Cyprian Mendonca is a Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust and Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick. His special interests include head & neck anaesthesia, airway management, neuroanaesthesia, human factors and medical education. He is an academic lead for core clinical education at Warwick Medical School. He is the course director for human factors and airway training courses at Coventry. He has organised and successfully delivered several national educational events including advanced airway management and human factors and patient safety courses. He has co-authored six books in anaesthesia and written chapters in multiple anaesthesia textbooks. He has published a series of peer reviewed papers in advanced airway management and education.

He was awarded President’s commendation certificate from the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2016 and 2021, Featherstone Professor from Association of Anaesthetists (2016-18), and DAS Professor of Anaesthesia and Airway management in 2022 for his sustained contribution to education, airway management and research in Anaesthesia.