Kean Seng Cheah

Anaesthetist with experience in tertiary and quaternary referral centres in the UK, Ireland, and Malaysia. Currently pursuing CESR training with advanced expertise in Neuroanaesthesia. Active in quality improvement, clinical research, and medical education, with a strong commitment to enhancing anaesthetic management and service delivery.

Commendation of Excellence Teaching Undergraduate

Cambridge University Clinical School

Awarded excellent in teaching undergraduate student for 2 consecutive year (2025 & 2026).

Tallaght University Hospital Hero Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding commitment and service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Frontline Service Recognition, Malaysia

Recognised for clinical contribution and dedication to frontline patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Excellent Public Service Award Awarded 

By the Malaysian Ministry of Health in recognition of outstanding professional performance and contribution to public healthcare.

European Society of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care (ESAIC) 2021-2022 Author of 10 peer-reviewed educational and clinical publications in the European Society of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care (ESAIC) Newsletter between 2021 and 2022:

Peri-operative Medicine & Critical Care 

• Cheah, Kean. (2022). ICU Diary: Helping Patients Fill the "Memory Lost" Gap in ICU - ESAIC Newsletter.
• Cheah, Kean. (2022). RePHILL trial: Prehospital transfusion - better outcome in major haemorrhagic trauma? - ESAIC Newsletter.
• Cheah, Kean. (2022). Beyond ‘No trace = wrong place’. The complexity of capnography and ET tube placement - ESAIC Newsletter.

Airway & Anaesthesia 

• Cheah, Kean. (2022). Cricoid pressure in rapid sequence induction: Is it time to release the pressure? - ESAIC Newsletter.
• Cheah, Kean. (2021) Lingual Nerve Neuropraxia Following Fastrach Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion - ESAIC Newsletter.

Safety

• Cheah, Kean. (2023). Label it the same way. Standardisation of anaesthetic syringe labelling practice & prefilled syringe - ESAIC Newsletter.

Critical Care

• Cheah, Kean (2021): High-flow Nasal Oxygen: Rising Star Waiting to be Discovered - ESAIC Newsletter.
• Cheah, Kean (2021): Targeted Temperature Management 2 (TTM2) Trial - ESAIC Newsletter.

Evidence Review

• Cheah, Kean (2022): PADDAG Trial: The Myth Has Been Dispelled - ESAIC Newsletter.

Guidelines Publications:

• International: Orphan Anaesthesia Journal

Cheah K, Chin Joel (2026): Anaesthesia recommendation for Larsen Syndrome

Prepared evidence-based peri-operative recommendations for the management of patients with Larsen Syndrome undergoing anaesthesia.

• National: National Institute Health Malaysia Clinical Guidelines

Cheah K, Chiang David et al (2021): Guidelines on prone positioning in ICU National guideline on prone positioning in intensive care patients (www.nih.gov.my).

Professional Leadership Floor Manager Paediatric Neuroanaesthesia Network Annual Scientific Meeting (2024)

Coordinated operational delivery of the scientific meeting and supported faculty and delegate engagement. Contributed to the successful organisation of a paediatric neuroanaesthesia meeting.

Clinical Leadership COVID-19 Clinical Governance Committee Hospital Sungai Buloh, Malaysia (2019)

Anaesthetic representative responsible for the development of COVID-19 inpatient pathways. Led multidisciplinary simulation training to support implementation of new clinical workflows. Worked with hospital leadership to facilitate safe service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Educational Leadership Organising Committee Member Updates in Fluid Management in Critical Care (2015)

Planned and delivered a multidisciplinary educational meeting for healthcare professionals. Coordinated faculty, programme content and event logistics.

May 2026: Thrombectomy service evaluation and comparative analysis with National Stroke Data.

Led departmental service evaluation of anaesthetic management within the regional thrombectomy pathway. 

The findings confirmed that our thrombectomy service is progressing in the right direction, demonstrating increasing service maturity and improvements in anaesthetic efficiency. These results support continued refinement of our clinical pathways and provide a benchmark for future quality improvement initiatives.

April 2025: Comparison of TIVA vs TIVA-Sevoflurane in Neuroanaesthesia: Impact on anaesthesia phases, recovery and length of stay post-op. 

Lead auditor on comparison of different anaesthetic technique on anaesthesia time, post-op nausea vomiting and length of stay. 

• Anaesthesia modality, door to groin, end tidal CO2 trend in Mechanical Thrombectomy.

Lead auditor on comparing different anaesthesia modality, time metrics (door-to-groin, anaesthesia readiness time) and end tidal CO2 trend in mechanical thrombectomy. 

May2024: Anaesthetic delivery for emergency mechanical thrombectomy for patient with ischaemic stroke.

UNDERGRADUATE

Clinical Supervisor – Cambridge University Clinical School

2025 – Present: Clinical Supervisor for Year 5 medical students during anaesthesia and peri-operative medicine placements.

POSTGRADUATE

Neuroanaesthesia

2026

• Regional FRCA faculty Neuroanaesthesia revision course: Faculty member for the regional FRCA Neuroanaesthesia Revision Course.

2025-Present

Neuroanaesthesia education programme: Faculty member for the departmental Focus Neuroanaesthesia Education Programme, delivering structured teaching every three months.

Point of Care Ultrasound Education

2022-Present

POCUS INSTRUCTOR: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Delivered practical point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography in tropical diseases and trauma to group of POCUS learner (200 students).

Re-invited as instructor due to positive student feedback,

Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)

Delivered lecture-based teaching sessions on anaesthetic equipment including: Shared airway surgery and jet ventilation, Invasive haemodynamic monitoring, Central venous catheterisation Arterial pressure monitoring and Acid–base interpretation.

2018: Invited to deliver talk on 'Care of ventilated patient' workshop to healthcare alliances in Hospital Sungai Buloh, Malaysia. Topic of the talk focus on various types of ventilator support in critical care patient and troubleshooting ventilator issues.

• Thrombectomy service evaluation and comparative analysis with National Stroke Data.

Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Conference 2026.

• Comparison of TIVA vs TIVA-Sevoflurane in Neuroanaesthesia: Impact on anaesthesia phases, recovery and length of stay post-op.

Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Conference 2025.

• Anaesthesia modality, door to groin, end tidal co2 trend in Mechanical Thrombectomy.

Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Conference 2025.

• Case report labour analgesia and emergency category 1 caesarean birth management challenges in a parturient with Brugada Syndrome and BMI 53.

Obstetric Anaesthesia Association 2025,

• Successful management of ‘Stiff person Syndrome’ patient for daycare procedure.

Evidence based Peri-operative Medicine 2023, London

• Rare complication of knotted epidural catheter after labour analgesia.

Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia 2018, Malaysia