Having worked, trained and taught in several excellent centres (Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge and the University of Washington, where he was Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology), Tom Perris is now a consultant in Anaesthetics at the Gloucester Royal Hospital. He divides his time between operating theatres and the intensive care unit, where his interests are in regional anaesthesia alongside trauma and resuscitation. He holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK).