Congratulations to Prof Paul Myles for his Doctor of Science award!

Congratulations to Professor Paul Myles, who has been awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) from Monash University for his thesis, "Development of Large Clinical Trials in Perioperative Medicine with an Emphasis on the effectiveness and safety of Nitrous oxide."

This award is made for "work that makes an original, substantial and distinguished contribution to knowledge  in a field with which the faculty is concerned" (Monash University).

Paul's thesis describes the large clinical trials which he has been leading and involved in since the 1990s and proposes a research program for addressing a major clinical question in anaesthesia: should nitrous oxide be retired from contemporary practice because of its suspected inferior safety profile?

Paul heads the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at The Alfred and in the Central Clinical School.