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Professor Thomas Smith MBBS DAvMed DPhil (Oxon) FRCA FRCP FRAeS
Professor of Aerospace Medicine
Head of Aerospace Medicine Research
Professor Smith is a clinician-scientist specialising in aerospace medicine, cardiopulmonary physiology and anaesthetics. He is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and has worked extensively in aeromedical critical care as a flying doctor. He graduated from medicine at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and was based at the University of Oxford (2003-2017) before moving to King's. He is a former Rhodes Scholar and Churchill Fellow. Prof Smith is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and an Academician of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine. He was elected to a Macintosh Professorship by the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2023.
Full publications can be found here.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Adelaide
Australian Certificate of Civil Aviation Medicine, Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association
Diploma in Aviation Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (London)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction does not limit maximal exercise capacity in healthy volunteers breathing 12% oxygen at sea level
Talbot, N. P., Cheng, H-Y., Hanstock, H., Smith, T., Dorrington, K. L. & Robbins, P. A., 17 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Physiological Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lessons for Flying Astronauts with Disabilities Drawn from Experience in Aviation
Miller-Smith, M., Tucker, N., Anderton, R., Caplin, N., Harridge, S., Hodkinson, P., Narici, M., Pollock, R., Possnig, C., Rittweger, J., Smith, T. & Di Giulio, I., 1 Sept 2024, In: Aerospace medicine and human performance. 95, 9, p. 716-719 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prevention of G-induced effects on vision and consciousness during simulated suborbital spaceflight
Pollock, R., Britton, J., Green, N., Hendriksen, D., Hodkinson, P., Anderton, R. A. & Smith, T., 31 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Aerospace medicine and human performance.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cardiorespiratory Responses to Voluntary Hyperventilation During Normobaric Hypoxia
Haddon, A., Kanhai, J., Nako, O., Smith, T. G., Hodkinson, P. D. & Pollock, R. D., 1 Feb 2023, In: Aerospace medicine and human performance. 94, 2, p. 59-65 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decompression Sickness Risk in Parachutist Dispatchers Exposed Repeatedly to High Altitude
Connolly, D. M., D’Oyly, T. J., Harridge, S. D. R., Smith, T. G. & Lee, V. M., 1 Sept 2023, In: Aerospace medicine and human performance. 94, 9, p. 666-677 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)122 Downloads (Pure)
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Smart LSS: Pilot and aircraft monitoring to inform smart life support systems (LSS) for future aircraft
Hodkinson, P., Pollock, R. & Smith, T.
1/01/2022 → 15/03/2026
Project: Research
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Gravity and the human lung: a physiology proposal uniquely enabled by novel British laser technology
1/10/2017 → 31/07/2018
Project: Research
Prizes
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Academician of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine
Smith, Thomas (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
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ASAM Aerospace Medicine Prize, Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine
Smith, Thomas (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Australian Medical Association Medal
Smith, Thomas (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Ellingson Award for Research, Aerospace Medical Association
Smith, Thomas (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)