Dr Zaher Daoud

Consultant Anaesthetist

The Provision of General and regional anaesthesia for most surgical specialities and Anaesthesia/ analgesia for the parturient population.

Overseeing and leading obstetric anaesthetic services in DMH.

The application and the practice of regional anaesthesia and analgesia particularly in orthopaedic surgery mainly for upper and lower limbs and other surgical specialties in general including the use of special techniques (ultrasound and/or nerve stimulation methods)of nerve localisation and anaesthesia according to the nature of surgery.

I am also involved in the management of intensive care patients on ad hoc basis.

I have published two papers in Obstetric anaesthesia and one in Day surgery and my current audits concentrate on patient satisfaction in pain relief for labour and patient satisfaction following provision of regional analgesia for orthopaedic surgical patients.

Consultant Anaesthetist since July 2000 at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Clinical Lead Day Surgery Unit from 2011 to date.

• Department: Anaesthetics
• Speciality: Anaesthetics
• Based at Hospital site: Darlington Memorial Hospital
• Special interests: Regional anaesthesia and analgesia and management of difficult airway. Obstetric anasthesia and analgesia regional anaesthesia and analgesia and management of difficult airway. Regional anaesthesia and acute pain
• Training: Postgraduate training in anaesthesia - Including Glasgow hospitals (Western Infirmary Southern General Hospital Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children Yorkhill Glasgow Victoria Hospital Glasgow Kingston hospital SW London and all Wales Training in Anaesthesia (Ysbyty Gwyneth Hospital Bangor Norh Wales and University hospital of Wales- Cardiff). Training completed June 1999. CCST Anaesthetics.
• Qualifications: MB ChB DA(UK) FRCA.
• Date added to the specialist register: 20 May 1999
• Training role: Educational and clinical supervisor in Anaesthetics. Clinical supervision and training of anaesthetists in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia locoregional nerve blocks and regional anaesthesia and a number of NESRA and I-Nerve workshops for training on nerve localisation and blocks.