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AnaesthetistsAnaesthetic services for Sports Orthopaedics UK patients are provided by highly experienced Consultant Anaesthetists.This includes the administration of general anaesthetics or intravenous sedation, and the use of regional anaesthesia such as epidural injections, spinal injections and nerve blocks. Our anaesthetists routinely carry out a pre-operative assessment on every patient requiring an operation, in order to evaluate their fitness for anaesthesia and plan the most appropriate anaesthetic technique. After the operation they follow you closely to ensure that any pain caused by your operation is well controlled. They also make sure that any problems related to the anaesthetic, such as nausea, are dealt with and that you are progressing well with your recovery. Training as an anaesthetist in the United Kingdom involves the completion of a medical degree (5-6 years) followed by a long period of postgraduate training in several different hospitals and the completion of specialist examinations (another 7-9 years). All Consultant Anaesthetists working with Sports Orthopaedics UK have been appointed to Consultant Anaesthetist positions in NHS hospitals.They are all registered on the Specialist Register for Anaesthetics of the General Medical Council and are Fellows of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, whose exemplary standards they undertake to uphold. Finally,they are all fully accredited with all the major UK health-insurance companies.
Anaesthetists Dr Mark Sandby-Thomas MBBS, FRCA Consultant Anaesthetist based at the Spire Cardiff Hospital
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Training Mark graduated from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London. He completed his basic Anaesthetic training in the Northwest Thames region in hospitals such as St Marys and Hammersmith. He moved to South Wales to complete his specialist registrar training in the Welsh deanery during which time he pursued his interest in education and research by taking up the post of Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia at the University Hospital of Wales. Current Duties Mark's NHS practice is based between the University Hospitals of Cardiff and Llandough, which encompasses the Cardiff and Vale Orthopaedic Centre (CAVOC). He is the anaesthetic clinical lead for Accident and Emergency and also Anaesthesia for the Elderly. His private care is based at Spire Cardiff Hospital.His areas of special interest within anaesthesia include the appropriate use of regional anaesthesia to augment care and improve patient comfort and also the use of hypnotherapy in improving peri-operative outcomes and as an adjunct to regaining performance following sports injuries. Mark runs the final examination-training programme for anaesthetic trainees at the University Hospital of Wales. He teaches clinical skills to medical students and is also an examiner for medical exams. Professional Memberships
Personal Mark is married with a young family. In what spare time he has, he enjoys playing and watching football, cooking and the occasional round of golf Selected Publications/Presentations
Mark has also presented at multiple national and international conferences.
Consultant Anaesthetist based at the Spire Cardiff Hospital
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Training Stephen studied medicine in Cardiff graduating from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1995. He completed his anaesthetic specialist training at the Central London School of Anaesthesia, his final six months at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. During his training he underwent two fellowships; as Clinical Fellow in Hepato-Biliary Anaesthesia at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, and as Education Fellow at University College, London. Current Duties He is employed by the NHS at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board working between University Hospital Llandough where he deals mostly with orthopaedic surgical cases and University Hospital of Wales with neuro-surgery and complex endocrine surgery. He has an interest in day case for surgical patients. He is passionate about undergraduate education, in particular training junior doctors to deal with acutely ill patients in hospital. Honorary Lecturer with Cardiff University he is Module Convenor for the novel Acute Care Module for Final Year Medical Students, a Wales wide programme using simulator based technology launched in June 2010. He was a Final MB examiner with University College, London between 2005 - 06 and with Cardiff University since 2008. He has been a medical student selection interviewer for Cardiff University since 2008. Professional Memberships
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