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TopMedTalk
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TopMedTalk for the latest medical news surrounding Anaesthesia, Perioperative Care and Enhanced Recovery. Live updates from conferences; Journal Club; Techno Talk and Hot-Topic podcasts. Continuing Medical Education (CME) on the go
Episodes
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TopMedTalk AI: AI, Augmented Reality and Simulation in Regional Anaesthesia
Host James Bowness and co-host Andy Cumpsty introduce another TopMedTalk AI series recorded at St Andrews University with Alasdair Taylor, a Consultant Anaesthetist at NHS Tayside who runs an exam-focused anatomy course ("Anatomy for the FRCA") and now leads a two-day regional anaesthesia…
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EBPOM London: Cancer Care, Surgical Robotics and Pain Management
At the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) World Congress, and the first World Congress of Enhanced Post-Operative Care (EPOC), Andy Cumpsty interviews Deena Harji, Consultant Robotic and Colorectal Surgeon at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and the Professor of...
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Enabling the next generation of research leaders.
At the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) held in Auckland, New Zealand, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey interview ANZCA president David Story and the ASM New Zealand Visitor Tim Walsh about what inspired...
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Anaesthesia: Aspiration Risk in a UK Multicentre Study
Recorded in Prato, Italy at the 8th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anesthesiology meeting. Desiree Chappell and guest co-host Mark Priestley interview Professor Kariem El-Boghdadly, Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Theatres, Anaesthesia, and Peri-operative Medicine at Guy's and St...
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TopMedTalk Classic: Detecting and managing frailty
This month's TopMedTalk Classic was originally aired in 2019 but remains very relevant today. Presented by Dr Jugdeep Dhesi, Clinical Lead, POPS and Consultant Geriatrician, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, and an expert on frailty. This talk explores how our understanding and discussion has…
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EBPOM Ireland 2026: Pre-Hospital Care in Mountain Rescue and at Sporting Events
Recording from TopMedTalk at EBPOM in Dingle, Ireland, Kate Leslie and Imogen Fecher-Jones interview Oliver Pratt, Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal Hospital, Chair of the Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examinations for the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and a Medical Officer for the Kinder...
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Perioperative Profiles: Duminda Wijeysundera
This month's Perioperative Profile features Duminda Wijeysundera, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and IHPME at the University of Toronto, and a Staff Physician at St. Michael's Hospital, who holds the Endowed Chair in Translational Anesthesiology Research, serves…
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EBPOM London 2026: Enhanced Postoperative Care Units (EPOCs)
Recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EPBOM) World Congress in London, this TopMedTalk episode, presented by Andy Cumpstey, features Guy Ludbrook, Professor of Anaesthesia and Head of Acute Care Medicine at the University of Adelaide and resident Georgia Cadzow, discussing the...
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Regulating AI in Perioperative Medicine: Data, Trust, and Evidence
Today's TopMedTalk AI podcast was recorded at the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland in London. It features Andy Cumpstey and Desiree Chappell and their guests, John Whittle, honorary associate professor of Perioperative medicine at University College London and Duncan...
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SOAP: Caesarean Pain, Patient Voice and System Change
At the 58th Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) meeting in Montreal, TopMedTalk hosts Mike Grocott and Desiree Chappell interview Heather Nixon, SOAP immediate past president and Section Chief for Obstetric Anesthesiology; Section Chief for Simulation, Education, and Training...
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ANZCA ASM: Neuroscience, neuroimaging and practice in pain medicine
Recorded at ANZCA and the Faculty of Pain Medicine's Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, TopMedTalk hosts Andy Cumstey and Kate Leslie interview visiting pain research leaders, Professor Irene Tracey, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Professor Lesley Colvin, the Chair of…
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EBPOM London: The National Clinical Audit for Major Elective Surgery
At EBPOM 2026 live from the British Library in London, Joff Lacy and Imogen Fecher-Jones speak with Malcolm West and Tim Baker, clinical co-leads for the National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC), an NHS England mandated and HQIP-funded initiative managed by the Royal College of...
