Dr Helen Butterfield

 

About Helen Butterfield

Dr Butterfield qualified in medicine from Liverpool University in 1993. Following general medical training she moved into anaesthesia training within the Mersey Deanery. She completed an overseas Fellowship programme in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at The Royal Perth Hospital in Australia from 2000 to 2001. She has been employed as a full time Consultant Anaesthetist at The Walton Centre since 2004. In 2017, she completed a Masters of Health and Medical Law at Manchester University’s Department of Law. 

Dr Butterfield’s areas of expertise include anaesthesia for spinal surgery and scoliosis surgery. Her special interests include perioperative medicine, transfusion medicine and consent for anaesthesia and surgery along with moral and ethical issues that impinge upon patient care. 

Dr Butterfield has a special interest in communication skills and end of life care. She has been involved in communication skills training and simulation workshops at the Trust’s Simulation Centre.  

Speciality

Neuroanaesthesia 

Critical Care 

Qualifications

• MB ChB, FRCA, FFICM, LLM (Health Care Ethics and Law)   

Clinical/research interests

• Neuroanaesthesia - anaesthesia for spinal surgery and scoliosis surgery
• Neuroradiology
• Neurocritical care
• Perioperative medicine
• Transfusion medicine 
• Consent for anaesthesia and surgery along 
• Moral and ethical issues that impinge upon patient care
• Clinical Lead for Organ Donation  

Membership of professional regional and national bodies

• Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Society
• Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Intensive Care Society 

Related Services

Critical Care - Horsley Ward

Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care