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Emeritus Professor

Ted ShiptonMB ChB(Cape Town) MMed DMed(OFS) GradDipMed(Syd) DA FFA FANZCA FRCA FFPMANZCA

Email ted.shipton@otago.ac.nz

Professor Ted Shipton was appointed to the Chair of Anaesthesia from 2001 to 2021 when he was awarded an Emeritus Professorship by the University of Otago for services rendered.

His last PhD student has recently handed in his thesis for marking.

Research interests

  • Regional anaesthesia
  • Pain medicine pharmacology
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Central sensitisation and nociplastic pain
  • The prevention of persistent pain following injury or surgery

Publications

Hale, L., Perry, M., Devan, H., Gray, A., Dean, S., Hemple, D., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., … Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Shipton, E. (2025). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online-delivered group-based pain management programme non-inferiority RCT (iSelfhelp). New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S27). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sloley, C., Bell, C., Shipton, E. A., Williman, J., & Jarvis, J. L. (2025). Chronic pain and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review. Pain & Therapy, 14, 513-587. doi: 10.1007/s40122-024-00704-4 Journal - Research Other

Devan, H., Perry, M. A., Davies, C., Dean, S., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., Gray, A., … Ingham, T., … Shipton, E. A., & Hale, L. A. (2024). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online-delivered group-based pain management programme in improving pain-related disability for people with persistent pain: A non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (iSelf-Help Trial). Proceedings of the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Empowering Pain Management in New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.nzps2024.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sloley, C., Shipton, E. A., Bell, C., & Williman, J. (2021). Protocol for a mixed-method cohort study investigating the prevalence and impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in chronic pain rehabilitation. BMJ Open, 11(8), e052288. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052288 Journal - Research Other

Hale, L., Devan, H., Davies, C., Dean, S. G., Dowell, T., Grainger, R., Gray, A. R., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., Leung, W., Mills, J., … Shipton, E., & Perry, M. (2021). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online-delivered group-based pain management programme in improving pain-related disability for people with persistent pain: Protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (iSelf-help trial). BMJ Open, 11(2), e046376. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046376 Journal - Research Other

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