Our Sites

Experience exceptional training in renowned London hospitals steeped in rich history. Our trainees thrive in collaborative environments and develop professionally by engaging closely with dynamic surgeons, physicians and allied healthcare professionals,  many of whom are pioneers and leaders in their respective fields.

“The Imperial Anaesthetics CESR programme provides a high quality, person- centred training pathway for junior anaesthetists. As a surgeon, my experience of working with LiPA trainees has been overwhelmingly positive. They are engaged and clearly invested in their training. I have no doubt that programmes like this will be crucial to maintain a high quality medical workforce in various specialties throughout the NHS.”

Mr Arvind Mohan
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
FY2 Training Programme Director
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Hammersmith Hospital

Hammersmith Hospital is a specialist teaching hospital renowned for its strong research connections. It offers a range of services, including renal, haematology, cancer and cardiology care, and provides the regional specialist heart attack centre. As well as being a major base for Imperial College, the Acton site also hosts the clinical sciences centre of the Medical Research Council. Its surgical services include Cardiacthoracics, Transplant, Upper GI, Hepatobiliary and Endocrine surgery.

Training Opportunities

  • Cardiac surgery
  • Transplant surgery
  • Elective UGI surgery
  • Elective Hepatobiliary surgery
  • ITU & CICU

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Philippa Borra
  • Claire Boynton
  • Kiran Chima

 

College Tutors
  • Ester Avagliano
  • Sonali Thakrar

Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital

Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital is a CQC outstanding rated maternity, women’s and neonatal care hospital with strong research links. Originally founded in 1739, it is one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Europe and has expertise in managing high risk cases.

Training Opportunities

  • High risk and routine obstetrics

  • Perioperative Medicine

  • Regional Anaesthesia

  • Sedation/ IVF

  • Daycase Gynaecology

  • Complex Gynaecology including cancer management

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Chandi Rao

  • Abtin Sadeghi

 

College Tutors
  • Ester Avagliano
  • Sonali Thakrar

St Mary’s Hospital

St Mary’s is the major acute hospital for north west London. The hospital provides care across a wide range of specialties and runs one of four major trauma centres in London. It is also a quaternary referral centre for complex vascular surgery and has a CQC outstanding rated Obstetric unit. St Mary’s has a long history of innovation and is the site where Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin.

Training Opportunities

  • Major Trauma
  • Complex vascular surgery (open and endovascular)
  • Acute neurosurgery
  • Complex orthopaedic and plastic surgical limb reconstruction
  • Regional Anaesthesia
  • Obstetrics (CQC outstanding rated unit)
  • Paediatrics with PICU secondments
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Emergency general surgery

  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Day Surgery
  • Gynaecology

  • Opthalmic surgery

  • Interventional radiology

  • Remote Anaesthesia & Sedation: MRI lists, Endoscopy lists

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Emma James
  • Asela Dharmadasa
College Tutors
  • Davina Watson
  • Alex Wickham

Charing Cross Hospital

Charing Cross hosts Imperial’s elective Orthopaedics, Head & Neck, Neurosurgery and Hyperacute stroke services.

Training Opportunities

  • Elective Neurosurgery
  • Neuroradiology
  • Head & Neck Surgery
  • Elective Orthopaedics
  • Regional Anaesthesia

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Daniel Horner
  • Shona Love
  • Anne Tay

 

College Tutors
  • Dafydd Lloyd
  • John Myatt

The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

The Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals make up the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and amongst the largest in Europe. Their paediatric unit is a national specialist referral centre for children with heart and lung conditions, providing care from before birth, through childhood and into adolescence.

Training Opportunities

  • Adult Cardiacthoracic surgery
  • Paediatric Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Heart-lung transplants
  • Cath lab
  • CICU and PICU
  • ECMO

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Jonathan Weale
  • Christine Weaver
  • Mary Lane

College Tutors
  • Jonathan Weale

The Royal Marsden Hospital

The Royal Marsden was the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education. It is rated as CQC ‘Outstanding’ and achieved one of the best results for staff engagement across all acute specialist Trusts in the most recent NHS Staff surveys.

Training Opportunities

  • Major cancer surgery including general, gynae, head & neck & sarcoma.
  • Paediatrics
  • ITU
  • TIVA

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Francesca Mazzola
College Tutors
  • Sophie Uren

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

The RNOH is a specialist orthopaedic hospital in North London. It provides the most comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal healthcare in the UK, including acute spinal injury, complex bone tumour treatment, orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehab.

Training Opportunities

  • Regional Anaesthesia
  • Paediatrics
  • Major Surgery
  • ITU
  • Perioperative Medicine including Joint School

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Kate Adams

College Tutors
  • Kate Adams

Hillingdon Hospital

The Hillingdon Hospital is a busy district general hospital in West London. It serves a diverse community and provides emergency care for patients passing through Heathrow Airport.

Training Opportunities

  • Orthopaedics & Regional Anaesthesia
  • Chronic Pain
  • Obstetrics
  • ITU
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Day Surgery

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Ivy Chan
  • Julie Wakeford
College Tutors
  • Shveta Kajal

Moorfields Eye Hospital

Moorfields eye hospital is a 200-year-old teaching hospital dedicated to treating eye disease. It is the oldest and one of the largest centres for opthalmic treatment, teaching and research in the world.

Training Opportunities

  • General Anaesthesia
  • Sedation
  • Regional Anaesthesia
  • Paediatrics
  • Day Surgery

Key Staff

LiPA Faculty
  • Mariepi Manolis Cylwik

College Tutors
  • Mariepi Manolis Cylwik