Professor and Chair of Anaesthesia
University of Western Australia
Director of Pain Medicine
Royal Perth Hospital
Perth
Australia
Main interests: Management of acute, cancer and chronic pain, regional anaesthesia, pharmacology of anaesthetics and analgesics, and quality of healthcare.
Potential Conflicts of Interest: The Anaesthesiology Unit of the University of Western Australia, but not Professor Schug personally, has received research and travel funding and speaking and consulting honoraria from Gruenenthal, CSL, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Phosphagenics and ix Biopharma within the last 5 years.