Dr Curry was appointed as a consultant cardiac anaesthetist in April 2008 and specialises in adult and paediatric cardiac anaesthesia, and cardiac intensive care.

MA(Cantab) MB BChir FRCA FFICM

Specialty

Anaesthesia

Sub-specialty

Adult and paediatric cardiac anaesthesia, and cardiac intensive care

Training and education

MA (Pharmacology) - Girton College, Cambridge University, 1996
MB BChir - Cambridge University, 1998
Accident and emergency trauma surgery - Addenbroooke’s and Hinchingbrooke, 2000
Senior house officer in anaesthesia - Norfolk and Norwich, East Anglia, 2001 to 2003
Specialist registrar anaesthesia rotation - Wessex, 2003 to 2008

Experience

Dr Curry was appointed as a consultant cardiac anaesthetist in April 2008, after spending a sub-specialty year at the Trust from 2006 to 2007.

He also worked at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA in paediatric cardiac anaesthesia from 2009 to 2010.

Key achievements

NCEPOD advisor 2002
Wessex anaesthetic trainee representative, 2006 to 2007
Clinical lead for education and governance in cardiac anaesthesia 2008-18
Clinical lead for congenital cardiac anaesthesia from 2015 onwards
Patient blood management chair from 2016 onwards
Director of cardiac intensive care from 2018 to 2022

Research

Dr Curry's key research interests are in:

adult cardiac anesthesia and intensive care
coagulation management in cardiac surgery
the univentricular (Fontan) circulation
grown-up congenital heart disease
extra-corporeal life support (ECLS)
pulmonary hypertension and perioperative care.