Department of Anaesthesia

The role of the Anaesthetist has changed in recent years. Anaesthetists are involved with all areas of critical care medicine as well as in the care of the surgical patient prior to the operation to optimise condition and in post operative care to assist with rehabilitation. Monash University Department of Anaesthesia is involved with undergraduate and postgraduate education and research covering all aspects of anaesthetic care. In particular the Department is interested in the physiology and pharmacology of pain states and how the use of different anaesthetic and analgesic drugs and techniques in different combinations may be used to manipulate the pathophysiology of injury. Research and teaching to this end occur at undergraduate and postgraduate level in fields such as molecular pharmacology, traditional pharmacology and physiology, clinical neurophysiology, clinical research in acute and chronic pain states and epidemiology.

Department of Anaesthesia
Level 5 Block E
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
Clayton 3168

Phone 61 3 9594 5290
Fax 61 3 9594 6611