MEMBERS - Cairns Anaesthetists Association

Cairns Anaesthesia Staff

The CAA is composed of:

Senior Staff Anaesthetists
Anaesthesia Registrars & Provisional Fellows
Emergency Registrars
ICU Registrars
Rural GP Anaesthetists
Visiting Medical Officers

Multiple nationalities and cultural identities are represented, as well as a wide range of professional and recreational interests and skills.

The senior staff profiles below provide a guide to the various interests and activities available in the department.

Name	Position / Roles	Areas Of Special Interest
Dr James Sartain	Director Pain Medicine CFT	Acute Pain Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr David Mecklem	Deputy Director Opthalmic Anaesthesia SSUS	Interventional Pain Management General & Tropical Intensive Care Training & Education Allergy Testing
Dr Andy Potter	ANZCA Northern Rotation Supervisor	Training & Education Regional Anaesthesia Ultrasound in Anaesthesia Trauma
Dr Vesselin Petkov	ANZCA Supervisor of Training	Ultrasound in Anaesthesia Training & Education Clinical Pharmacology
Dr Billy Meade	ANZCA Supervisor of Training Introductory Training Tutor Paediatric Anaesthesia SSUS	Paediatric Anaesthesia Training & Education
Dr John Barry	Peroperative Medicine CFT	Rostering Applications & Development History of Anaesthesia Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr Sandy Donald	Union Representative	Trauma Military Critical Care
Dr Emile Kurukchi	Orthopaedic Surgery SSUS	Regional Anaesthesia Ultrasound in Anaesthesia Retrieval Medicine and Trauma Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
Dr Stuart Luckie	Neurosurgery & Neuroradiology CFT Vascular Surgery & Interventional Radiology SSUS Departmental Welfare Officer	Simulation and Crisis Management Training and Education Critical incident Monitoring
Dr Heather McDonald	Operating Theatre Management Committee	Environmental Issues in Anaesthesia
Dr Nayden Naydenov	Obstetric Anaesthesia & Analgesia SSUS	Paediatric Anaesthesia Regional Anaesthesia Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr Peter Schuller	Plastics, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery SSUS	EEG Monitoring during Anaesthesia Training & Education
Dr Penny Strickland	Resuscitation, Trauma & Crisis Management CFT Consultant Roster Officer	Simulation & Crisis Management Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Paul Talbutt	General surgical, urological, gynaecological and endoscopic procedures SSUS Thoracic surgery SSUS General Anaesthesia & Sedation CFT	Chronic Pain Simulation & Crisis Management
Dr Nigel Thomson		Biostatistics Perioperative Echocardiography
Dr Jonell Victor	Consultant Roster	Obstetric & Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Eldon Ward	Airway Management CFT Head & neck, ENT, Dental and ECT SSUS	Advanced Airway Management Anaesthetic Equipment
Dr Jed Mangano	Registrar Roster Officer	Training and Education Rostering Obstetric Anaesthesia
Dr Peter Elepfandt		Simulation & Crisis Management Education/Training
Dr Dan Lazzari	Scholar Role Tutor Website management	Simulation & Crisis Management Trauma Regional Anaesthesia Paediatric Anaesthesia
Dr Laura Khodaverdi	Departmental Welfare Officer	Training & Education Safety & Quality paediatric and ENT surgery Departmental Aquatic Officer
Dr Andy Wright	Blood Management Committee	Obstetric Anaesthesia Point of Care Coagulation Tests
Dr Dan Foster
Dr Danielle Volling-Geoghagn		Retrieval Medicine Regional Anaestehsia Opthalmic Surgery Trauma
Dr Sonia Arwadi	SOT, CICM/FACEM Supervisor, Critical Care RMO Supervisor	Regional Unicorn Expert
Dr Luke Matthews	Part 2 Teaching Facilitator	Teaching
Dr Simon Porter	IT Support Officer, M&M Facilitator	Altitude
Dr Sebastian Karalus	Medical Student Teaching, PACU Liaison	Audit
Dr Sean Newell	ICU Liaison	Paediatrics, Echo
Dr Rob Grace	ICU Liaison
Dr Catherine Hellier	Environmental Practice