Søren Kudsk-Iversen
Anaesthetic Consultant
- Anaesthetic Sustainability Lead, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford
Søren is an anaesthetic consultant based in Oxford with an interest in the overlap between health inequalities and planetary health, and the use of routine data for perioperative quality of care in settings of global and local health inequity. He regularly teaches medical students and anaesthetic trainees on these topics, including on the Oxford University Global Surgery Group's Global Surgery Course.
He has completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) in Global Anaesthesia through University of Oxford, where he collaborated with a variety of leading aid organisations and academic institutions to look at perioperative care in humanitarian settings.
In his capacity as anaesthetic sustainability lead at Oxford University Hospitals, he was awarded the staff recognition award for sustainability in 2023, and is involved with projects at departmental, divisional, and trust-wide level.
Recent publications
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On the ethics of removing Entonox® from labour ward: beyond carbon dioxide equivalents and seeking justice for patients and the planet
Journal article
Hudson S. et al, (2024), Anaesthesia
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An evidence-based approach towards sustainable anaesthesia
Journal article
Barnard J. and Kudsk-Iversen S., (2023), Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, 3