Standing on the shoulders of giants: the anaesthetist

“I believe in the saying by Isaac Newton: ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants.’ I want to be a giant for others,” says consultant anaesthetist Edwin Djabatey.“Sometimes you just need someone to say, ‘Everything is going to be alright.’ When I was training, my mentor listened and was reassuring, so I try to be the same for others.”Djabatey is “passionate” about his specialty. “Anaesthetists are the essential oil that lubricates the machinery of hospital medicine,” he says.Previously based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, he now works mainly at Liverpool Women’s Hospital where he teaches by example, often informally. “I’m very keen on teaching, training, and mentoring the next generation of doctors. They are our future. Investing in the next generation maintains all the learning and experience gained which would otherwise be lost.”Another feature of anaesthesia that he particularly enjoys is working in a multidisciplinary team. “It reminds me…
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