Gudrun Kunst, MD, PhD (habil.), EDAIC, FRCA, FFICM is a Consultant Anaesthetist at King’s College Hospital and Honorary Professor of Cardiovascular Anaesthesia at King’s College London. She trained at Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany) and at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. Her clinical expertise is in cardiovascular anaesthesia and in anaesthesia for day surgery procedures. Her research interests include perioperative organ protection in high-risk patients.

Gudrun was awarded two prestigious national research prizes in anaesthesia: the National Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) – NIHR Senior Research Clinician Prize in 2017 and the RCoA Macintosh Professorship in 2019. She has been the Grant Officer of the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia since 2022. Gudrun is the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Internationally, Gudrun is an elected Board Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC). She chairs the Scientific Committee of EACTAIC and she was the founding chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP).