Terpsichori (Terpsi) Karpasiti is a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London. She is also the Clinical Lead Critical Care Dietitian at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust where she specialises in cardiorespiratory critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Terpsi studied a BSc (Hons) of Nutrition and Dietetics, followed by a MSc in Critical Care and a PGCert in Independent & Supplementary Prescribing. Terpsi was awarded a prestigious NIHR Doctoral Clinical & Practitioner Academic Fellowship in 2025, where she is currently investigating the prevalence, measurement and management of delayed gastric emptying in critically ill patients receiving ECMO.

Alongside the nutritional management of patients receiving ECMO, Terpsi’s research interests also include understanding delayed gastric emptying mechanisms and developing strategies to improve nutrient utilisation, physical and functional recovery in critically ill patients. She has published in peer-reviewed nutrition and critical care journals, and has presented in national and international conferences. She has been awarded British Dietetic Association Roll of Honour three times and is a committee member of the British Dietetic Association Critical Care Specialist Group as a Lead Specialist Communities Officer. She also co-chairs the British Dietetic Association Critical Care Specialist Group Nasojejunal Tube Placement Special Interest Team and leads a national ECMO dietetic forum.