Prof. Anil Patel is a consultant anaesthetist at The Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH and DAS professor of anaesthesia & airway management. He is the past president of DAS and has held posts as clinical lead, college tutor, Royal College audit co-ordinator, as well as National and International roles developing guidelines for airway management. He has received the Humphry Davy Award from The Royal College of Anaesthetists, Distinguished Research Award from International Airway Management Society and honorary membership of the European Airway Management Society for extraordinary contribution in the field of airway management. Prof. Patel has 130+ peer-reviewed publications, 25 book chapters, over 6,000 citations.