St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Neuroanaesthesia Fellowship

The Neuroanaesthesia fellowship at St. George’s Hospital is a 12-month program designed to train outstanding specialists in the subspecialty of neurosurgical anaesthesia. The training is directed at those post-CCT or the end of their anaesthesia training. This programme is ICPNT accreditated. The curriculum is mapped to RCOA CCT Advanced Training in neuroanaesthesia and the SNACC international fellowship.

The St George’s Hospital Atkinson Morley Neurosurgical Unit is a leading UK centre for adult and paediatric neurosurgery. It is an internationally renowned hospital for neurology, neurosurgery, neurorehabilitation and stroke services. We are recognised as a Tessa Jowell Centre of excellence.

St George’s University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK. It is the regional specialist centre for 3 million people across southwest London, Surrey and Sussex and a designated trauma centre. It is one of the few sites in the UK to provide such a diversity of anaesthetic experience on one site. It is the primary teaching hospital in the Southwest London sector and has strong links with regional district general hospitals, supporting significant training programme for junior doctors who rotate through the Trust. 

The Neuroanaesthesia department provides anaesthesia for major spinal surgery,  major neurovascular procedures including clipping of intracranial aneurysm,  endoscopic pituitary surgery, craniotomy for various tumours including awake and sitting craniotomy, surgery for craniocervical disorders, posterior fossa surgery, epilepsy surgery, emergency neurosurgical cases and paediatric neurosurgery. The unit also has comprehensive neuroradiology facilities, including CT, MRI, and angiography suites for diagnostic and therapeutic spinal and intracranial interventional neuroradiology procedures. St George’s also provides a 24hr mechanical thrombectomy service. We have a dedicated neurocritical care unit. 

Enquiries about the post may be directed to Dr Audrey Tan via email: [email protected]