Anaesthetists
Dr Jonathan Cousins BSc
FRCA
Dr Cousins has trained in weight loss surgery
by visiting and attending courses in nine different bariatric
centres across Europe and the UK. He has anaesthetised most of the
surgical cases at Imperial in 2007/8. Prior to this, he provided
anaesthesia for all the high-risk oesophagectomies, Nissen’s,
Hellers, gastrectomies, hiatal hernias and achalasias at Charing
Cross Hospital.
Combining this training with his broad
experience he has created a tailored anaesthetic package to allow
the most rapid return to full mobility and respiratory function in
patients with an increased BMI.
All of our surgical cases are monitored with
Entropy (a brain wave monitor) to ensure the perfect depth of
anaesthesia to this challenging group of patients.
Dr Cousins personally runs a dedicated
pre-assessment service prior to surgery for these cases to ensure
safety and minimise the risk of complications and potential
cancellation.
As the founder of the Society of Bariatric
Anaesthetists UK he is involved with national and local projects
into improving bariatric surgical/anaesthetic services across the
UK.
He is currently performing research into
peri-operative thrombosis in weight loss surgery at Imperial
Healthcare and is responsible for post-operative shared care
pathways.