Anna Batchelor is a

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consultant physician, best known for her work in

intensive care Intensive care medicine, usually called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes p ...

medical education. She was the first female Dean of the

Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine is the organisation involved with the training, assessment, practice and continuing professional development of Intensive care medicine consultants in the United Kingdom. The current Dean is Dr Danny Bryden. ...

between 2013 and 2016 and President of the

Intensive Care Society The Intensive Care Society is the representative body in the United Kingdom for intensive care professionals and patients and the oldest society for critical care medicine in the world. The Society is dedicated to the delivery of the highest quali ...

from 2005 to 2007.

Biography

Batchelor studied medicine at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

and qualified as a doctor in 1980. Training in intensive care medicine and

anaesthesia Anesthesia (American English) or anaesthesia (British English) is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prev ...

followed in Sheffield, Leicester and Newcastle and she has been a consultant since 1993. Batchelor has led curriculum developments in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia. Batchelor is the current Chair of the Critical Care Leadership Forum and has been a member of Council for the

Royal College of Anaesthetists The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. It sets standards in anaesthesia, critical care, pain management, and for the training of anaesth ...

since 2008.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Sheffield Intensive care medicine Fellows of the Royal College of Anaesthetists Women anesthesiologists 21st-century British medical doctors 21st-century British women medical doctors {{UK-med-bio-stub