Anna Spathis trained in hospital medicine, general practice and palliative medicine, before working as a palliative medicine consultant in the NHS for over a decade. Since 2019, she has been employed by the University of Cambridge, continuing to work clinically as an honorary consultant in the Cambridge Breathlessness Intervention Service, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Her research focuses on designing and testing of complex interventions for the management of chronic symptoms caused by long-term conditions, particularly breathlessness and fatigue. She has a particular interest in the development of health professional educational tools that facilitate symptom management by providing treatment rationale and structure.

Anna is the Specialty Director for the palliative care clinical course within the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Academic Lead for the East of England Specialty Training Committee and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is a Fellow and Clinical Director of Studies at St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge.