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anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, thromboembolism, prehabilitation, ob
Australia

Biography

Usha Gurunathan is a senior staff anaesthetist at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH), Brisbane, Australia with a masters in clinical epidemiology from University of Queensland (UQ). She is currently enrolled in PhD with UQ on perioperative thrombotic changes and outcomes in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty. Her research emphasises on increasing the quality and safety of anaesthetic practice by better preoperative risk assessment, thereby resulting in improved health outcomes following surgery. Usha is the research lead in the Department of Anaesthesia at TPCH and has many publications on obesity, obesity metrics and their impact, postoperative cognitive changes, pharmacokinetics of perioperative drugs, perioperative hypothermia. Usha promotes collaborative trials in her department and is constantly involved in mentoring junior medical staff in the field of research

Activities

Employment (3)

The Prince Charles Hospital: Chermside, QLD, AU

2007 to present | Senior staff specialist anaesthetist (Anaesthesia department)
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Wagga Wagga Base Hospital: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, AU

2003 to 2007 | Staff anaesthetist (Anaesthesia)
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Christian Medical College & Hospital: Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IN

2000 to 2003 | Lecturer (Anaesthesia)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Queensland: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2019-10 to present | Ph D student (Faculty of Medicine)
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University of Queensland: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2013-07 | Masters in Clinical Epidemiology (School of Population Health)
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Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2006-02 | FANZCA
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The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

1998-02 | Doctor of Medicine ( Anaesthesiology) (Anaesthesia)
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Professional activities (4)

Thrombosis & Haemostasis Society of Australia and New zealand: Brunswick west, Victoria, AU

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Australian Society of Anaesthetists: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Ordinary
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Australian Medical Association Queensland: Red Hill, QLD, AU

Ordinary
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Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Melbourne, VIC, AU

Ordinary
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Usha Gurunathan

Peer review (35 reviews for 15 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anaesthesia and intensive care. (2)
Review activity for Anaesthesia critical care & pain medicine. (1)
Review activity for Annals of translational medicine. (1)
Review activity for ANZ journal of surgery (5)
Review activity for BMC anesthesiology (1)
Review activity for BMC geriatrics (2)
Review activity for BMC medicine (1)
Review activity for BMJ case reports. (1)
Review activity for International journal of surgery. (10)
Review activity for JAMA network open. (1)
Review activity for Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. (4)
Review activity for Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)
Review activity for Thrombosis journal (2)