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Dr Malka Liyanage

Consultant Anaesthetist MBBS MD FRCA PGCertMEd MACadMEd
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Medico-Legal Experience

Dr Liyanage is an Consultant Anaesthetist with over 18 years clinical experience. She acts in all anaesthesia related cases and has a specialist interest in obstetric anaesthesia

Dr Liyanage has completed Bond Solon Expert Witness training. She instructed by Claimants and Defendants in clinical negligence and personal injury reports. She is happy to opine on causation, liability, breach of duty and condition and prognosis.

Dr Liyanage has extensive experience in cases associated with:

  • General anaesthesia related issues
  • Regional anaesthesia complications
    – Spinal/epidural
    – Other upper limb/lower limb
    – Peripheral nerve blocks
  • Pre-operative assessment and preparation, including consent
  • Post-operative care and complications
  • Cardiovascular monitoring and procedures
  • Intra-operative events and complications:
    – Awareness under anaesthesia
    – Intubation and airway management
    – Adverse reactions to medication
    – Allergy and anaphylaxi
    – Cardiovascular complications
    – Major haemorrhage
  • Special interest
    • Obstetric anaesthesia

Dr Liyanage’s availability is 4 weeks and has a report turnaround time of  4 -6 weeks.

Clinical Experience

Dr Liyanage is a highly experienced Consultant Anaesthetist with 18 years of experience in anaesthesia, including nine years in a consultant role.

Dr. Liyanage has a strong background in teaching and education. She is a Honorary clinical senior lecturer at Institute of Health Sciences at Queen Mary University of London.

She has also been involved in numerous quality improvement projects and audits, with several of her works presented at national and international conferences.

Dr. Liyanage holds multiple qualifications, including an MBBS, MD in Anaesthesiology, FRCA, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education. She is a member of several professional bodies such as the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Obstetric Anaesthetists Association and the Academy of Medical Educators.

Her research interests include Obstetric anaesthesia and pain management, and she has contributed to studies for Direct Reporting of Awareness in Maternity Patients (DREAMY) study and research on fascia iliaca blocks.

Dr. Liyanage is also an experienced appraiser, having conducted numerous appraisals for doctors of various grades.

Publications

  • Improving outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Aggregation of marginal gains. M. S. Liyanage
  • My Burning Experience…. A Trainee Perspective. Malka Sandunmalee Liyanage

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Venues

Acorn Anaesthesia Chambers

Chelmsford, CM1 9FX

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