Dr Barbara Klossowska-Albinska
Consultant Anaesthetist

Email: BKlossowska@uk-sh.co.uk

Dr Klossowska-Albinska graduated from the Warsaw Medical Academy in Poland in 1982 and began her career as a paediatric anaesthetist at the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw. She achieved her first specialist qualification in anaesthesiology and intensive care in 1987. She then took up the position as the only consultant anaesthetist at a district hospital in Tunisia.

Dr Klossowska-Albinska gained her second specialist qualification in anaesthesiology in 1991, after which she took up a post in Malta at the University Hospital. Here she gained experience in anaesthesia in all surgical specialities except cardio surgery, including rotation in a very busy multidisciplinary 15-bedded ICU. In 2000 she was Medical Director in an American Medical Centre in Warsaw, and Head Physician at one of the first private hospitals in Warsaw, Poland.

In 2004, Dr Klossowska-Albinska moved to the UK into a staff grade position to familiarise herself with the NHS. She then became a consultant anaesthetist at the East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust before joining the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in 2009.

Professional Experience

2009—present     Consultant Anaesthetist, Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre, UK
2006—2009     Consultant Anaesthetist, East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust, UK
2004—2006     Staff Grade, Anaesthesia, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, UK
2002—2004     Head Physician, Private Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
2000—2002     Medical Director, American Medical Centre, Poland
1991—2000     Independent Specialist in Anaesthesia, University Hospital, Malta
1989—1990     Consultant, District Hospital, Tunisia
1982—1989     Paediatric Anaesthetist, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland

Special Interests

• Orthopaedic anaesthesia
• Regional anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia for vascular surgery

- Last updated March 2011