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TopMedTalk Classic: Managing Perioperative Risk in Frail Patients
This month's TopMedTalk Classic has been digitally remastered for you and we've added the Q&A which wasn't part of the original podcast. We're featuring a talk first broadcast in 2018, featuring BobbieJean Sweitzer, Systems Director, Preoperative Medicine, Inova Health, Falls Church, Virginia…
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SMART trial designs, perioperative data ecosystems, and collaboration
At the Collaborative Clinical Trials meeting in Prato, Italy, Mike Grocott and co-host Mark Priestley speak with Sachin Kheterpal, University of Michigan Medical School's Associate Dean for Research Information Technology and the Robert B Sweet Professor and Kelley M. Kidwell, Chair of the...
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Perioperative Profile: Dan Sessler
In this TopMedTalk perioperative profile, host Andy Cumpstey interviews Professor Dan Sessler, Vice President for Clinical and Outcomes Research and Professor of Anesthesiology and Biostatistics at UTHealth Houston (McGovern Medical School), about his career as a perioperative trialist with over...
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IARS 2026: Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
At The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) meeting in Montreal, TopMedTalk hosts Mike Grocott and former editor-in-chief Desiree Chappell speak with FAER board members Dr. Rebecca A. Aslakson, Chair and Professor with Tenure,...
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TopMedTalk AI: AI-Augmented Ultrasound for Regional Anaesthesia
In Scotland at St Andrews, TopMedTalk AI hosts Andy Cumpstey and James Bowness discuss AI in regional anaesthesia with Bernard Victor Delvaux, staff anesthesiologist at the Centre Hospitalier Privé Claude Galien in Quincy-sous-Sénart, France. Bowness describes a regional anaesthesia course using...
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Breaking Trials: ITACS Trial on Preoperative IV Iron for Anaemia Before Cardiac Surgery
Recorded at the excellent ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2025 in San Antonio. Hear Andy Cumpstey and Mike Grocott interview Paul Myles, a Professor of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Here we focus upon his group's approach to large pragmatic, multicenter...
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EBPOM London 2026: European Postoperative Care Pathways
This presentation was recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) 2026 Annual Global Meeting. It features Nicolai Bang-Foss, Consultant, head of GI and orthopaedic anaesthesia, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark His main research field is the perioperative care of the elderly...
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Breaking Trials: The VITAL trial on TIVA, volatiles and outcome
Recorded at the Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) World Congress in London this episode of TopMedTalk sees Andy Cumpstey speaking with a panel of experts about the VITAL trial: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial about volatile vs total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) for major...
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ANZCA ASM: Emerging Leaders
At the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey discuss ANZCA's Emerging Leaders Conference (ELC), a retreat-style program held immediately before the ASM for clinicians within five years of achieving FANZCA, with allowances for career disruptions. Their guests…
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SOAP 2026: Ron George on community, partnerships, and expanding peripartum anaesthesia
From the 58th annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) in Montreal, Mike Grocott and new co-host Joe Larvin speak with SOAP president Ron George about SOAP's growth to over 1,000 attendees and its international, collaborative community. George outlines his...
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TopMedTalk Classic: Should direct laryngoscopy be consigned to the history books?
This classic TopMedTalk piece was originally cast in April 2020. The debate 'Direct laryngoscopes should be consigned to history', was hosted by The Royal College Of Anaesthetists and carried out by our two guests on this piece, where the debate is outlined in advance. We get into the advantages...
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Euroanaesthesia 2026: Hot Topics in General Anaesthesiology with Laszlo Vutskits and Hugh Hemmings
Live from Euroanaesthesia 2026 in Rotterdam, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey speak with Laszlo Vutskits and Hugh Hemmings ahead of the "Hot Topics in General Anaesthesiology" lecture. Vutskits discusses reports of devastating neurologic outcomes after minor procedures in previously healthy…
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Perioperative Profile: Alan Merry
Recorded live at the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland, Kate Leslie interviews Professor Alan Merry for a perioperative profile, covering his retirement from clinical practice, ongoing research supervision, and work on environmental sustainability. Merry recounts being raised by a…
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The Lancet Surgery and Anaesthesiology: A New Journal for Perioperative Medicine
At the EBPOM World Congress in London; TopMedTalk's Andy Cumpsty sits down for an exclusive interview with Amy Slogrove, editor-in-chief of the new journal, The Lancet Surgery and Anaesthesiology, ahead of its public launch on 20 July and a planned first issue in early 2027. Dr Slogrove, a South...
