Christopher Nwaefulu.

MBBS, DA, MRCA, FWACS, FCARCSI

Chris completed his initial medical training in 1983 at the College of Medicine University of Lagos. Specialising in anaesthesia, he engaged in postgraduate training at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and in the United Kingdom, including higher specialist training at prestigious tertiary centres in the UK.

As a consultant anaesthetist, he has worked in Nigeria, Central America, the Caribbean and currently the UK. In the Cayman Islands, he contributed to the provision of a world-class healthcare service and was an adjunct professor at St Matthew’s Medical School.

He has been in his current post as a consultant anaesthetist with the NHS, Wales, since 2011, where he continues to deliver anaesthesia services, intensive care medicine and obstetric anaesthesia.

Chris is a fellow of various professional organisations including the College of Anaesthetists in Ireland, the West African College of Surgeons, Membership of Royal College of Anaesthetists, Membership of Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Membership of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with family, playing table tennis, hill walking and swimming.