Duraiswami Muthuswamy DA,FRCA,MBBS
Attending Physician Years Of Experience: 38-
About the Physician
Dr. Duraiswami graduated from the University of Madras, one of the oldest premier universities in India and started his career in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. After obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Anesthesiology, he moved to the Sultanate of Oman.
He worked as a medical officer in the major trauma and Obstetrics hospital called Khoula Hospital. He later moved to the United Kingdom to complete his fellowship and he joined the All-Wales Trainee Anesthesiologist Rotation, Wales, UK. He obtained the Fellowship in Anesthesiology (FRCA) at the Royal College of Anesthesiologist and obtained the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Anesthesiology after a seven-year training programme.
As a Consultant Anesthesiologist, he worked in Prince Charles Hospital (PCH) as a Lead Obstetric Anesthesiologist. His special interest was in the management of the Obstetric Difficult Airway patients and simulation training for trainee doctors at the Postgraduate center. As a Lead Obstetric Anesthesiologist, he regularly updated his knowledge at the Obstetric Anesthesiologist Association (OAA) Annual meetings at London. He was a Local Coordinator for National Audit Projects (NAP) of Royal College of Anesthesiologist and UK Obstetrics Surveillance System (UKOSS).
He joined Sidra Medicine as an Adult Anesthesiologist to contribute to women’s health care in 2018. He currently covers Elective Adolescent/Pediatric anesthesia for children above the age of six.
Languages Spoken English, Tamil
Years Of Experience 38Education - MBBS, DA, FRCA (UK)
- University of Madras;
- Madurai Kamaraj University,
- Royal College of Anesthesiologist (UK).
Affiliations - RCOA (UK), CCT-GMC (UK)
- Prince Charles Hospital, Wales (UK)
- Obstetric Anesthesiologist Association (UK)
- Local Coordinator for National Audit Projects (NAP) of Royal College of Anesthesiologist and UK Obstetrics Surveillance System
- Difficult Airway Society (UK)
- MOPH (Qatar)
- Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
Areas of Interest - Obstetrics and Gynecology Anesthesia, Aesthetic Anesthesia & Paediatric Anesthesia
- Obstetric Difficult Airways, Care of Morbid Obesity patients, Pharmacy lead for adult Anesthesia and Green Operating Rooms.
Educational Interests - Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA).
Medical Publications - K Ramaswamy, D Muthuswamy et al, Effect of implementation of Perineal tear pain management program, on pain scores.
Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia and Critical Care, July- Dec 2021: Vol 11,2:101-105.