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TopMedTalk AI: Identifying How AI Can Help in Intensive Care
Recorded live at the EBPOM World Congress in London, this episode of TopMedTalk AI features host James Bowness and co-host Amy Gomes speaking with Joe Harris, anaesthesia resident and Innovation Fellow in Anaesthesia at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust and Sanjay...
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IARS 2026: WFSA Programs and Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa
At the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) meeting in Montreal, TopMedTalk hosts Mike Grocott and Desiree Chappell speak with Dr Faye Evans, Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia at Boston Children's Hospital and Associate...
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ANZCA ASM: Opioid sparing strategies for ambulatory anesthesia
At the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) held in Auckland, New Zealand, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey interview Neel Desai about non-opioid multi-modal analgesia, especially the use of paracetamol/NSAID...
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EBPOM 2026: Research oral abstract finalists
Joff Lacey and Imogen Fecher-Jones interview six oral abstract finalists at this years' EBPOM. Nora Cruz Rodriguez; Association Between Participation in Remote Prehabilitation and High-Dependency Unit Length of Stay After Oesophagectomy and Radical Cystectomy: A Retrospective Cohort. Alexios…
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TopMedTalk Classic: Dan Martin and the Ebola Epidemic of 2018
This month's TopMedTalk Classic is particularly topical: first broadcast back in 2018 but relevant once again after the recent news of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Originally recorded at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting in London, Desiree Chappell...
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NEJM and BMJ Editors: Joys and Challenges of Medical Publishing
This piece is essential listening for anyone interested in modern academic publishing. Recorded at the Collaborative Clinical Trials Meeting in Prato, Italy, TopMedTalk hosts Kate Leslie and Mike Grocott speak with Eric Rubin (Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine) and Jocalyn Clark...
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Perioperative Profile: Bruce Biccard
Live from the World Congress of Anesthesiologists in Marrakesh, Kate Leslie speaks with Bruce Biccard, Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science at the University of Oxford, Director of the African Perioperative Research Group, and board member of IARS and Safe Surgery South Africa. Bruce…
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Euroanaesthesia 2026: ESAIC Leadership Program for Experienced Anaesthesiologists
At Euroanaesthesia in Rotterdam, TopMedTalk hosts Andy Cumpstey and Kate Leslie speak with Joana Berger-Estilita, ESAIC chair of education and training, about ESAIC's new leadership program. Developed over two years with a multidisciplinary team including ESAIC leadership and headquarters staff,...
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TopMedTalk AI: Generative AI Basics, Biases and the Future
At the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Marrakech, Morocco, TopMedTalk co-editors In chief, Kate Leslie and Mike Grocott speak with Sydney anaesthesiologist Alwin Chuan, a member of the joint ESRA-ASRA working group on AI, about strengths and limitations of AI for regional…
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Euroanaesthesia 2026: Breaking Trials about Perioperative Blood Pressure Targets
At Euroanaesthesia in Rotterdam, TopMedTalk hosts Andy Cumpsty and Kate Leslie speak with Denise Veelo Professor of Anesthesiology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center and Bernd Saugel Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the Center of...
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Euroanaesthesia 2026: ESAIC's White Paper on the Future of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
At this year's Euroanaesthesia meeting in Rotterdam, TopMedTalk host Andy Cumpsty interviews Wolfgang Buhre, Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Utrecht University Medical Center and past president of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). The...
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Breaking Trials: SNaPP Trial of Sugammadex, Neostigmine and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
Andy Cumpstey and Mike Grocott interview Kate Leslie about the SNaPP study (Sugammadex, Neostigmine, and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications). SNaPP is a pragmatic randomized study run from the University of Melbourne with the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network across 45 sites in Australia, New...
