Dr Daniel Burrage

Clinical interests

Daniel Burrage is a consultant in clinical pharmacology and acute medicine at St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and a honorary senior lecturer in clinical pharmacology at City St George’s, University of London. Clinically he works in acute medicine, providing early assessment and immediate management to adult medical patients presenting to hospital with a wide variety of medical problems, and in clinical pharmacology helping to deliver the polypharmacy service and oversee the safe and effective use of medicines across the hospital.

Professional profile

Daniel’s undergraduate training was at University College London (UCL), qualifying in 2009. He undertook post-graduate training in general medicine, clinical pharmacology and stroke medicine at St George’s Hospital, University College Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery hospital in London. During this time, he undertook a MSc in medical education at UCL, and a PhD assessing the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cerebrovascular disease at St George’s, University of London.

Daniel was appointed as a consultant in 2020, working initially at the Whittington Hospital as a consultant in acute medicine, as well as lecturer and lead for clinical pharmacology teaching at University College London, before returning to St George’s in 2023. He splits his time working in the hospital in acute medicine and collaborating with the pharmacy team on the safe and effective use of medicines, and lecturing in the university, where he leads clinical pharmacology teaching for undergraduate medical students and drug development teaching for clinical pharmacology undergraduate science students.

Beyond Daniel’s NHS and university work, he is a member of the Joint Formulary Committee for the British National Formulary (BNF) and has been a member of a NICE diagnostic committee assessing the role of pharmacogenotype testing in patients with acute stroke and its role in guiding antiplatelet treatment.

Memberships and fellowships

Fellow: Royal College of Physicians

Member: British Pharmacological Society