Imran Ahmad MBBS, FRCA

Imran Ahmad is a consultant anesthetist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where he is the clinical lead for Guy's Hospital. He is also the clinical lead for airway management, as well as the honorary secretary of the Difficult Airway Society (DAS), one of the largest anesthetic sub-specialty societies in the UK with over 3000 members.

He is the education lead for the airway fellowship and has gained a lot of experience in advanced airway techniques, including awake tracheal intubation, video laryngoscopy, apnoeic oxygenation techniques, and surgical airways. He has also developed an interest in improving airway assessment in patients with difficult airways and has pioneered the use of virtual endoscopy in the assessment of these patients. He is also developing other novel techniques in airway management such as device intubation, the use of alternative devices for awake tracheal intubation, and verbal automated cognitive aids for emergency airway management.