Dr Benjamin Post

Post-CCT Fellow in Critical Care and Anaesthesia, The Royal Marsden Hospital / Imperial College London

Ben is a post-CCT fellow in critical care and anaesthesia at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He completed a PhD in AI for healthcare at Imperial College London, and his research focuses on extracting human-interpretable patterns from routinely collected healthcare data to predict clinical outcomes.

Dr Jessie Welbourne

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Honorary Associate, Professor University of Plymouth

Jessie is a deputy editor in chief of the Journal of the Intensive Care Society, associate editor of the British Journal of Hospital Medicine and the lead ICM editor for the Oxford Specialist Handbook of Neuro Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. She is an Intensive Care consultant in Plymouth and the Chief Investigator of the NIHR funded DAYDREAM study.

Dr Iain Crossingham

Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Blackburn, Lancashire

Iain Crossingham is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Intensive Care Society. He is a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine in Blackburn, Lancashire, where he runs a sleep and home ventilation service.

Dr Avinash Jha

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, UK

Avinash Jha is a Critical Care Consultant with advanced expertise in point‑of‑care ultrasound (POCUS), neurocritical care, and complex multi‑system intensive care. Recognised for leadership in ultrasound education, clinical innovation, and research within UK critical care.

POCUS & Neurosonology Expertise

• First ICU Consultant in the UK with formal Neurosonology Certification (ESNCH/WON, Europe)
• FUSIC Lung and Heart mentor
• Extensive experience in brain POCUS, hemodynamic ultrasound, lung ultrasound, vascular access ultrasound, and procedural guidance
• Publications on brain POCUS, pulmonary embolism assessment with POCUS, and ultrasound‑based case diagnostics
• Member of the FOCUS -POCUS group- ESNCH/WON
• Member of Professional advisory group- guidelines committee, Intensive care society, UK

Clinical & Academic Roles

• Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine (2023–present), Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
• Associate editor- Journal of Intensive care society, UK
• Lead for Critical care nephrology at LTHTr
• Lead for IMG clinicians in Critical Care
• Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester
• Foundation chartered Manager (FcMgr)

Selected Achievements & Contributions

• Principal Investigator: SOS Trial
• Neurocritical care and trauma special interest
• Multiple audits: long‑acting opioid use in ICU, dialysis adequacy, DNACPR documentation
• Implemented SLED dialysis service in Critical Care
• Associate PI for REMAP‑CAP
• Over a decade of experience in airway management, advanced procedures, and multidisciplinary critical care

Education

• FFICM (UK), 2022
• FNB Critical Care Medicine, 2018
• MD Anaesthesiology, 2015
• MBBS, 2010

: @Dr_AvinashJha

Dr Neha Passi

Anaesthetic and ICU Trainee, North-East London

Neha is an anaesthetic and ICU trainee in North-East London. Her subspecialty interests are hepato-pancreatio-biliary anaesthesia and liver critical care and she is currently completing a fellowship in liver transplant and HPB anaesthesia at the Royal Free.

She has strong interests in quality improvement and research.  Highlights have included: the publication of the first systematic review looking at the evidence base for analgesic strategies in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy and leading a national awareness campaign, with the RCOA, focused on safeguarding women from the risks of contraceptive failure following sugammadex administration.

She is an associate editor for the Journal of Intensive Care Society (JICS) and is part of the newly assembled JICS Education team. (JICS Education which will be launching to coincide with SOA26 so stay tuned.)