Dr Patrick Farrell
Patrick Farrell is Director of Anaesthesia of the Newcastle anaesthesia
service based at John Hunter Hospital. He is a graduate of University
of New South Wales. He commenced his anaesthetic training at the Royal
Berkshire Hospital in Reading, UK and completed his fellowship in
Sydney in 1986.
Patrick's clinical interests include paediatric and neonatal anaesthesia and he has contributed a chapter on paediatric thoracic anaesthesia to Hatch and Sumner’s Textbook of Paediatric Anaesthesia. He was an ANZCA final examiner for 12 years and a member of the Final Exam Committee. He is a past president of the Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia. Patrick is married, has four children and enjoys cycling and living near the Hunter Valley.
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