RCoA Macintosh Professorship
Previous Macintosh Professors
2022
Professorships were awarded to Dr Andrew Conway Morris for his lecture Addressing the challenges of pneumonia in the intensive care unit, and to Dr Thomas G Smith for his lecture Anaesthetists and aerospace medicine in a new era of human spaceflight. Both lectures will be delivered at upcoming RCoA events. Please click here for the news story.
2021
There was no Macintosh Professorship awarded in 2021.
2020
In 2020 two Professorships were awarded: to Dr Brendan McGrath for his lecture Tracheostomy - a difficult airway in more ways than one, and to Dr Tonny Veenith for his lecture Acute traumatic brain injury - Novel biomarkers, therapeutic opportunities, and translation of early clinical studies to bedside practice.
Please click here for the RCoA news story on these awards.
2019
In 2019 two Professorships were awarded: to Dr Daniel Martin for his lecture Perioperative oxygenation: Too much, too little, just right which he presented at the RCoA's virtual Anaesthesia 2021 in May 2021, and to Dr Gudrun Kunst for her lecture Myocardial Protection by Volatile Anaesthetics - Mirage or Reality? which she presented at the RCoA's Winter Symposium in December 2020.
2018
In 2018 two Professorships were awarded: to Dr Andrew Klein for his lecture Perioperative anaemia: a challenge and an opportunity which presented at the RCoA's Anaesthesia 2021 in May 2021, and to Dr Robert D Sanders for his lecture Anaesthesia, Perioperative Care & Cognition which he presented at the RCoA's Updates meeting in September 2019.
2017
The 2017 professorship was awarded to Dr Ramani Moonesinghe for a lecture entitled Citizen science: A unique opportunity for anaesthetists to lead research innovation which she presented at the RCoA's Winter Symposium in December 2018.
2016
The 2016 winner of the Macintosh Professorship was Dr Matthew Wilson for a lecture entitled 'Trials of Labour: national multicentre randomised studies in obstetric anaesthesia' which he presented at the RCoA Summer Symposium on 14th June 2017 and was awarded a certificate by the President of the College, Dr Liam Brennan. This is a joint Macintosh Professor award between the RCoA and Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA).
2015
The professorship in 2015 was awarded to Dr Simon Howell for a lecture entitled 'Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - An exemplar for the role of the anaesthetist in perioperative medicine' and Dr Iain Moppett for a lecture entitled 'Perioperative Hip Fracture Care: Past, Present and Future.'
Dr Moppett presented his lecture at the RCoA Winter Symposium on 25th November 2016 and was awarded a certificate by the President of the College, Dr Liam Brennan.
Dr Howell presented his lecture at the RCoA Anniversary Meeting on 9th March 2017.
2014
In 2014 the Macintosh Professorship was awarded to Dr Daqing Ma for a lecture entitled, 'The potential impact of anaesthetics on cancer reocurrence following surgery'. Dr Ma presented his lecture at the RCoA Anniversary Meeting on 12th March 2015.
2013
In 2013 the Macintosh Professorship was awarded to Dr Carol Peden for a lecture entitled, 'Improvement Science for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care'.
2012
The winners of the professorship in 2012 were Dr Tim Cook for a lecture on the third, fourth and fifth National Audit Projects of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, known as the NAPs, and Dr Suellen Walker for a lecture entitled, 'Translational Research: Informing Paediatric Pain Management'.
Dr Cook presented his lecture at the Anniversary Meeting on 13 March 2014 and was awarded a certificate by the President of the College, Dr J-P van Besouw.
Dr Walker presenter her lecture at Congress on 5 May 2014 and was awarded a certificate by Dr Liam Brennan, Vice-President of the College.
2011
The winners of the professorship in 2011 were Dr Jaideep Pandit for a lecture entitled, 'Interactions of volatile anaesthetics and the hypoxic ventilatory response at cellular-molecular level: advances by 'reverse translation', and Dr Rupert Pearse for a lecture entitled, 'Peri-Operative medicine: opportunity or threat...?'.
Dr Pandit presented his lecture at the Current Concepts Symposium on Thursday 1 November 2012 and was awarded a certificate by the College's Vice-President, Dr Debbie Nolan.
Dr Pearse presented his lecture at the College's Anniversary Meeting on Wednesday 13 March 2013 and was awarded a certificate by the President of the College, Dr J-P van Besouw.
2010
The winner of the professorship in 2010 was Dr Jonathan Thompson for his lecture entitled, 'What is the Role of Urotensin in Cardiovascular Disease?'.
Dr Thompson presented his lecture at the Current Concepts Symposium on Thursday 3 November 2011 and was awarded a certificate by the President of the College, Dr Peter Nightingale.
A copy of his abstract can be found below:
Dr J Thompson Abstract (24 KB)
2009
The winner of the professorship in 2009 was Dr Sunit Ghosh for his lecture entitled, 'The Papworth BiVent Tube: A New Device for Lung Isolation'.
