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MD Cologne, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, EDPM, Emeritus Professor
The University of Western Australia (M572), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Stephan Schug is currently an Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor, after he retired in October 2019 from his positions of Professor and Chair of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine in the Medical School of the University of Western Australia and Director of Pain Medicine at the Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.
He studied medicine at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he also obtained his MD by thesis in clinical pharmacology and subsequently specialised in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.
Very early in his career, he focused his clinical and research interests on the treatment of patients in pain. Initially he was involved in the setting up and running of the first German cancer pain treatment centre with his friend and colleague Dr. Detlev Zech.
After accepting a position in New Zealand in 1989, he initiated one of the first Acute Pain Services in Autralasia at Auckland Hospital. The planned stay of one year became 12 years after he accepted the successorship of Associate Professor Robert Boas a the Head of Secton of Anaesthetics at the University of Auckland. Over the next years he developed academic anaesthesia a the University of Auckland and was awarded a Personal Chair in Anesthesiology in 2000.
In 2001 he moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he succeeded the Inaugural Chair of Anaesthesia at the University of Western Australia, Professor Teik Oh, in 2006. As the Director of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine of Royal Perh Hospital his clinical responsibilities include the running of a Comprehensive Inpatient Pain Service at this hospital as well as a multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Centre under the auspices of the WA Statewide Pain Service. Pain Medicine at RPH is accredited for training by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Autralian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
He has written over 85 research and 180 review papers, as well as abstracts, letters, and editorials, and has edited or co-authored several books, book chapters, and monographs. He is currently on editorial and review boards of several leading journals including Pain & Therapy, Annals of Palliative Medicine, Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, Best Practice in Anesthesiology Research, Canadian Journal of Painand CNS Drugs and reviewing for most leading journals in the area of anaesthesiology and pain medicine including Pain, Anesthesiology, Anaesthesia Analgesia and European Journal of Pain.
Professor Schug is an active member of several pain and anaesthesia societies including Chair of the SIG Acute Pain of IASP and Chair of the SIG Acute Pain of ACE (ANZCA, ASA, NZSA), Secretary General of Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia (AOSRA)and is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and its Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPMANZCA), where he is a member of the Board of the Faculty.
Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor in Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1988 Consultant Anaesthetist, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, University of Cologne
Co-Director, Cancer Pain Management Center, University of Cologne
1989-1990 Temporary Acting Specialist Anaesthetist,
Pain Clinic and Department of Anaesthesia, Auckland Hospital
1991-1994 Senior Lecturer in Anaesthetics, University of Auckland
1995-1999 Associate Professor in Anaesthetics, University of Auckland
1991-1999 Head, Section of Anaesthetics, Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland
1989-2000 Clinical Director, Acute Pain Service, Auckland Hospital
1991-1999 Visiting Specialist, The Auckland Regional Pain Service and Dept. of Anaesthesia, Auckland Hospital
2000 Professor and Chair, Division of Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland
2009/10 Visiting Professor at Dept of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of the University of Münster, Germany
2015 Visiting Professor at Dept of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine of the University of Münster, Germany
2001-2019 Professor and Chair, Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine
2001-2019 Director of Pain Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital
Clinical Pharmacology, MD, University of Cologne
Award Date: 8 Sep 1983
Secretary General, Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia (AOSRA)
2017 → …
Chair of Special Interest Group 'Acute Pain', International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
2016 → …
Chair of Special Interest Group 'Acute Pain', Anaesthesia Continuing Education (ACE)
2013 → …
Member of the Board, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
2011 → …
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg, B., Sommerfield, D., Schug, S. & Dunbar, C.
1/01/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Corcoran, T. & Schug, S.
1/06/20 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
Schug, S., Browne, A., Pal, S. & Geelhoed, E.
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research