Emeritus Professor Ted Shipton

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

Professor Ted Shipton was appointed to the Chair of Anaesthesia in 2001.

In 2004 he was appointed as Clinical Director of the Pain Management Centre of the Canterbury District Health Board. This is a busy interdisciplinary service that has on average over 4000 patient contacts a year.

In 2005 he was elected to the Board of the Australian and New Zealand Faculty of Pain Medicine of ANZCA, and Chair of their Education and Training Committee.

Ted represents the University Department of Anaesthesia on the Faculty Curriculum Committee, and chairs its Medical Education Committee for 6th year students.

He is a Member of the Medical Education Committee for years 4 and 5, of the School's Medical Education Group and of the School's Trainee Intern Committee.

In May 2012 Ted was elected Vice-Dean of the Australian and New Zealand Faculty of Pain Medicine of ANZCA, then in May 2014 he was elected Dean.

Research interests

• Mitochondrial myopathies and prolonged QT syndromes in anaesthesia
• Regional anaesthesia
• Pain medicine pharmacology
• Drug delivery routes
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• The prevention of persistent pain