Professor Jaideep Pandit

Professor Jaideep Pandit
Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCOA)

I am Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Oxford (Consultant in Oxford since 1999). I trained in Medicine at Oxford (Corpus Christi College) and obtained a First in Physiology along with University prizes in Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology. After a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship (DPhil, Respiratory Physiology), I trained in anaesthesia in Oxford. I was Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (1998-9), and elected to St John’s 2000. I am Clinical Director of Operating Theatres at Oxford University Hospitals and also Clinical Director of Theatres across the new NHS Integrated Care System that includes hospitals in Reading and Wycombe.

I served on Council, Royal College of Anaesthetists for 6 years until 2020 and continue to be national lead for patient safety (Chair of the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group). I was editor of the leading UK journal Anaesthesia for 12 years until 2019, and since then Assistant Editor of the US journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.

I am currently Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School where I oversee an international Masters program in patient safety.