Dr Peter Lee

Qualifications:

• MB BCh BAO BMedSc University College Cork
• FCARCSI  College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
• MD University College Cork
• Fellowship in Ambulatory and Regional Anesthesia from Vancouver General Hospital

Roles:

• Consultant Anaesthesiologist Bon Secours Hospital Cork
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
• Principal Investigator, ASSERT for Health, University College Cork
• Member Scientific Subcommittee in Geriatric Anaesthesiology, European Society of Anaesthesiology

Subspecialty Interests:

• Ambulatory Anaesthesia
• Regional Anaesthesia
• Preoperative Assessment

Teaching Interests:        

• University College Cork undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• 4th year medical students, Senior Anaesthesia Clerkship
• Supervisor for 5th year medical students research projects
• Clinical Supervisor for EE3091: Biomedical Design
• Faculty on Anaesthesia Simulation Courses ASSERT Centre UCC

External Courses and Teaching

• European Society of Anaesthesiology (workshops, lectures)
• Faculty Cork Peripheral Nerve Blockade Course
• Faculty Cork Academy of Regional Anaesthesia
• Director Cork Regional Anaesthesia in Children Course
• Research Interests:        
• Medical Device Innovation and Development
• Winner Cleveland Clinic / Enterprise Ireland Clinical Innovation Award 2012
• ProDural project (novel epidural device)
• RespiraSense device (novel respiratory rate monitor) with PMD Solutions
• Persistent Post-Surgical Pain
• Ultrasound guided neuraxial anaesthesia
• Geriatric Anaesthesia
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Projects:  

• Irish National Co-ordinator for the European multi-centre POSE trial (Peri-interventional Outcome Study in the Elderly)
• Facing Africa charity: Providing anaesthesia annually as part of a team of volunteer surgeons from the UK, Germany, France and Holland to Ethiopia each year to perform complex facial reconstructive surgery on the victims of the disease noma. http://www.facingafrica.org/