Dr Edith Waugh

PhD Candidate

Qualifications:

Master of Medicine (Perioperative Medicine), Monash University, 2018
Fellowship of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, 2011
Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, 2006
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Melbourne, 2000

Location:

Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Edith is a Specialist Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Perioperative Medicine at Royal Darwin Hospital. She is completing a PhD evaluating the impact of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors on perioperative outcomes in the Northern Territory, and is supported by a Commonwealth Research Training Program Scholarship. Her interests include Indigenous health and the adaptation of perioperative models of care to local populations and environments.

Research Themes
  • Indigenous Health
  • Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
  • Paediatric Anaesthesia and Perioperative Anxiety management
  • Obstetric Anaesthesia and Rheumatic Heart Disease