Sarah Ciechanowicz

Sarah Ciechanowicz is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with a subspecialty interest in obstetric anaesthesia. Her research focuses on postpartum recovery and chronic postsurgical pain, particularly identifying factors associated with persistent pain and impaired recovery after caesarean delivery. She co-developed the ObsQoR-11 patient-reported measure for assessing maternal recovery and has contributed to research on multidimensional symptoms involving sleep, pain, mood, cognition, and energy through the SPACE-Postpartum framework. Alongside her clinical practice, she conducts research into patient-reported outcomes and approaches to understanding and evaluating recovery after childbirth.