Mr Christopher Bishop, BSc, MSc, PGDip

Profile

Chris is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, UK. His PhD research is focusing on the potential utility of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) to treat cardiac dysfunction associated with major trauma haemorrhage.

He has a background as a Lead Clinical Perfusionist, where he has gained extensive experience in ECMO and mechanical circulatory support in the management of complex, life-threatening cardiac and respiratory failure and refractory cardiac arrest.

He is passionate about clinical education and is actively involved with the novel ‘SPEAR’ (Specialist Percutaneous Endovascular Aortic Resuscitation) pre-hospital endovascular resuscitation programme at East Anglia Air Ambulance. Chris is an honorary lecturer in Resuscitation Science for the Institute of Prehospital Care at London’s Air Ambulance. His clinical and research interests span extracorporeal-endovascular resuscitation strategies in shock, cardiac arrest, and traumatic injury – in particular how these may be deployed beyond the traditional confines of the intensive care unit.

Research

Research Interests:

As part of the Transform Trauma initiative, defining the clinical, logistic and human factors barriers and solutions to the effective implementation of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for patients who develop cardiac dysfunction following severe traumatic haemorrhage.