Dr Edith Waugh

PhD Candidate

Qualifications:

Master of Medicine (Perioperative Medicine), Monash University, 2018; Fellowship of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, 2011; Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, 2006; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Melbourne, 2000; Diploma of Perioperative Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, 2023

Location:

Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Dr. Edith Waugh is a senior specialist anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Perioperative Medicine and Research at Royal Darwin Hospital. A dedicated health equity advocate, she focuses on improving surgical outcomes for First Nations Australians and remote communities in the Northern Territory. Currently pursuing a mixed-methods PhD, she integrates medical sciences, humanities, and First Nations health research principles to address perioperative disparities. As a Churchill Fellow she explores culturally safe models of care, working with First Nations communities to co-design sustainable solutions.

Dr Edith Waugh
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Research Themes
  • Indigenous Health
  • Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
  • Paediatric Anaesthesia and Perioperative Anxiety management
  • Obstetric Anaesthesia and Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • PhD (in progress): Perioperative Outcomes in First Nations people in Northern Territory:

- Disparity in postoperative mortality in First Nations and non-First Nations people in Australia
- What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey?
- Towards equity: Examining the cardiometabolic burden in postoperative outcomes in the Northern Territory.
- Outback REASON NT - feasibility study -  observational cohort study of perioperative outcomes in the Northern Territory.
 

  • Screening echocardiography for RHD in First Nations people during the perioperative period - feasibility study.
  • Dr Lena Elizabeth McEwan and Dame Joyce Daws Churchill Fellowship: exploring culturally safe and sustainable perioperative care models for NT’s First Nations peoples in USA, Canada and New Zealand.