Editorial Board
Editorial Boards are an important aspect of any journal and Advances in Perioperative Care is no different. Governed by an expert membership, the Editorial Board provides medical, scientific and scholarly expertise to maintain high publishing standards. You can read more about the UCL Press Editorial Board Membership Terms of Reference openly online here.
Editor-in-Chief
Professor David Walker, Professor of Perioperative Medicine Education, UCL & Consultant in Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Intensive Care Medicine, University College London Hospitals, UK
Editorial Board Members
Dr Douglas Blackwood, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University College London Hospitals, UK
Dr Clarissa Cheah, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospitals, UK
Dr Stuart Connal, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK
Dr Ewa Prusak, Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia, East of England Deanery, UK
Advisory Board Members
Dr Susie Baker, Consultant Anaesthetist, Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Isra Hassan, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care, University College London Hospitals, UK
Dr Adam Hunt, University College London, UK
Dr Yogini Jani, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Dimitrios Magouliotis, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), USA
Ms Emma McCone, National GIRFT lead for Preoperative assessment, UK
Prof Rob Miller, Associate Professor, University College London, UK
Prof Joel Symons, Associate Professor Joel Symons, Consultant Anaesthetist at The Alfred Hospital, Chair of Education and Assessment Committee, Chapter of Perioperative Medicine, ANZCA, Australia
Prof Cecilia Vindrola, Director, Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL), University College London, UK
Dr John Whittle, Associate Professor of Perioperative Medicine, University College London, UK
Dr Lucy Liu Yang, Anaesthesia trainee, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Editorial Board Member profiles
Dr Susie Baker
Dr Baker is DGH Anaesthetist, RCoA POM Lead at Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust. Her clinical interests include prehabilitation and getting patients prepared and fit for surgery, airways and education.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Dr Douglas Blackwood
Douglas attained his medical degree from the University of Glasgow and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He trained in anaesthesia in London and Scotland, completing a two-year fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at UCLH. With a long-standing interest in end-of-life care, he holds a degree in Philosophy of Medicine from UCL. In 2021, he earned a PhD from UCL for his thesis on anaesthetists’ views on end-of-life decisions, publishing in high-impact journals.
Dr Clarissa Cheah
Dr Clarissa Cheah is a consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine with a with a sub-specialist interest in perioperative and pain medicine. She utilises her medical expertise and creative interests in graphic design and photography to contribute to various university and hospital projects. She was the the primary graphics designer for the UCL Press publication Case Studies in Perioperative Medicine.
Dr Stuart Connal
Dr Stuart Connal is a consultant anaesthetist in London with specialist interests in perioperative medicine and neuroanaesthesia. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He took time out of training to complete a Perioperative Medicine Fellowship at UCLH and MSc at UCL. For his thesis he undertook qualitative research exploring perioperative shared decision making.
Dr Isra Hassan
Dr Hassan is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CVUHB) and is the Perioperative Medicine Programme Fellowship Lead at UCLH. She co-founded the Welsh Perioperative Medicine Society (WPOMS) in 2019 and is the lead for the perioperative medicine fellowship at UCLH.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Dr Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt is a resident on the North London Anaesthetic Programme and a PhD student at University College London. His clinical work focuses on perioperative medicine, major surgery and critical care, with a particular interest in how perioperative pathways influence recovery, patient experience and outcomes.
His research sits at the intersection of perioperative care, health equity and health systems, with current doctoral work exploring enhanced surveillance and systemic disparities around surgery using mixed methods and computational approaches. He has published on perioperative health inequalities, multimorbidity and quality improvement, and has experience in health policy through formal training and applied work in the UK and internationally. Adam is committed to interdisciplinary, open and methodologically rigorous scholarship that bridges clinical practice and health systems research.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Dr Yogini Jani
Dr Yogini Jani is the Director of the Centre for Medicines Optimisation for Research & Education (CMORE), Honorary Associate Professor at UCL School of Pharmacy and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion lead for the NIHR Central London Patient Safety Research Collaboration.
Building on her medication and patient safety experience, her current research and expertise centre around the safe use of digital systems through the application of human factors, health informatics, and behavioural and improvement science approaches to improve care and reduce harm to patients. Yogini is also appointed as Clinical Safety Lead for Digital Healthcare at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a NIHR Senior Clinical Practitioner Research Award holder.
Conflicts of Interest: None.
Dr Dimitrios Magouliotis
Dr Dimitrios E. Magouliotis MD, PhD, MBA, MSc is a Research Assistant Professor in Cardiac Surgery at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Main Line Health, Pennsylvania, USA. He completed his medical training in Greece and undertook postgraduate studies in perioperative medicine at University College London, where he obtained an MSc in Perioperative Medicine.
His academic work focuses on surgical outcomes research, perioperative care pathways, and quality improvement in cardiac and thoracic surgery. He has a particular interest in risk stratification, performance metrics, and multidisciplinary approaches to improving patient outcomes across the surgical continuum.
