BSc (Hons) | MB ChB (Hons) | PhD | MRCP | FRCA | FFICM
Andy trained in Glasgow and Edinburgh, before undertaking a PhD in the Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh with Professors John Simpson and Timothy Walsh. His research is centred around nosocomial infection in intensive care and the immune defects found in critical illness. During his PhD, he identified C5a as a key mediator of neutrophil dysfunction in critically ill patients and demonstrated how this may lead to secondary infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia. He moved to Cambridge to complete his training in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and continue his research into the mechanisms which underpin innate immune dysfunction in critical illness.
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1
Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2
Diagnosis
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3
severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1
Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2
Diagnosis
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3
severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 1
Definitions, epidemiology and microbiology
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 2
Diagnosis
Pneumonia in Critical Care: Part 3
severity scoring, antimicrobial therapy and adjuvant therapies
Pathophysiology of Sepsis and Septic Shock
A review
Immune Failure in Sepsis, Opening the Door to Nosocomial Infection
A review