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Associate Professor Justin Skowno holds a Conjoint academic position in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney and serves as a Senior Staff Specialist in the Department of Anaesthesia at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. He is the Director of Research in Anaesthesia at the hospital and a medical sustainability lead for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. His expertise includes paediatric cardio-thoracic and oncological surgery anaesthesia, sustainability in medicine, and data science applications in healthcare.
- Education: MBChB, DA(SA), FCA(SA), FANZCA, PhD
- Roles: Chairperson of the Research Subcommittee of the Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia (2020–2023), current committee member
His research focuses on three areas: (1) physiological monitoring under anaesthesia using optical/electrical methods, including near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); (2) short- and long-term effects of anaesthetics on neurodevelopment, particularly in infants; and (3) data science in medicine and anaesthesia, such as large-scale critical care data systems. He has led initiatives like the Big Data for Small People project, which integrates anaesthesia, paediatric intensive care, and neonatal intensive care data to improve clinical decision-making.
Publications highlight his work on EEG monitoring, NIRS applications, sustainability in anaesthesia, and clinical trials evaluating drug combinations (e.g., TREX trial). He contributes to editorial boards (e.g., Pediatric Anesthesia) and peer reviews for major journals like Anesthesiology.
- Teaching: Daily clinical teaching in theatre, small-group tutorials, and lectures at the University of Sydney’s ‘Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia’ unit
- Projects: Includes the PHANTOM study (prehospital tissue oximetry), international collaborations on EEG metrics with Dr. Alexander Caicedo-Dorado (Belgium) and Dr. Ian Yuan (USA)
He advocates for climate-friendly anaesthetic practices and has spearheaded efforts to quantify the carbon footprint of nitrous oxide use in paediatric anaesthesia.
