Allaina Eden | Chair

Allaina is the Physiotherapy Service Lead at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. She trained at the University of Hertfordshire, where she returned to complete her Master’s in advanced physiotherapy in 2015. She has over 20 years’ experience as a Physiotherapist, with over 15 years in Intensive Care.

Allaina is the Physiotherapy PAG Chair, Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Surgical Champion, ACPRC Editorial Board member, and chair of the UK ECMO Physiotherapy Network. She presents regularly at national conferences and has led and co-authored many publications including national guidelines, scoping reviews and case series.

Clinical interests include complex rehabilitation and respiratory care following cardiothoracic surgery, transplantation, and long-term patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support. Her areas of special interest are early rehabilitation, ECMO and physiotherapy, weaning from ventilation and lung ultrasound. She is passionate about raising the profile of all AHPs working in Intensive Care.