Prof David A Scott

David A Scott is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and Director of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

He is President of ANZCA, having previously been Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee, and Chair of Examinations. Key College interests include research support, life-long learning, and progressing perioperative medicine and professionalism.

Over the last decade, his research has focussed on outcomes – including blood management, opioids and pain management, and the cognitive effects of anaesthesia and surgery – particularly POCD, delirium and dementia. He has published and presented on many of these topics.