The Anaesthetists

Dr Stuart Batistich was born in Australia and trained at Monash Medical School in Melbourne, before moving to England and under going his anaesthetic training in the Wessex Deanery. He gained further anaesthetic experience as a fellow at the Alfred hospital and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne in 2006. He has been a consultant in Winchester since 2009 and his specialities include ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia for both general and orthopaedic surgery. He is currently the lead consultant for regional anaesthesia at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

Dr Jonathan Anns trained at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, qualifying in 1998. He undertook his anaesthetic training in Wessex and Bristol. He spent a year gaining further anaesthetic experience at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in Toronto, Canada under taking a fellowship in Regional Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine. He passed the European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia in 2009. He was appointed as an Anaesthetic Consultant at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in 2011, where his specialities include ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia and orthopaedic surgery. Currently, he is the trauma lead at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.