Currently, there are no treatments available to counteract or speed up anaesthesia recovery, which still remains an entirely passive process. While anaesthesia is extremely safe, it remains largely unknown why recovery can be delayed or problematic in some patients, especially in elderly people and in those with pre-existing neurological decline. About 400 million general anaesthesia procedures are performed annually worldwide.

Honorary Professor at Queensland Brain Institute. He authored three major standard textbooks in anaesthesia. He has been greatly acknowledged for his contributions to: 1) Pain Relief in Childbirth (the suggested technique is still practiced all over the world in the labour ward) 2) providing safe and effective airway management using videolaryngoscopy and videolaryngeal mask airways and 3) Pain therapy. His research interest is in airway management, regional anaesthesia and obstetrics, for which he has received international recognition. Professor André van Zundert is also the Chair of The University of Queensland 'Centre for Excellence & Innovation in Anaesthesia'. He is the Chair of The University of Queensland 'Burns, Trauma, Critical Care and Research Centre'.

Professor André Van Zundert is the Professor and Chair of Anaesthesiology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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