Ramani Moonesinghe
Ramani Moonesinghe MD(Res) MRCP FRCA FFICM is a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine at University College London (UCL) Hospitals[1]. Moonesinghe is Director of National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) Health Services Research Centre[2] and Associate National Clinical Director for Elective Care for NHS England[3].
Dr Ramani Moonesinghe MD(Res) MRCP FRCA FFICM | |
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Alma mater | University College London |
Occupation | Consultant in Anaethestics and Critical Care |
Education
Moonesinghe graduated from UCL Medical School in 1997, where she was president of the medical students' union[4], and did her postgraduate training in internal medicine at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals.[5] In 2015, Moonesinghe began a fellowship in Improvement Science with the Health Foundation.[6]
Moonesinghe has reported she was inspired by Katharine Lloyd-Williams, an anaesthetist and educationalist who oversaw the creation of the UK’s first medical school completely open to both male and female students.[4]
Career
Moonesinghe was appointed to UCL Hospitals in 2010 as consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine, and is also Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Co-Director of the NIHR funded[3] SOURCE Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe)[1]
Between 2008 and 2012, Moonesinghe was a Council Member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.[3] In June 2016 was appointed Director of NIAA Health Services Research Centre[2] and also in 2016 appointed Associate National Clinical Director for Elective Care at NHS England. She has been the NIAA academic training advisor since 2012[7] and a NIAA Board member from 2009.[2]
In 2017, Moonesinghe was selected to join the Q initiative in the founding cohort, an initiative led by the Health Foundation to improve care quality for NHS patients.[8] Moonesinghe was on the design team of 'Little Heroes' gowns, a 2017 BSc Product Design student's final year project; superhero-inspired hospital gowns with a detachable capes for children aged two to six.[9]
References
- "Dr Ramani Moonesinghe". www.uclh.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Dr Ramani Moonesinghe appointed as NIAA Health Services Research Centre Director - The National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia". www.niaa.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- England, NHS. "NHS England » National Clinical Directors". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Women in medicine: Ramani Moonesinghe and Katharine Lloyd-Williams". RCP London. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Dr Ramani Moonesinghe". www.uclh.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Five new Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellows announced - The Health Foundation". www.health.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "HSRC Director - The NIAA Health Services Research Centre". www.niaa-hsrc.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- "Consultant Anaesthetists join ground-breaking initiative". European Union News. June 26, 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- "Children fly through surgery in new superhero gowns". European Union News. August 25, 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.