Dr Michael Poon

Dr Poon is a highly skilled neuro-anaesthetist with an avid interest in perioperative analgesia. Dr Pope has worked with Dr Poon since 2010 and has formed a strong alliance, enhancing patient care and outcomes.

Dr Poon has a particular interest in the role of non-narcotic analgesia use in the field of Neurosurgery. He specialises in Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) which minimises the postoperative feelings of “hangover” and nausea and drowsiness. He also has an interest in perioperative clinical safety for SHORT-STAY surgery anaesthesia.

Dr Poon’s background in anaesthesia training comes from a variety of multi-trauma, tertiary referral hospitals including St George Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.

He is currently appointed as a Visiting Medical Officer at Liverpool hospital, the leading major trauma hospital in the Sydney Southwest area, where he continues to develop and hone his interest in trauma neuro-anaesthesia.

His other interests include the further development of ultrasonography use in clinical anaesthesia.

Dr Poon’s clinical practice currently encompasses neurosurgery, head and neck surgery, high-risk obstetrics, and orthopaedic trauma surgery.

Dr Poon will contact surgical patients the week prior or leading up to their surgery. He will explain the details of the anaesthesia and admission process and have written instructions for your post-operative pain management, including medications for your GP to carry-on from.

Dr Poon will see patients the day after surgery to make sure the post-operative plan is facilitated.