Professional background

Undergraduate training at University of Manchester

Graduated 2002

Postgraduate anaesthetic training at South East School of Anaesthesia

Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care fellowship at National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Neuroanaesthsia and General Anaesthesia fellowship at Vancouver General Hospital

Research interests

Awake craniotomies, perioperative medicine

Publications

1. Roughead T, Chui J, Gelb AW, Meng L, Sewell D, Flexman AM. Knowledge and perceptions about perioperative stroke: a cross-sectional survey of patients scheduled for non-neurologic and non-cardiac surgery. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie. 2020 Jan 1;67(1):13-21.

2. Sewell D, Smith M. Awake craniotomy: anesthetic considerations based on outcome evidence. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology. 2019 Oct 1;32(5):546-52.

3. D’Antona L, Blamey SC, Craven CL, Sewell D, Manohara S, Leemans M, Worby S, Thompson SD, Golahmadi AK, Funnell JP, Thorne L. Early Postoperative Outcomes of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Results of a Service Evaluation. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 2019 Dec 3.

4. Sewell DP, Flexman AM. Anesthesia for Stereotactic and Other Functional Neurosurgery. Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care. 2018 Jun 21:152.

5. Sewell D, Gelb AW, Meng L, Chui J, Flexman AM. Anesthesiologists’ perception of perioperative stroke risk during non-neurologic and non-cardiac surgery. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie. 2018 Feb 1;65(2):225-6.