Dr Thomas Durcan MBBS, FRCA, FPMRcoA
GMC 3173819
Dr Durcan Is a Consultant accredited in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine. He achieved MBBS in 1987 having attended the Westminster Hospital Medical School (WHMS) part of the University of London.
Post pre-registration medical and surgical rotations and a six month post in A&E, he commenced training in Anaesthesia in the prestigious McGill department of anaesthesia at WHMS London. Rotating through associated London Hospitals including Chelsea and Westminster (then St Stephen’s Hospital) and Charing Cross.
In 1990 Dr Durcan was appointed a registrar on the Kings College Hospital London (KCH) rotation commencing in South East London. He became a research fellow in Pain Medicine at KCH in 1993 advancing to senior lecturer/ registrar. He published peer reviewed analgesic research papers and co-authored educational articles in Anaesthesia Review from 1993-1995. Dr Durcan was appointed a Consultant in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain medicine at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup Kent in 1996.
During his time there he was College Tutor for six years gaining a Certificate in Education and held the position of Chairman of the Anaesthetic Department for three years. Reconfiguration of South East London health services in 2008 prompted Dr Durcan to apply for a Consultant post at Broomfield Hospital Chelmsford where he was successfully appointed 2009.
He was asked to author a chapter on Pain Medicine in the textbook Training in Anaesthesia which was published in 2010 by Oxford University Press (ISBN-10: 0199227268). Dr Durcan provides cover across the broad range of surgical specialties at Broomfield Hospital specialising in complex Upper GI Surgery. His areas of interest include regional and general anaesthetic techniques for ENT, Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery.