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ANZCA meeting convenor and cultural advisor
At the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) held in Auckland, New Zealand, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey interview the annual scientific meeting convenor Kerry Benson-Cooper and conference cultural advisor...
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Cardio-Obstetric Anesthesia at SOAP: Hemodynamics, Monitoring, and Preeclampsia
At the SOAP meeting in Montreal, Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen interview Dr. Marie Louise Meng, Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and her former cardio-obstetric fellow Liliane Ernst, assistant professor in the Obstetric and Gynecologic...
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Sir Bruce Keogh on the NHS at 70, TopMedTalk Classics
TopMedTalk introduces our new "TopMedTalk Classics" series with a classic TopMedTalk episode from 2018 that is still prescient today. This lecture, given by Sir Bruce Keogh marked the NHS's 70th birthday, a time framed by political volatility, financial constraint, rising demand, and shifting...
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AOA Meeting: Shaping AI for Anaesthesia
The Association of Anaesthetists meeting in London was the perfect spot for us to launch our new series on Artificial Intelligence. Here, Andy Cumpstey and James Bowness discuss the new monthly series and the UK-Ireland "demand signaling" project on AI in anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and...
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Perioperative Profile: Vanessa Beavis
Settle yourself in for another fascinating glimpse behind the curtain as TopMedTalk's perioperative profiles focus upon the incredible journey of Vanessa Beavis. Recorded at ANZCA's recent annual scientific meeting in Auckland, TopMedTalk host Andy Cumpsty interviews anesthetist and former ANZCA...
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Cardiac Biomarkers and Perioperative Management of Right Ventricular Failure
From the World Congress of Anesthesiologists in Marrakech, TopMedTalk hosts Mike Grocott and Kate Leslie discuss perioperative cardiac risk assessment with Hilary Grocott, Professor and Head of, The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (University of British Columbia) and...
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SOAP: Research Frontiers and Translating Obstetric Anesthesia Evidence to Bedside
At the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) meeting in Montreal, TopMedTalk hosts Desiree Chappell and Mike Grocott interview SOAP board member Dr. Dan Katz, an obstetric anesthesiologist at Mount Sinai, outgoing annual meeting chair and incoming vice president. Katz reports...
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SOAP: Leadership, Population Health, Patient-Centered Obstetric Anesthesia, and Monitoring Innovation with Grace Lim
At the 58th Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) meeting in Montreal, TopMedTalk guest host Desiree Chappell and co-editor-in-chief Mike Grocott interview Dr. Grace Lim, SOAP vice president/president-elect and new University of Utah department chair. They discuss her…
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WCA: Shared Decision-Making and Communicating Risk for High-Risk Surgical Patients
Our coverage of The World Congress of Anesthesiologists (WCA) in Marrakesh continues. Andy Cumpstey and Kate Leslie discuss high-risk surgical patients with anesthesiologists Debra Leung (The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne) and Duminda Wijeysundera (St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto).…
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ANZCA ASM: Incoming President Dr Tanya Selak and FPM Dean, Prof Michael Veltman
At the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) held in Auckland, New Zealand, Kate Leslie and Andy Cumpstey interview incoming ANZCA president Tanya Selak and incoming FPM Dean Michael Veltman about their…
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Improving Maternal Safety with Continuous Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Obstetrics
At the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) meeting in Montreal, Desiree Chappell and Mike Grocott interview Meghan MacCleary, Obstetrician-Gynaecologist with Banner Health in Phoenix, about multidisciplinary collaboration to improve maternal outcomes. Dr MacCleary describes…
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WFSA World Congress Scholars Share Lessons and Leadership Insights from Marrakesh
New Presenter Amy Gomes and Andy Cumpstey interview this year's WFSA scholars. We speak with Drs Gabriela Queiroz Do Amaral, Emyedu Andrew, Jedniphat Intrapongpan, and Loreen Sharma. The WFSA Scholarship Programme offers valuable opportunities for early-career anaesthesiologists from low- and...
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TopMedTalk for the latest medical news surrounding Anaesthesia, Perioperative Care and Enhanced Recovery. Live updates from conferences; Journal Club; Techno Talk and Hot-Topic podcasts. Continuing Medical Education (CME) on the go
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