University of Otago Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Dunedin School of Medicine Department of Surgical Sciences

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Welcome to the Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. The Section, through its diverse clinical activities, is involved in a variety of areas including clinical anaesthesia, intensive care, post-operative pain control, chronic and persistent pain management and aero-medical evacuation of casualties.

Our undergraduate program revolves around the teaching of resuscitation and peri-operative medicine to the medical students during their clinical years. The trainee registrars are involved with our post-graduate program towards Fellowship of the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.

There is ongoing clinical research activity in our Section.