Presented September 10, 2026 at the 2026 APSF Stoelting Conference on “SOS!: Signals of Safety… Safely across the Patient’s Perioperative Journey”
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
Professor Guy Ludbrook, MBBS, PhD(U Adel), MSc(LSE), FANZCA, DipPOM, GAICD
Professor Guy Ludbrook, MBBS PhD(U Adel) MSc(LSE) FANZCA DipPOM GAICD, is a practicing anaesthesiologist in the public and private sectors. His contributions in addition to patient care include activities as a scientific meeting convenor in Australia and internationally, College examiner, and committee member and advisor. He is a speaker at national and international meetings on topics such as pharmacology, perioperative medicine, and economics. He has worked with the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) in numerous roles to grow the emerging specialty of peri-operative medicine. He conceived and implemented a new model of postoperative care, ARRC, and is medical lead of the first unit, in Adelaide. He is a Board member of the international Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI), a group leading consensus on key topics and peri-operative medicine in order to improve safety and quality. He is a pharmacologist, with a PhD in pharmacokinetics. He has been involved in designing and conducting pre-clinical and clinical trials for 35 years. He established and leads a clinical trials unit, PARC Clinical Research, to support clinical trials across all specialities and organisations across S.A. PARC designs and conducts academic and industry clinical trials, with approx. 40 clinical trials underway at any given time. This is a profit-for-purpose unit. Retained capacity is used to support innovation projects and research projects for S.A. He has a long history of innovation through a range of roles, including as a member of the SA Clinical Senate, exploring new healthcare staffing such as physician assistants, and devising peri-operative pathways. In recent years he has obtained a Masters degree in economics from London School of Economics specifically to be able to provide expert economic input in healthcare and health systems. He has recently joined the board of AusHealth, a charity with the purpose of supporting innovation and research startups in healthcare; and FORGE Ventures, an organisation to help develop new medical devices. He has been a clinical academic for 30 years, and Professor of Anaesthesia since 2000. He conceived and leads the Discipline of Acute Care Medicine at Adelaide University, bringing together the specialities of intensive care, anaesthesia, and emergency medicine. He has supervised numerous postgraduate students, in Australia and internationally. He was an advisor to Federal Department of Health’s statutory committees on therapeutic goods for 18 years until 2026. He is an expert regulatory advisor on medicines.
