Dr Arndt Melzer
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Location:
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
GMC/GDC number:
7500715
Professional background
Dr Arndt Melzer was trained in Germany at Universitätsklinikum Würzburg. After finishing his anaesthetic training in 2004 he worked as an full time intensive care consultant in a tertiary university hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania from 2004-2008. He is lead of a RCoA endorsed fellowship program in global anaesthesia and engaged in various educational activities in global anaesthesia.
From 2008-2018 he worked at Klinikum Fulda, University Marburg, Germany with a focus on neonatal and pediatric anaesthesia, cardiothoracis and regional anaesthesia. He worked full time on ICU for two years to qualify as an intensive care consultant. He was appointed head of the department of prehospital anaesthesia and HEMS services for the ADAC Luftrettung "Christoph 28“.
Arndt has been appointed consultant anaesthetist at UCLH 2018. He has specialised in ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia, pediatric anaesthesia, thoracic anaesthesia, upper GI surgery including bariatric surgery and vascular anaesthesia.
He is currently clinical lead of the anaesthesia associates at UCLH. He is head of the North Central London Adult Critical Care Transfer Service which is based at UCLH.
He has been appointed as Honorary Clinical Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL and is leading the development and implementation of the new MSc Anaesthesia and Perioperative Science and the Massive Open Online Course in“Transfer medicine“.
External appointments: EMS doctor for the fire brigade Fulda/Malteser Unfallhilfe Fulda
Specialties
Research interests
- Global anaesthesia
- Transfer medicine (critical care transfer and retrieval)
- Simulation training and human factor training
Languages spoken
German, French, Kiswahili
Publications
Aziz R, Colombe S, Mwakisambwe G Ndezi S, Todd J, Koebler A, Kalluvya S, et al. Pre-post effects of a tetanus care protocol implementation in a sub-Saharan African intensive care unit. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2018; 12(8)
Koebler A, Mucosal atomization device – Advantages for the prehospital care provision, Der Rettungsdienst 2013 March;36: 260-3
Prediction of depth of sedation and anaesthesia by the Narcotrend EEG monitor” Br J Anaesth. 2004 Jun;92(6):841-5. Epub 2004 Apr 2. Bauerle K, Greim CA, Schroth
Chapter “Medical emergencies in mines, caves and great depth” in M. Ruppert, J. Hinkelbein (Hrsg.), Notfallmedizin in Extremsituationen, MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft; 1. edition 2018, 95-102
"Anaesthesia“ chapter in a pharmacology book for nursing schools, Arzneimittellehre, Urban Fischer, 9th edition 2001