Intensive Care Society Annual Members Meeting 2023

Paul Dean

Consultant Intensivist ,

Dr Paul Dean is a Consultant in intensive care at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, and former Chair of the Society's Standards Division. He continues to be responsible for leading national work such as the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS), setting the standard in which every ICU in the country should operate. 

 

Paul is also Medical Lead for Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care Network.

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Shondipon Laha

Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist,

Shondipon is a Consultant in intensive care and anaesthesia at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Intensive Care Society's Honorary Secretary. He is also the Society's Learning Division Chair leading the education and ultrasound programme across the UK.

Shondipon is also Honorary President of the Association of North Western ICUs (ANWICU).

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: @shond3

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Sandy Mather

Chief Executive, Intensive Care Society

Sandy began her career as a radiographer, which led to her undertaking a PhD in Child Health. Making the decision to move away from a clinical setting, Sandy gained a wealth of experience operating at a senior management level, leading strategy and change programmes for non profit organisations and membership bodies particularly those involved in professional education, training, standards, research and international development.  Sandy joined the Society in 2017.

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: @sanmather

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Steve Mathieu

ICS President and Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist,

Steve Mathieu is the President of the Intensive Care Society.

He is a Consultant in Critical Care at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and the Divisional Director for Clinical Delivery (Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Theatres, Radiology, Pharmacy, Therapies, Blood Sciences and Pathology). He was previously the Clinical Director of Critical Care when the ICU was rated outstanding in all domains by the CQC.

His previous roles for the Society include Congress Director for State of the Art (SOA), Honorary Treasurer and Council Member.

He has interests in patient and staff experience, workforce and operational strategy as well as medical education and information technology. He is a co-founder and senior editor for The Bottom Line and set up and maintains the Portsmouth ICU website.

Twitter: @stevemathieu75

: @stevemathieu75

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Stephen webb

Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist,

Stephen is a Consultant in intensive care and anaesthesia at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Trust and former Honorary Secretary of the Society before becoming President. He was also inaugural Chair of the Society's Standards Division responsible for leading national work such as the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS) setting the standard in which every ICU in the country should operate. 

: @stephen_t_webb