Dr. Jugdeep Dhesi, PhD FRCP
Consultant Geriatrician - Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Vice President, Clinical Quality, British Geriatric Society
Dr Jugdeep Dhesi trained in general internal medicine and geriatrics in Leicester and London. She is the Clinical lead for the innovative and award winning POPS (Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery) service. The service has rapidly become established both locally and nationally as a clinically effective, high quality, award-winning service.
Honorary Reader at King’s College London and Associate Professor at University College London, with research interests including preoperative assessment and optimisation, health services research focusing on perioperative pathways and postoperative delirium.
Education and training role, having established the first foundation and specialist registrar training programmes in perioperative medicine, co-authored e-learning modules, MSc modules and multiple textbook chapters.
National roles include Deputy Director for Centre for Perioperative Care, Vice President Clinical Quality British Geriatrics Society and involvement in a variety of steering, advisory and guideline groups (NELA, RCoA, BGS and NICE).
