Professor Brian Anderson, of Auckland, CNZM for services to paediatrics and anaesthesia
Professor Brian Anderson is a paediatric anaesthetist and intensive care specialist. He was a founding consultant at Auckland’s Starship Hospital and co-established the Hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. He set up the Hospital’s Acute Pain Service and the Resuscitation and Trauma Committee and played an important role starting Starship’s Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit. He is Professor of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland. He has numerous publications in international journals and textbooks, as well as book and journal editorial efforts. This body of work has informed clinical practice in New Zealand and worldwide. He is a member of international review and safety committees, grant assessment boards and national advisory committees. Professor Anderson has volunteered to provide paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care assistance to surgical teams in the Pacific.