Associate Professor Pierre Bradley, MBChB, FANZCA, is a specialist anaesthetist based in Melbourne, Australia, and has over three decades of experience in acute medicine, anaesthesia and emergency care. He divides his practice between public healthcare at The Alfred Hospital and private practice. He holds an Adjunct Associate Professor (level D) appointment at Monash University. His clinical interests include anaesthesia for high-risk adult patients undergoing complex vascular, trauma, neurosurgical, and interventional radiology procedures.
Pierre has been involved in airway management education, clinical governance, and professional standards development for years. He chaired the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Airway Management Group and developed key ANZCA professional standards, including PS61 on the transition to the “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate” airway emergency and ANZCA guidance on airway fire risk associated with high-flow nasal oxygen. He has also contributed to other professional standards, including PS56 on equipment for managing difficult airways and guidance on monitoring in patients with prior axillary node dissection. He supported the development of the ANZCA CICO emergency response activity, contributed to the ANZCA airway curriculum for anaesthesia training, and reviewed the EMAC airway curriculum. Pierre currently serves on the ANZCA Provisional Fellowship Program Sub-Committee, which accredits advanced anaesthesia training positions internationally.
Pierre has made significant contributions to airway education through simulation-based training and national courses, such as the National Airway Training Course for Anaesthetic Trainees (NATCAT). He has coordinated airway workshops at the ANZCA and ASA Meetings. His work in airway systems design includes developing a standardised difficult airway trolley for hospital networks in Victoria and involvement in the design of the QLD difficult airway alert. Pierre has presented and taught at international meetings, including WAMM, AAGBI, and events in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand. His interests lie in improving airway safety through education, human factors design, and practical systems for clinicians.
