Julia Wendon MB ChB, MRCP, FRCP, FFICM

Julia Wendon was Appointed as a Consultant Physician at King's College Hospital in 1992. She was the lead clinician for the Liver Intensive Care Unit until 2007 and has developed a unique facility with a worldwide reputation for the care of critically ill patients with liver disease. She is currently the Clinical Director of the Critical Care Division.

She has published more than 150 papers on aspects of management of acute liver failure and critically ill cirrhotics which have significantly impacted international standards of care applied to the critically ill liver patient. She was awarded a professorial chair in 2012. Her research interests are the management of cerebral edema and encephalopathy, prognostic models, and immune dysfunction in critical illness.