Specialist Expertise in Obstetric AnaesthesiaSupporting Safe and Individualised Maternity Care
Obstetric & Gynaecological Anaesthesia
Our anaesthetists bring dedicated expertise across obstetric and gynaecological anaesthesia, providing specialist care across the full spectrum of women’s health.
With extensive experience in Melbourne’s tertiary obstetric and gynaecological centres, our team cares for patients undergoing routine procedures as well as complex and high-risk surgery. Our approach combines specialist clinical expertise, careful planning and close collaboration with obstetricians, gynaecologists, surgeons, midwives and multidisciplinary hospital teams.
Trusted Expertise
Obstetric Anaesthesia
Obstetric anaesthesia is a highly specialised area of anaesthesia requiring experience, sound clinical judgement and the ability to respond quickly when circumstances change. Our anaesthetists have extensive experience in obstetric anaesthesia, including dedicated subspecialty training and fellowship-level experience.
They work across Melbourne’s tertiary obstetric centres and regularly care for women with both routine and complex pregnancies, including high-risk obstetric patients.
Our experience includes thousands of hours of epidural analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean birth, as well as anaesthetic management for a broad range of obstetric procedures and emergencies.
We provide individualised anaesthetic care throughout labour and birth, including:
- Epidural analgesia for labour
- Spinal and combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia
- Anaesthesia for planned and urgent caesarean birth
- General anaesthesia when required
- Anaesthetic management of high-risk and complex pregnancies
- Anaesthesia for operative and other maternity procedures
- Management of obstetric emergencies
Our anaesthetists also undertake ongoing PROMPT and NeoResus education, supporting a comprehensive approach to maternal and newborn safety. This reflects our commitment to the broader clinical environment in which obstetric anaesthesia is delivered—not simply the anaesthetic itself, but the wellbeing of both mother and baby.
Our experience includes thousands of hours of epidural analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean birth, as well as anaesthetic management for a broad range of obstetric procedures and emergencies.
We provide individualised anaesthetic care throughout labour and birth, including:
- Epidural analgesia for labour
- Spinal and combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia
- Anaesthesia for planned and urgent caesarean birth
- General anaesthesia when required
- Anaesthetic management of high-risk and complex pregnancies
- Anaesthesia for operative and other maternity procedures
- Management of obstetric emergencies
Our anaesthetists also undertake ongoing PROMPT and NeoResus education, supporting a comprehensive approach to maternal and newborn safety. This reflects our commitment to the broader clinical environment in which obstetric anaesthesia is delivered—not simply the anaesthetic itself, but the wellbeing of both mother and baby.
Trusted Expertise
Gynaecological Anaesthesia
Our expertise extends across the full spectrum of gynaecological surgery, from routine day-stay procedures through to major, complex and minimally invasive surgery. We have extensive experience providing anaesthesia for laparoscopic and robotic gynaecological procedures, as well as open and vaginal surgery.
Our anaesthetists understand the specific physiological and positioning considerations associated with prolonged laparoscopic and robotic procedures and tailor anaesthetic management to each patient and surgical approach.
Our gynaecological experience includes:
- Laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomy
- Robotic and laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis
- Myomectomy and surgery for uterine fibroids
- Ovarian and adnexal surgery
- Hysteroscopy and other intrauterine procedures
- Pelvic floor and prolapse surgery
- Complex pelvic surgery
- Gynaecological oncology
- Fertility and reproductive procedures
- Major open and vaginal gynaecological surgery
We also regularly care for patients undergoing complex surgery or those with significant medical comorbidities, where thoughtful preoperative assessment and individualised anaesthetic planning are particularly important.
Our gynaecological experience includes:
- Laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomy
- Robotic and laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis
- Myomectomy and surgery for uterine fibroids
- Ovarian and adnexal surgery
- Hysteroscopy and other intrauterine procedures
- Pelvic floor and prolapse surgery
- Complex pelvic surgery
- Gynaecological oncology
- Fertility and reproductive procedures
- Major open and vaginal gynaecological surgery
We also regularly care for patients undergoing complex surgery or those with significant medical comorbidities, where thoughtful preoperative assessment and individualised anaesthetic planning are particularly important.
Experienced Specialists
A Continuum of Women's Health Anaesthesia
Obstetric and gynaecological anaesthesia share many of the same principles: specialist knowledge, careful assessment, technical expertise and an understanding of the individual needs of women at different stages of their lives. By combining expertise across both specialties, our team provides a comprehensive women’s health anaesthesia service—from labour and birth through to routine gynaecological procedures and complex laparoscopic, robotic and pelvic surgery.
For patients, this means experienced specialist anaesthetic care tailored to their individual circumstances. For obstetricians, gynaecologists and practice managers, it means access to a team with the specialist experience, tertiary-level capability and collaborative approach required to support contemporary obstetric and gynaecological practice.