Dr Ajay Desai

Dr Ajay Desai is a senior consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, United Kingdom. He is the Director of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) programme, with a special interest in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Qualifications 1996 MBBS Karnataka University, India 2000 DCH (Diploma in Child Health); Mumbai University, India 2001 DNB (Diplomate of National Board) in Paediatrics, India 2002 MRCPCH London, UK 2010 FRCPCH UK 2020 FFICM UK Education and training Dr Desai completed his postgraduate paediatric training in Mumbai, India. He gained further experience in paediatric intensive care and retrieval medicine in London at St Mary's, Royal Brompton and Great Ormond Street hospitals, and the Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS). He supplemented his cardiac intensive care training with a year of fellowship in paediatric cardiology at Royal Brompton Hospital prior to his appointment as a consultant in 2010. Learned Bodies § Training Programme Director (TPD) – London Specialty School of Paediatrics www.londonpaediatrics.co.uk  § Co-Chair – Science and Education Committee, Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) UK www.ukpics.org.uk § Paediatric Intensive Care Society ECMO Subgroup (PICS - ECMO), UK Teaching Dr Desai is the lead for the junior doctors’ education and training programme at the Trust. He is also a faculty member of the HSJ award winning SPRinT (simulated interprofessional team training) programme.  Research interests § ECPR – (ECMO-CPR) - factors affecting morbidity and mortality § Impact of simulation training on team members involved in actual resuscitation events § Impact of Down’s syndrome status on early intensive care outcomes in children following complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD) repair

General Paediatrics Paediatric Intensive Care medicine