Dr Nottingham is a Specialist Anaesthetist with broad experience across tertiary anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, trauma and retrieval medicine. Dr Nottingham has practised as a Staff Specialist Anaesthetist at Gold Coast University Hospital since 2020, with clinical experience spanning general, obstetric and paediatric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, emergency and trauma surgery, neurosurgery, cardiac and thoracic surgery, and the perioperative assessment of high-risk patients.

Dr Nottingham has additional experience in aeromedical retrieval, critical care and rural and international anaesthesia, including clinical and teaching roles in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific region. Dr Nottingham has particular interests in regional anaesthesia, point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography, trauma and retrieval medicine, and quality improvement in perioperative care. 

Qualifications and Fellowships

• 2020 – Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA)
• 2017 – Graduate Certificate of Aeromedical Retrieval, James Cook University
• 2011 – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Queensland
• 2007 – Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Laboratory Science), Queensland University of Technology

Current Positions

• 2020 – Current: Staff Specialist Anaesthesia, Gold Coast University Hospital
• 2014 – Current: Associate Lecturer, The University of Queensland
• Current: Member, Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT)

Areas of Expertise

• General and complex anaesthesia
• Obstetric and paediatric anaesthesia
• Regional anaesthesia and perioperative pain management
• Trauma, retrieval and pre-hospital medicine
• Point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography
• Perioperative assessment of high-risk patients

Previous Appointments

• 2019 – 2020: ASA Pacific Fellow, Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji
• 2019: Provisional Fellow, General Anaesthesia, Gold Coast University Hospital
• 2018 – 2019: Anaesthetic Advanced Trainee, Queensland Children’s Hospital
• 2018: Anaesthetic Advanced Trainee, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital
• 2017: Retrieval Registrar / Anaesthetic Advanced Trainee, LifeFlight Retrieval Medicine
• 2015 – 2017: Anaesthetic Basic Trainee, Nambour Hospital
• 2014: Intensive Care Registrar / Medical Registrar, Nambour Hospital