Professor Alan Merry

Alan Merry is an anaesthesiologist who practises in chronic pain management at Auckland City Hospital. He is Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. He was the foundation Chair of the Board of the NZ Health Quality and Safety Commission. He is on the Board of Lifebox, which aims to improve standards of anaesthesia and surgical care in low-income areas of the world. He is an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. His books, book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals reflect interests in human factors, patient safety, legal responses to negligence in healthcare, global health and simulation.