Dr Arun Ratnavadivel is a Specialist Anaesthetist at Nepean Public Hospital, a major tertiary hospital in the Sydney Metropolitan Basin. He is also a Visiting Medical Officer at Nepean Private Hospital, Macquarie University Hospital, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Campbelltown Private Hospital.
Just like your surgeon, he is a highly trained medical specialist. He has expertise in anaesthesia, pain control, and management of resuscitation and emergencies.
As Australasian trained specialist anaesthetists have the safest figures in the world for providing anaesthesia, Dr Arun Ratnavadivel strives to provide the highest standards in patient safety and comfort to ensure the best possible experience for you.
He has a particular interest in day surgery anaesthesia providing the latest techniques to ensure patients are able to be discharge on the same day feeling comfortable without significant discomfort, nausea or vomiting.
CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Urology operations such as Robotic Prostatectomy, Prostate resection, Laparoscopic kidney operations, lasering of kidney stones
- Oral Procedures such as major jaw surgery and extraction of teeth
- Orthopaedic Surgery such as major hip or knee replacements; knee, shoulder and ankle arthroscopies; and operations on the hand or foot
- Endoscopy such as gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Neuroanaesthesia including major brain operations such as aneurysms and tumours, as well as major spine operations such as fusion
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery such as major liver resections, gall bladder and hernia surgery
- Obstetric Procedures such as Caesarean Section, Epidural and oocyte retrieval
- Acute Pain Service such as ultrasound blocks and acute pain management
- Pre-assessment Clinic
NON-CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Quality Assurance
- Publications
- Hospital audits
- Equipment Officer
- Head of Remote Anaesthesia, Nepean Public
- Committees – Acute Pain Service, ECT, Vascular Access Working Party
- Training roles – Clinical fundamental tutor for General Anaesthesia and Sedation, safety and quality, neurosurgery and radiology
- Teaching; viva practice; assisting with formal projects; critical care medical students
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), University of Otago, New Zealand
Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA), New Zealand
MEMBERSHIPS
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
New Zealand Medical Association
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation – The Doctors’ Union (AMSOF)
Nepean Anaesthesia Practice (NAP Group)