Anaesthesia

Welcome to the Discipline of Anaesthesia

As Professor and Chair of Anaesthesia, I would like to welcome you to our website. Anaesthesia is a clinical discipline that aims to provide patient focused care in the areas of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, of the highest quality and to the highest safety standards.

Our discipline is committed to both learning and research as vitally important. Our Anaesthesia teaching and learning programmes have a particular emphasis on the following groups: Medical students in the Second, Third and Final year of the degree programme, Interns and senior house staff, Postgraduate student ins MSc courses in cell therapy and Regenerative Medicine; Postgraduate medical trainees in Anaesthesia, postgraduate Higher Diploma Nursing students in Intensive Care, Peri-operative Care and Emergency Care.

About Us

Anaesthesiology is a medical specialty focused on the comprehensive care of patients before, during, and after surgery or other procedures that require anaesthesia. The discipline encompasses all stages of the patients’ perioperative journey, from pre-operative assessment and optimization of patients to administration of anaesthesia (general, regional, or local) for a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures, intra-operative management of vital functions, including airway, breathing, circulation, and pain control, and post-operative care, including pain management and monitoring for complications.

Contact Information

Head of Discipline: Dr. Michael Scully

For general enquiries, please contact our administrative office:

Discipline Administrator: Mairead Mills-Molloy
Email: anaesthesia@universityofgalway.ie
Phone: 091 49 5662
Fax: 091 49 4561
Office Location if applicable: Clinical Science Institute, University of Galway, Costello Road, Galway, Ireland