Anaesthetist · Wellington, New Zealand

Kieran
Gillick

FRCA  ·  PhD  ·  MBBS

Specialist anaesthetist, educator, musician and lifelong learner.

KG
Who I am

Clinician, researcher,
and musician

I am an anaesthetist at Wellington Regional Hospital with twelve years of postgraduate experience across anaesthesia, critical care, general medicine, retrievals and transfer medicine. Originally trained as a biochemist, I completed doctoral and postdoctoral research in the UK before returning to medical school in 2010. After relocating to New Zealand in 2021, I joined the department of anaesthesia and pain medicine at Wellington Regional Hospital. I hold additional positions as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago, a flight doctor with New Zealand Air Ambulance Service, and an event medic with St John Ambulance.

Anaesthetist

Specialist anaesthesia at Wellington Regional Hospital. Flight doctor with NZ Air Ambulance Service and event medic with St John — including national and international retrievals.

Researcher

PhD biochemist with publications spanning HIV virology, perioperative medicine, resuscitation, and quality improvement. Interested in the application of AI in clinical practice.

Educator

Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago. Committed to teaching at all levels — from school BLS programmes to senior medical student curriculum delivery and OSCE examining.

Musician

Trumpet, euphonium, tuba and choral singing — plus music production and DJing (drum & bass) under the alias DJ Cell Suicide. Trail running and open-water swimming round out the mix.

Training &
experience

A career spanning biochemistry, HIV research, medical school, and specialist anaesthesia training across the UK and New Zealand.

Clinical interests
Vascular anaesthesia Trauma Airway Critical care Retrieval medicine Medical education AI in healthcare Quality improvement
Qualifications
ANZCA Provisional Fellow FRCA PhD — UCL MBBS — St George's MA Hons — Cambridge FHEA (Merit)
2025 – present
Senior Clinical Lecturer
University of Otago
Curriculum delivery to senior medical students. Lecturing, small-group tutorials and clinical supervision.
2023 – present
Flight Doctor
New Zealand Air Ambulance Service
Transport and repatriation services for critically ill adults and children, including national and international flights.
2021 – present
Anaesthetist
Te Whatu Ora — Wellington Regional Hospital
Anaesthetic services across elective and emergency surgical lists.
2021 – present
Events Doctor
St John Ambulance, New Zealand
Medical cover for entertainment events around New Zealand.
2020 – 2021
Clinical Fellow — Anaesthetics & Critical Care
Royal Glamorgan Hospital & Bristol Royal Infirmary
Emergency and elective anaesthesia; general and Covid critical care. Concurrent events doctor role (GCS Medical) for UK music festivals.
2018 – 2020
Anaesthetics Core Trainee
Royal Glamorgan & Prince Charles Hospitals, Wales Deanery
Two-year UK anaesthetics core training programme. Additional ten months in general and Covid critical care.
2016 – 2018
Clinical Fellow
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Clinical Education Fellow in Acute Oncology; Clinical Fellow in Cystic Fibrosis; locum positions across Bristol hospitals.
2014 – 2016
Foundation Doctor
Bristol Royal Infirmary
UK Foundation Programme. Specialties: Acute medicine, Anaesthetics, Critical Care, Stroke, Hepatology, Colorectal Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics.
2010 – 2014
MBBS
St George's, University of London
Distinction in Clinical Science / Specialties; Merit in Clinical Practice / Medical Science. The Lee Prize in Family Medicine.
2007 – 2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College London
Member of Michael Malim's HIV research group. Laboratory and bioinformatic approaches to understanding HIV virulence.
2006 – 2007
Lecturer
West Thames College, Isleworth, London
Curriculum delivery to sixth-form students in chemistry, biology and laboratory skills.
2002 – 2006
PhD Biochemistry
University College London
Mechanisms of apoptotic cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria.
1998 – 2001
MA (Hons) Natural Sciences
Cambridge University
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Physiology, Mathematics.
Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications spanning HIV virology, perioperative medicine, resuscitation science, surgical outcomes, and quality improvement.

02
Gillick K, Rooney K. · Resuscitation 128: 24–30 · 2018
03
Bhattacharya S et al. · Int J Health Plan Manag 33: e1014–e1021 · 2018
04
Gillick K et al. · Ann R Coll Surg Engl 98: 61–66 · 2016
06
Gillick K, Crompton M. · Journal of Cell Science 121: 618–626 · 2008
Conference activity

Presentations

National and international presentations and invited talks, with prizes at the Association of Anaesthetists Winter Scientific Meeting and the Society of Intensive Care of the West of England.

