Previous NZ Anaesthesia Visiting Lecturers
Since the lectureships were established, many regional centres have been informed and inspired by presentations made by the NZ Anaesthesia Visiting Lecturers. Click here to view the full list of regional centres visited.

Dr Matthew Drake
National Womens Hospital, 2019
'What's new in obstetrics?"
Presented at:
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Northland
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Palmerston North Hospital
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Rotorua Hospital

Dr Shuba Nadarajah
Waitemata DHB, 2019
Bariatric concepts and considerations in Obese Surgical Patients
Presented at:
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Palmerston North Hospital

Dr Elaine Langton
Wellington Hospital, 2009
Malignant hyperthermia
Presented at:
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Nelson Hospital
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Masterton Hospital

Dr Jane Thomas
Starship Hospital, 2019
'Paediatric Pain Management"
Presented at:
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Rotorua Hospital

Dr Neil Pollock
Palmerston North Hospital, 2009
Malignant hyperthermia
Presented at:
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Wanganui Hospital
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Hawke's Bay Hospital

Dr Alan McLintic
Middlemore Hospital, 2010
The problem of pattern
Presented at:
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Timaru Hospital
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Southland Hospital in Invercargill

Dr Anne Wills
Auckland City Hospital, 2010
Anaesthetic anaphylaxis
Presented at:
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Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth
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Nelson Hospital

Dr Chris Jephcott
Waikato Hospital, 2011
Novel strategies for ward-based procedural sedation
Presented at:
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Tauranga Hospital
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Rotorua Hospital

Dr Francois Stapelberg
Middlemore Hospital, 2011 (presentation deferred to 2012)
Anaesthetics are toxic to young and old animal brains: what does that mean to your patients?
Presented at:
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Timaru Hospital
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Southland Hospital in Invercargill

Assoc Prof Timothy Short
Auckland City Hospital, 2012
Does anaesthetic depth alter outcome?
Presented at:
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Palmerston North Hospital
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Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital

Assoc Prof Simon Mitchell
Auckland City Hospital, 2012
The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: potential and pitfalls
Presented at:
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Whangarei Hospital
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Ashburton Hospital

Professor Brian Anderson
Starship Hospital, 2013
Age related pharmacology in anaesthesia, and aspects of paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care
Presented at:
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Wanganui Hospital (regional meeting)
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Wairau Hospital

Dr Rachelle Williamson
Christchurch Hospital, 2013
Christchurch Quake: New Zealand's darkest day
Presented at:
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NelsonHospital
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Rotorua Hospital

Dr Matthew Taylor
Middlemore Hospital, 2013
Enhanced recovery after surgery
Presented at:
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Wanganui Hospital (regional meeting)
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Taranaki Base Hospital

Dr Jane Torrie
Auckland Hospital, 2014
Specalist areas of emergency management of anaesthetic crises, simulation and team work.
Presented at:
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Palmerston North (regional meeting)
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Tauranga (regional meeting)

Dr Nav Sidhu
Auckland Hospital, 2014
CICO and the Surgical Airway: A Personal Account, which uses a case study with particular focus on cricothyroidotomies.
Presented at:
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Palmerston North (regional meeting)
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Invercargill

Dr Colin Marsland
Wellington Hospital, 2014
Emergency transtracheal ventiliation and Bronchoscopic airway management, both research topics for him.
Presented at:
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Hawke's Bay
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Tauranga (regional meeting)

Dr James Cameron
Hutt Hospital, 2015
Simpler Steps to a Safer Block
Presented at:
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Hawke's Bay (regional meeting)
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Nelson

Dr Doug Campbell
Auckland Hospital, 2015
Changing Practice with Large Trials
Presented at:
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Hawke's Bay (regional meeting)
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Hutt Hospital

Dr Jeanette Scott
Middlemore Hospital, 2015
What is New in Difficult and Failed Airway Algorithms?
Presented at:
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Dunedin
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Greymouth

Dr Emma Patrick
Taranaki Base Hospital, 2015
Blood topics/transfusion update
Presented at:
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Tauranga (regional meeting)
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Timaru

Dr Ben Griffiths
Auckland Hospital, 2015, 2016
Emergency Laparotomy perioperative outcome and quality improvement pathways: A UK and NZ perspective
Presented at:
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Whangarei
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ITauranga (regional meeting)
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Whanganui (Mid-Central Meeting)

Dr Matt Jenks
Dunedin Hospital, 2016
Operating Theatre Waste, Climate Change and the Anaesthetist
Presented at:
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Whanganui (Mid-Central Meeting)

Dr Catherine Purdy
Counties Manukau Hospital, 2017
Substance Abuse in Anaesthesia, general problem and incidence in Anaesthesia.
Presented at:
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Palmerston North (Mid-Central Meeting)
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Nelson

Dr Ian Williams
Canterbury DHB, 2018
A Personal Journey, My Experience with TIVA
Presented at:
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Tauranga
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Whanganui

Dr Sabine Pecher
Hutt Hospital, 2016
Sustainable Anaesthesia - How green is you anaesthetic?
Presented at:
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Gisborne

Dr Matthew Drake
National Womens Hospital, 2016
Adapting Enhanced Recovery for Caesarian Section
Presented at:
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New Plymouth
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Hutt/Masterton

Dr Mike Foss
Waikato Hospital, 2017
The Complex Pain Patient in the Perioperative Environment
Presented at:
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Palmerston North (Mid-Central Meeting)
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Hutt

Dr Lara Hopley
Waitemata DHB, 2018
A Cure for Health IT Allergy
Presented at:
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Whanganui

Dr David Sidebotham
Auckland DHB, 2018
Opioid Epidemic in the US, Lessons Learned
Presented at:
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Timaru
