Medical Marijuana ProCon.org HOME | CLOSE

1. Name: Anita I. Holdcroft, M.D.
2. Title: Clinical Reader, Division Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology, and Anaesthetics, Imperial College (London, UK)
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No position found to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

No statement found (11/30/06)

5. Credibility
Ranking:

Key Experts
Physicians [We believe physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks]

6. Involvement:
  • Clinical Reader, Division Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology, and Anaesthetics, Imperial College (London, UK)
  • Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK
  • President, Forum on Maternity and the Newborn at the Royal Society of Medicine, London
  • Secretary (1999-2002) and Co-chair (2002-2005), Special Interest Group on Sex Gender and Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain
7. Education:
  • M.D., School unknown
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • National Anaesthetic Advisor, Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health Diabetes Project
  • Elected Representative, British Medical Association (BMA) Council
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia
9. Contact Info:
Phone: +44 (0)20 8746 8575 Fax: None listed
E-Mail:   a.holdcroft@imperial.ac.uk
Web Site: www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/a.holdcroft
10. Other:
  • Co-author, "A Multicenter Dose-escalation Study of the Analgesic and Adverse Effects of an Oral Cannabis Extract (Cannador) for Postoperative Pain Management," Anesthesiology 2006, 104(5): 1040-1046
  • Co-author, "Cannabis Use in Sickle Cell Disease: A Questionnaire Study," British Journal of Haematology 2005, 131(1): 123-128
  • Co-author, "Cannabis in Postoperative Pain: A Dose Finding Study," British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003, 91: 462
  • Lecturer, "Cannabis and Cannabinoids in 2005" at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2005
  • Lecturer, "Cannabis in Acute Pain" at the European Federation of International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Chapters (EFIC), 2003
HOME | CLOSE