2020
Implementation of a recycling policy in the anaesthetic room
Association of Anaesthetists, Winter Scientific Meeting
2nd prize — best QI project
2018
Implementation of electronic record-keeping in the oncology department
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Quality Improvement Presentation Day
Shortlisted — best project
2018
Serial NSE measurement for prognostication following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Society of Intensive Care of the West of England, Annual Conference
Winner — best oral presentation
2016
Iatrogenic blood loss and anaemia in a general ITU
National Foundation Doctors Presentation Day, NHS
Oral presentation
2013
Correlations of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation with length of stay and postoperative renal dysfunction in on-pump cardiothoracic surgery
Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists, Autumn Meeting
Oral presentation
2009
APOBEC3G inhibits HIV-1 by blocking synthesis of reverse transcripts
Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, Retroviruses Meeting
Oral presentation
Education & teaching

Teaching

Teaching resources, slide decks and materials produced for undergraduate medical students, postgraduate trainees and GP education. Includes a Miro board for interactive teaching, plus a library of presentations available to download from Google Drive.

Interactive Miro Board
A shared Miro whiteboard with teaching diagrams, frameworks and interactive exercises for clinical education. Click to open in Miro.
Open board ↗

The presentation library below spans medical school teaching from 2011 through to current postgraduate education — covering topics from basic physiology to clinical audit, oncology, critical care and anaesthesia. All files open via Google Drive.

May 2011 · Med school
Pregnancy-related complications
Apr 2012 · Med school
Intestinal atresia
Jan 2013 · Med school
Expressive aphasia
May 2013 · Med school
Acute glomerulonephritis
May 2013 · ACTA poster
Cerebral oximetry, length of stay & renal dysfunction in cardiothoracic surgery
Nov 2013 · GP service
Gliptin audit
Jan 2014 · Med school v1
Peri-operative management of cardiac surgery patients
Jan 2014 · Med school v2
Post-operative management of cardiac surgery patients
Nov 2014 · Med student
Blood gases and metabolic disturbances
Feb 2015 · Audit results
Prophylactic antibiotics for patients with UGIB
Mar 2016 · F2 case
ARDS
2016 · Cardiovascular
Influenza vaccines for preventing cardiovascular disease
2016 · Foundation day
Iatrogenic blood loss in general ITU
Jan 2018 · PG diploma
Basics of ECG interpretation
2018 · Service audit
BHOC acute oncology service provision audit
2018 · Med ed theory
Father Christmas
2018 · PG diploma
Cognitivism and constructivism
2018 · Conference
Neurone-specific enolase for prognostication following OOHCA
2018 · QI day
Introduction of electronic record-keeping to the acute oncology department
Oncology · Teaching
Malignant hypercalcaemia
Oncology · Teaching
Neutropaenic sepsis
Oncology · Teaching
Metastatic spinal cord compression
Oncology · Teaching
Raised intracranial pressure
Oncology · Teaching
Tumour lysis syndrome
Anaesthesia · Teaching
Propofol and food allergy
Anaesthesia · Teaching
Airway assessment
Critical care · Teaching
Hyperkalaemia
QI · Tool
Alcohol withdrawal tool
2020 · Audit
Audit meeting presentation (recycling / anaesthetic room)
Clinical · Resource
Midline instructions
Critical care · Teaching
Thiamine presentation
Paediatrics · Teaching
Hypotensive child
2020 · AAGBI poster
Winter scientific meeting poster
Publications & essays

Downloads

Journal publications, medical essays, service audits and clinical articles available to read or download via Google Drive.

Journal publications
Peer-reviewed papers available in full via Google Drive.
Essays, audits & articles
Medical school essays, postgraduate diploma submissions, service audits and teaching articles.

Music

Music has been part of my life since childhood — from choral singing and brass performance to music production and DJing drum & bass as DJ Cell Suicide. There's something about the discipline and the performance aspect that feels remarkably similar to clinical practice.

ChoralBrassEDM
TrumpetBrass
EuphoniumBrass
TubaBrass
VoiceChoral
Music production & DJingEDM

14 published mixes — drum & bass, DNB, jungle. Stream via Mixcloud.

View profile on Mixcloud ↗
Get in touch

Contact

Whether you'd like to discuss research collaboration, clinical questions, speaking invitations, or simply say hello — I'd love to hear from you.

Phone
+64 (0) 21 0246 8390
Location
16 Herald Street, Wellington 6023, New Zealand