth Medical School
Dr Werrett's specialist interests include cardiopulmonary exercise testing and assessment of the high-risk surgical patient.
Other interests include cycling and travel
Dr Tom Woolley
Col Prof Tom Woolley OBE is the Assistant Head of Research for the Defence Medical Services and Emeritus Defence Professor of Military Anaesthesia and Critical Care and Honorary Professor at the University of Plymouth.
He is a consultant anaesthetist in the Army whose NHS work takes place at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
Tom has an interest in Hepato-biliary and colorectal anaesthesia.
Research interests include Trauma resuscitation, with a focus in blood based resuscitation and the management of trauma induced coagulopathy.
He is a member of The Trauma Hemostasis and Oxygenation research network and a member of the NATO Blood Panel, lead for the MOD’s Blood Far Forward programme, including the UK Dried Plasma Programme, Oxygen Far Forward and a Co-Investigator in the SWIFT Trial (Study of Whole blood In Frontline Trauma)
Dr Paul Youngs
Dr Paul Youngs BM FRCA
Dr Youngs trained in Winchester, Bath and across the South West hospitals.
He spent a year in Toronto before being appointed a Consultant Anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital in 2002
Dr Youngs is very familiar with providing anaesthetic care for all the surgical specialties carried out at Plymouth Nuffield Hospital.
He has particular expertise in anaesthesia for neurosurgical and spinal operations.
Away from work, he volunteers for a charity that provides medical care at music events, including Glastonbury and Reading festivals.
Tel: 01752 777667 Email: enquiries@plymouthanaesthesia.com