Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
MBChB, FRCA, FFICM
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Dr Ashworth has been an expert witness in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine for a number of years. He is registered with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), the National Crime Agency (NCA), and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. He enjoys a full medico-legal practice instructed by both Claimant and Defendant law firms in personal injury and clinical negligence actions. Dr Ashworth holds weekly medico-legal clinics in Manchester but is happy to travel in order to conduct home and prison visits. His Claimant/Defendant ratio split is approximately 80/20 and he can usually turnaround reports within 6-8 weeks, sooner if required.
Clinical Practice & Experience
Dr Ashworth has been a substantive Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine since 2012. He is the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Deputy Director at the Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the University of Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, and has led the hospital in their development and implementation of an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) programme, which very few centres in the UK currently offer.
Clinical Interests
Dr Ashworth has a special interest in cardiothoracic anaesthesia, anaesthesia for heart and lung transplantation, general and regional anaesthesia, and intensive care medicine. He has a particular clinical interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).
Research Interests
Dr Ashworth has over 50 peer-reviewed publications on topics including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support (MCS), and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).
Management Experience
Dr Ashworth is a Consultant Clinical Advisor in the Interventional Procedures Programme at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Teaching & Training
Dr Ashworth is frequently invited to give national and international lectures on both extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and mechanical circulatory support (MCS).
Prizes and Awards
1st Prize: Manchester Medical Society Section of Anaesthesia Trainees Prize.
1st prize: North West School of Anaesthesia audit day.
1st prize: Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA) Spring meeting.
2nd prize: West of Scotland annual research meeting.
3rd prize: Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA) Autumn meeting.
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Association of Anaesthetists for Great Britain and Ireland
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
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