External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Anaesthetist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust at John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
Research interests
Respiratory physiology, anaesthesia and critical care, health economics and operating room management and mechanisms of anaesthetic drug action.
Awards received
National awards include the Royal College Gold (Jubilee) Medal (2000), Humphry Davy Medal (2006), Macintosh Professorship (2012), and the Spring Silver Medal (2012) of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland; Faculty Professor, International Societies of Anaesthesia (2013; DAS/SAM/EAMS); Visiting Professor, University of Florida, Jacksonville (2015)
Publications
Pandit JJ, Cook TM, Jonker WR, O’Sullivan E. A national survey of anaesthetists (NAP5 Baseline) to estimate an annual incidence of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia in the UK. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2013; 110: 501-509.
Pandit JJ, Abbott T, Pandit M, Kapila A, Abraham R. Is ‘starting on time’ useful (or useless) as a surrogate measure for ‘surgical theatre efficiency’? Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 823-832.
Pandit JJ. If it hasn't failed, does it work? On the 'worst we can expect' from observational trial results, with reference to airway management devices. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 578-583.
Pandit JJ. On statistical methods to test if sampling in trials is genuinely random. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 456-462.
Pandit JJ, Popat MT, Cook TM, Wilkes AR, Groom P, Cooke H, Kapila A, O'Sullivan E. The Difficult Airway Society 'ADEPT' Guidance on selecting airway devices: the basis of a strategy for equipment evaluation. Anaesthesia 2011; 66: 726-737.
Ramachandran SK, Picton P, Shanks A, Dorje P, Pandit JJ. Comparison of intermediate vs subcutaneous cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2011; 107: 157-63.
Pandit JJ, Gopa S, Arora J. A hypothesis to explain the high prevalence of pseudo-cholinesterase deficiency in specific population groups. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2011; 28: 550-552.