I am a pediatric anesthesiologist, so much of my day is spent trying to distract children before anesthetising them, but contrary to popular belief I don't spend most of that time doing crossword puzzles and reading the newspaper. Working in a quaternary referral hospital means a lot of our patients have rare conditions that we have often never heard of, let alone seen before. This adds an extra challenge and requires a bit of studying up to ensure we can provide the safest care possible. Much of my role is spent supervising and teaching anesthesia residents which has always been one of my passions. During my medical training I developed an interest in global health and have been on a couple of capacity building/teaching missions to Africa where I have been fortunate to share my knowledge and skills with very dedicated but under-resourced and underpaid doctors. Anesthesia is very poorly developed in many African countries and pediatric anesthesia even more so. When I was in Ethiopia they told me there were only 18 or so anesthesiologists in the whole country (of 85+ million people), we have close to double that in our pediatric hospital alone. The opportunity to work at Mott Children's Hospital and consolidate my pediatric anesthesia skills and get to teach as well was too good to pass up, so here I am.
| Job Title: |
Visiting Faculty, Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology |
| Company: |
University Of Michigan Health System |
| College: |
University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, South Wales, Australia
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| High School: |
Masada College High School, Sydney , Australia
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| Lives In: |
Ann Arbor |