Prof. Anthony Gordon

Emergency & Critical Care Medicine

Imperial College London / UCLH (St Mary's Hospital)

Chair in Anaesthesia & Critical Care; consultant caring for critically ill ED patients.

Professor Anthony C. Gordon MBE is Chair in Anaesthesia & Critical Care at Imperial College London and a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Research focus: Translational sepsis science and adaptive platform trials to individualise treatment for acutely ill adults.

Key trials & impact: UK Chief Investigator for REMAP-CAP immune-modulation domains; first-author publications demonstrated that IL-6 receptor antagonists (tocilizumab, sarilumab) improve survival and organ-support-free days in critically ill COVID-19 patients, shaping international practice.

Honours & roles: Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours; NIHR leadership roles including programme directorships supporting high-impact clinical evidence generation.

Teaching & mentorship: Heads clinical-academic teams across ICU, supervising fellows and delivering national education on trial design, data integrity and equitable recruitment.

Service & systems: Integrates research with bedside care through outcomes registries, multidisciplinary governance and patient-centred consent and follow-up.