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Consultant Profile

Dr Robert Walker

Name:
Dr Robert Walker MBChB, DCh, FRCA,
Practising at:
Spire Manchester Hospital
Specialties:
  • Anaesthetics
    • Paediatric anaesthesia
Special clinical interests:

Full time Paediatric Anaesthetist
Special interest in difficult airway management for children
Paediatric pain management

Research interests:

Difficult intubation techniques
Cricoid pressure in children
Pre-oxygenation in children

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Year of first medical qualification:
1984
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
British Medical Association
Association of Anaesthetists
Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists
Difficult airways Society

 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Dr Walker first qualified in medicine from Glasgow University and trained in paediatrics fro two years before going on to training in anaesthesia in the North West.  He became a member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1989 and then started as a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in 1993.

Since then he has set up a paediatric pain service and developed a great interest in difficult intubation techniques in children.

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