Professor Phil Hopkins MB BS MD FRCA
Career summary
Phil Hopkins graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of London in 1984. In 1996 He was awarded an MD by thesis by the University of Leeds. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists..
Phil holds the post of Professor of Anaesthesia as well as Director of the Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at the University of Leeds, based at St James’s Hospital. He is an Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Director of the UK Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, also based at St James’s.
Phil’s major clinical and research interest is malignant hyperthermia (MH) and this includes its relationship with exertional heat stroke. The UK Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit has investigated more than 6000 patients at risk from the condition, making it a global leader for research into MH and the largest of its kind in the world.
Read more about MH and exertional heat illness here.
Over the last 20 years, Phil has published more than 250 papers, abstracts, articles, book chapters and three books. He lectures widely across the world and is a Director of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, President of the Anaesthetic Research Society and a former editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
Read more about Phil’s publications here.
Curriculum Vitae