1. ASHWIN UDUPA N
37 Cleeves Court, St. Anne’s Mount, Redhill, UK RH1 1AT
Mobile: +447462560491
ashwinudupa@gmail.com
Summary of experience:
Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthesia (UK) Certified. Have nine years of work experience in
anaesthesia which includes four years in teaching hospitals in India plus one year of exclusive
paediatric anaesthesia and four years in the NHS UK.
Work experience:
1. April 2015-current: Senior Clinical fellow in Cardiac and Neuro ICU and Anaesthesia,
St.George’s Hospital, London.
2. August 2013 - March 2015
Specialty Registrar for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill,
Surrey, UK. Paediatric day surgery cases as well as stabilisation and transfer of critically ill
paediatric patients to tertiary care ICUs. Passed Final FRCA (Dec 2014) while working here.
3. July 2012 – July 2013
Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship at Indira Gandhi Institute of child health (IGICH), Rajiv
Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. Major Paediatric surgeries (except Cardiac
and Neuro) of all age groups were operated here. Also, worked on the research project
NARCO-SS which was published in paediatric anaesthesia journal.
4. April 2012 – July 2012
Senior Registrar in Anaesthesia and ICU for 3 months at Sparsh Hospital for Trauma,
Orthopaedics, Plastics and Maxillofacial surgery at Bangalore, India. Regional and Paediatric
orthopaedic practice.
5. December 2010 – February 2012
Specialty registrar in Anaesthesia and ICU at Dewsbury District Hospital (DDH), Midyorks
NHS trust, UK.
6. April 2010 – September 2010
Specialty Registrar in Adult ICU at Great Western Hospital NHS trust, Swindon, UK.
7. August 2008 – March 2010
Registrar in Anaesthesia and ICU at JPNATC, AIIMS teaching Hospital, New Delhi. Worked in
trauma and ICU.
8. May 2005 – April 2008
Postgraduate resident in Anaesthesia (MD anaesthesia) including general, trauma and super
specialty-cardiac, neuro and paediatric anaesthesia at Lokmanya Tilak Hospital, Mumbai.
9. September 1999 – February 2005
MBBS – medical graduation from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, India

2. Publications and patents: One original research peer reviewed publication and two abstract
international publications.
1. Udupa AN, Ravindra MN, Chandrika YR, Chandrakala KR, Bindu N, Watcha MF. Comparison
of paediatric perioperative risk assessment by ASA physical status and by NARCO-SS
(neurological, airway, respiratory, cardiovascular, other – surgical severity) scores. Paediatr
Anaesth. 2015 Mar; 25(3):309-16.
This study was conducted as part of the postgraduate thesis for paediatric anaesthesia
fellowship at IGICH, Bangalore, India. Presented abstract of the same at AAGBI WSM,
London Jan 2014, where the paper was awarded a prize in original research category.
2. Udupa A N, Papneja C. Case study: Fiberoptic bronchoscopic sealing of a bronchopleural
fistula. Prehosp Disaster Med 2009; 24(2):s2.
3. Papneja C, Udupa A N. Comparison between preoperative clonidine, local infiltration and ring
block to decrease the cardiovascular responses to skull pin application. Prehosp Disaster
Med 2009; 24(2):s34-s35.
4. Provisional patent: A better way to access the epidural space for anaesthesia and pain relief
using fiberoptic method. This work was carried out as a Stanford India Biodesign Intern, New
Delhi, India (2008)
Audits:
(i) Paediatric Pre-operative fasting audit in day care surgery and reasons for prolonged pre-
operative starvation (Dec 2014)
(ii) ICU Doctor’s documentation audit to highlight the areas of improvement presented as a
poster in regional John Hammond Poster presentation (Dec 2013)
(iii) An audit of anaesthetic interventions in high risk obstetric deliveries in Dewsbury District
Hospital (DDH) over 11 months in 2011
(iv) ICU record keeping audit at ICU, DDH, Midyorkshire NHS trust (2011).
(v) Enteral feeding audit to know the reasons for delay and stoppage of enteral feeding in ICU
patients, at GWH, Swindon, UK (June-Sep 2010)
Presentations:
1. Udupa AN, Anuradha G, Chandrika YR. Effect of nitrous oxide on the cuff pressure in
paediatric microcuff endotracheal tubes - An observational study. Platform presentation at the
national conference in Paediatric anaesthesia held on 10-11th Feb 2013, at Vadodara, India.
This paper was judged as the best paper presented at the conference.
2. Udupa AN, Walwyn S, Brook J. A rare life threatening complication of chemotherapy/CML - a
case report. Presented at the monthly interdepartmental meeting at Midyorks NHS trust, UK,
Nov 2011.
3. Udupa A, Golam K, Dalvi N. A controlled, comparative, prospective, double blind study on
rocuronium with or without pre-treatment with ephedrine, a study presented to the department
of anaesthesiology, LTMMC, Mumbai, Oct 2007.

3. 4. Nair S, Shetty A, Daryanani A, Champaneria N, Udupa A. Acceptance of white coat among
the doctors and their patients in Kasturba Hospital – A cross sectional study. A project
presented to the community medicine department, Manipal. Oct 2005.
Teaching experience:
 Played an active role in a well-developed teaching programme in the UK involving lecture
based teaching, journal clubs, informal clinical teaching and simulation.
 Provided formal teaching to multi-disciplines on the hospital pain study day highlighting the
risks and complications of epidural regional blockade at East Surrey Hospital, UK (17/02/14).
 Have been a part of the faculty, involved in the organisation and running of a national Primary
OSCE/Viva skills day (26/01/2014) at East Surrey Hospital, UK.
 Taught trainees on core topics as a paediatric anaesthesia registrar in India. Teaching
included presentations and group discussions on pre-selected topics (Aug 2012-July 2013).
 Have been involved in teaching the candidates at ACLS (ALS equivalent) training days as a
qualified instructor under American Heart Association at New Delhi (2009-2010).
Conferences and workshops:
1. Critical care London Conference and Workshops (Sept 2015)
2. Generic Instructor Course by Resus UK (July 2014)
3. WSM AAGBI January 15-16 2014, London, UK
4. Observership at Great Ormond Street Hospital for 15 days (Nov 2013).
5. National conference on paediatric anaesthesia, conducted by the Indian association of
paediatric anaesthesia, Vadoadara, India, Feb 2013 (5 CPD).
6. Advanced communication skills for health care professionals, Wakefield, UK, Jun 2011 (10
CPD).
7. USG guided Regional Anaesthesia – James cook regional anaesthesia course. Apr 2011,
Durham University, UK (10 CPD).
8. Airway simulation training (2011), at Dewsbury District Hospital, Midyorkshire NHS trust, UK.
9. Poster presentation at the 16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
(WCDEM 2009) in May 2009, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
10. Poster presentation at the International conference on Anestheisa and Analgesia (INCRAA) at
AIIMS, New Delhi, India (Jan 2009).
Professional registrations and licenses:
 FRCA, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) (current)
 Indian Association of Paediatric Anaesthesia (Feb 2013-current)
 General Medical Council, UK (Dec 2009- current)
 Royal College of Anaesthesia (current)
 Doctor of Medicine (Anaesthesiology), India (70309)