Welcome to the Department of Anaesthesia
at Royal North Shore Hospital
In 2012, the Department moved into a new operating theatre complex in the Acute Services Building, part of the NSW government’s $1.127 billion redevelopment of Royal North Shore Hospital. There are a total of 29 procedure and operating rooms, each utilising state of the art anaesthetic systems and monitoring.
We provide world-class critical care services for:
- major trauma
- major burns
- spinal injuries
- high risk obstetrics
- anaesthesia for a wide range of elective and emergency surgery including cardiothoracics, vascular, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, orthopaedics, plastics, and hepatobiliary surgery.
Our areas of expertise include:
- thorough specialist assessment and planning for your anaesthetic at the Pre-admission Clinic
- world-leading pain management services
- total intravenous anaesthesia
- intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring
- ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia
- the largest referral centre in the state for investigation and management of allergic reactions to medications (Allergy Clinic)
- education and training, through traditional in-theatre teaching, as well as advanced medical simulation
