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 |
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Dr James Sartain | Director | Acute Pain |
Dr David Mecklem | Deputy Director | Interventional Pain Management |
Dr Andy Potter | ANZCA Northern Rotation Supervisor | Training & Education |
Dr Vesselin Petkov | ANZCA Supervisor of Training | Ultrasound in Anaesthesia |
Dr Billy Meade | ANZCA Supervisor of Training | Paediatric Anaesthesia |
Dr John Barry | Peroperative Medicine CFT | Rostering Applications & Development |
Dr Sandy Donald | Union Representative | Trauma |
Dr Emile Kurukchi | Orthopaedic Surgery SSUS | Regional Anaesthesia |
Dr Stuart Luckie | Neurosurgery & Neuroradiology CFT | Simulation and Crisis Management |
Dr Heather McDonald | Operating Theatre Management Committee | Environmental Issues in Anaesthesia |
Dr Nayden Naydenov | Obstetric Anaesthesia & Analgesia SSUS | Paediatric Anaesthesia |
Dr Peter Schuller | Plastics, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery SSUS | EEG Monitoring during Anaesthesia |
Dr Penny Strickland | Resuscitation, Trauma & Crisis Management CFT | Simulation & Crisis Management |
Dr Paul Talbutt | General surgical, urological, gynaecological and endoscopic procedures SSUS | Chronic Pain |
Dr Nigel Thomson |
| Biostatistics |
Dr Jonell Victor | Consultant Roster | Obstetric & Paediatric Anaesthesia |
Dr Eldon Ward | Airway Management CFT | Advanced Airway Management |
Dr Jed Mangano | Registrar Roster Officer | Training and Education |
Dr Peter Elepfandt | Simulation & Crisis Management |
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Dr Dan Lazzari | Scholar Role Tutor | Simulation & Crisis Management |
Dr Laura Khodaverdi | Departmental Welfare Officer | Training & Education |
Dr Andy Wright | Blood Management Committee | Obstetric Anaesthesia |
Dr Dan Foster |
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Dr Danielle Volling-Geoghagn |
| Retrieval Medicine |
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 |