Professional background
Qualifications:
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
MSc The University of Hull and The University of York
BM BCh The University of Oxford
MA (Oxon) The University of Oxford
Fellowships
HSRC Fellowship, Royal College of Anaesthetists 2019-2020
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship 2011-2014
Dr Samantha Warnakulasuriya is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at University College London Hospital specialising in orthopaedic, bariatric and major cancer surgery. She has an interest in data driven quality improvement and is the QI lead for anaesthesia at UCLH. Her research interests are in high-risk surgery, perioperative patient blood management and patient reported outcome measures. She has ongoing collaborations with the Centre for Perioperative Medicine at University College London and the NIHR Blood and transplant research unit in data driven transfusion practice.
Specialties
Research interests
Quality Improvement, Patient Blood Management
Publications
Evans HG, Murphy MF, Foy R, Dhiman P, Green L, Kotze A, Von Neree L, Palmer AJ, Robinson SE, Shah A, Tomini G, Trompeter S, Warnakulasuriya S, Wong WK, Stanworth SJ. Harnessing the potential of data-driven strategies to optimise transfusion practice. British Journal of Haematology. 2023. Online ahead of print
Wagstaff D, Warnakulasuriya S, Singleton G, Moonesinghe SR, Fulop N, Vindrola-Padros C. A Scoping review of local quality improvement using data from UK perioperative national clinical audits. Perioperative Medicine. 2022; 11: 1-11
Menon A, Warnakulasuriya SR. Perioperative anaemia and iron deficiency. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2022; 8: 1-3.
Oliver CM, Warnakulasuriya S, McGuckin D et al. Delivery of drinking, eating and mobilizing (DrEaMing) and its association with length of hospital stay after major noncardiac surgery: observational cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2022; 129 (1): 114-126
Warnakulasuriya SR, Patel RC, Singleton GF, Moonesinghe SR. Patient reported outcomes for ambulatory surgery. Current Opinions in Anesthesiology. 2020; 33(6): 768-773.
Warnakulasuriya SR, Harvey R, McNarry A. Translation of guidelines into local practice. The Clinical Teacher. 2019; 16 (6): 604-609.
Warnakulasuriya SR, Yates DR, Wilson JT, Stone M, Redman J, Davies S. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing has no additive incremental value to standard scoring systems when risk stratifying for Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 2017; 27 (1): 197-193.
Warnakulasuriya SR, Davies SJ, Wilson RJT, Yates DRA. Comparison of esophageal Doppler and plethysmographic variability index to guide intraoperative fluid therapy for low-risk patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia. 2016; 34: 600-8.
Yates DRA, Davies SJ, Warnakulasuriya SR, Wilson RJT. Volume management and resuscitation in colorectal surgery. Current Anaesthesiology Reports. 2014: 4; 376-85.