Dr Magouliotis is actively involved in clinical research and international collaborations in perioperative and cardiac surgery research.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Ms Emma McCone
Emma McCone has worked in preoperative assessment for over 20 years with her most recent clinical role as the nurse lead for preoperative assessment at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Her career began in surgery in 2000 on a surgical and vascular ward and after 3 years, she was lucky enough to secure a post in preoperative assessment which was still a fairly novel area across the surgical pathway.
Over the last 20 years, she has developed a passion and enthusiasm for the development of preoperative assessment services and its vital part in the safe assessment of patients as part of perioperative care.
In 2020, she was proud to complete her MSc in perioperative medicine with UCL and was one of the very first nurses to complete this course. This gave her further knowledge and skills in understanding the importance of perioperative care and a strong foundation to develop education for patients and staff.
Since starting with GIRFT, she has been able to lead national workstreams across preoperative assessment including supporting workforce development, guidance for preoperative assessment services and set up the national non-medical preoperative assessment network in England which has in excess of 350 members. It is this network which has given perioperative teams across the country the ability to connect, share innovation and adopt best practice.
Emma also works with preoperative services at various sites to give focused support to improve the surgical pathways by looking at capacity and demand, workforce, service provision, early risk assessment and interventions whilst supporting staff to maintain a positive patient experience. She had also led the national postponement at preoperative assessment evaluation and published the initial pilot in the British Journal of Surgery Variation in surgery postponement rates in the NHS in England | British Journal of Surgery | Oxford Academic
Conflicts of interest: None.
Prof Rob Miller
Rob qualified from St Georges Hospital Medical School and trained in Internal medicine, Respiratory medicine and Intensive Care medicine. He is Associate Professor at UCL and Honorary Consultant Physician at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Rob is a past Associate Editor of Intensive Care Medicine, co-Editor of Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Hospital Medicine. His research focuses on the respiratory complications of HIV infection, specifically Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and tuberculosis, ICU outcomes for HIV-infected patients, and infectious and malignant pleural disease among the general population.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Dr Ewa Prusak
Dr Ewa Prusak is a perioperative medicine Fellow at University College London Hospital. She attained her MBChB from the University of Leicester and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians. Her clinical focus lies in perioperative medicine and anaesthesia for thoracic surgery. Ewa has a long-term interest in medical education and medical writing.
Prof Joel Symons
Associate Professor Joel Symons is a Specialist Anaesthetist, Board member of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine, Chair of the Perioperative Medicine Education and Assessment Committee and a member of the executive of the Perioperative Medicine Special Interest Group at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA). He is co-founder of the Monash Short Course and Master of Perioperative Medicine and has co-edited the book “Perioperative Medicine for the Junior Clinician” (Wiley). He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne and is well recognised locally and internationally in the field of Perioperative Medicine Education.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Prof Cecilia Vindrola
Prof Cecilia Vindrola is the Director of the Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) and the Deputy Director of the Central London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (CL-PSRC). She is a medical anthropologist with expertise in applied health research and rapid qualitative research and evaluation. She is a Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Targeted Intervention at UCL.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Professor David Walker
Professor David Walker BM (Hons), FRCP, FRCA, FFICM, PFHEA, GChPOM: trained in medicine, anaesthesia and critical care in Wessex, Oxford, London and Toronto. After completing his clinical training he undertook a period of research at UCL and was appointed Consultant at University College London Hospitals. As a clinical academic he is director of the UCL Perioperative Medicine Education Programme, where he leads three MSc programmes and a portfolio of short courses. As co-lead for academic career development at the NIHR Central London Patient Safety Research Collaboration, David supports and supervises the next generation of career academics at UCL. In his clinical practice he led the development of 2 post operative care units and set up the first international fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at UCLH. David has previously occupied editorial positions for several medical journals including Perioperative Medicine and the British Journal of Hospital Medicine. He is the founding editor of Advances in Perioperative Care.
Dr John Whittle
Dr John Whittle is an Associate Professor and lead for Perioperative Translational Medicine at UCL in the Centre for Perioperative Medicine. He is an honorary consultant in anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care medicine at University College London Hospitals, where he is clinical lead for postoperative critical care and for prehabilitation. Dr Whittle's research interests include mechanisms underlying the development of perioperative complications as well as methods to mitigate them, as well as the use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in perioperative care.
Conflicts of interest: None.
Dr Lucy Liu Yang
Dr. Lucy Liu Yang is an anaesthesia trainee based in London. She has a keen interest in HPB and vascular anaesthesia. She gained academic training during her MPhil in perioperative bleeding and PhD in clinical pharmacology from Cambridge University, where she also taught undergraduate and graduate students. She has co-authored numerous peer reviewed papers, contributed book chapters, and is a reviewer for select publishers.
Conflicts of interest: None.