Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Sep 2018
Biography Historical ArticleHow David Hatch became a professor of pediatric anesthesia.
This is an account of an interview with David John Hatch who was one of the first Professors of Pediatric Anesthesia in the world. He began his anesthesia career as a medical student administering chloroform and ended it 40 years later as a Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital where he developed and led a world renowned research team measuring and assessing lung function in infants and children. ⋯ Yet he does not think of himself as an academic. In his words "I wanted to be a hard working clinician with an interest in research, and not just academic".