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Biography
David Hewson is an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the 海角黑料 and Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
His clinical training took place in London, Brighton and Nottingham, including a fellowship in regional anaesthesia mentored by Dr Nigel Bedforth. He was appointed a Consultant Anaesthetist in Nottingham in 2018 and moved to a clinical acdemic position in 2022. His clinical interests are in trauma, emergency and neuroanaesthesia and academic interests include medical device development, regional anaesthesia, injury and sedation practice (the topic of his PhD). He is interested in pragmatic clinical trials to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of perioperative and peri-injury interventions. His research has been supported by NIAA, NIHR and MRC funding. He is an Editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia Education and a member of the Associate Editorial Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
Expertise Summary
He has clinical expertise in the perioperative assessment and management of patients undergoing trauma, emergency and neurosurgery. Working at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, he is experienced the acute resuscitation and management of patients following all forms of major trauma, and his research combines this clinical expertise with interests in clinical trial delivery.
Teaching Summary
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. At an undergraduate level he teaches students during their Central Nervous System Module and during Critical Illness Attachments. He is the convenor of… read more
Research Summary
Active grant support:
National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA): Association of Anaesthetists. Quantification of systemic local anaesthetic concentrations after erector spinae plane blockade: a laboratory study. CI. 拢29,896
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Research for Patient Benefit. Mannitol for cerebral oedema after intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH): a phase II feasibility randomised controlled trial. Co-I. 拢249,981
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Research for Patient Benefit. Erector spinae plane blocks for early analgesia in rib fractures (ESPEAR): a feasibility randomised controlled trial. CI. 拢249,552
Medical Research Council. Intra-tracheal multiplexed sensing (iTraXS): an optical sensor equipped endotracheal tube. Collaborator. 拢839,888
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Charity. Eye tracking technology for the assessment of procedural skills in anaesthesia. CI. 拢16,000
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Invention for Innovation. Development of a patient-maintained sedation system for safe sedation during medical and surgical procedures. Co-I. 拢690,000
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. At an undergraduate level he teaches students during their Central Nervous System Module and during Critical Illness Attachments. He is the convenor of the Surgical Infection advacned science module offered to students in their third year of study and is a personal tutor to students offering pastoral support during their time at university.
As well as being an educational supervisor to postgraduate trainees in anaesthesia, he teaches on East Midlands School of Anaesthesia training days and national courses on regional anaesthesia. He regularly supervises and assesses learners at BMedSci and MSc level as part of the 海角黑料 Medicine and Sports and Exercise Medicine courses.