Professor Mike Grocott

Mike Grocott is professor of anaesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Southampton and director designate of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.  He is an NIHR Senior Investigator (2018-22, reappointed 2022-26) and was national specialty group lead for Anaesthesia Perioperative Medicine and Pain within the NIHR Clinical Research Network (2015-2021). He is a consultant in critical care medicine at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Turst.   

Grocott is an elected council member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and served as vice-president (2019–20). He founded the national Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) and is currently vice-chair of the CPOC board.

He has served as the chair of the board of the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) since 2018 and was previously the founding director of the NIAA Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists (2011-2016) and founding chair of the HQIP funded National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (2012-2017).