Andrew Muir

Dr. Muir is an experienced medical professional who has been practicing Pain Management full-time, both in private and public hospital systems for many years. He graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1983 as a qualified doctor and started his medical career with his residency and Anaesthetist training at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Completing his Anaesthesia training in 1994, Dr. Muir furthered his studies by obtaining a Master’s degree in Science (Pharmacology) from the University of London in 1990. Dr. Muir’s training included work in several prestigious institutions, including the Anaesthesia Departments of Leicester, Oxford, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, as well as The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne.

Dr. Muir's expertise in Pain Management comes from his training at the Royal North Shore hospital from 1994 to 1997. In 1998, he founded the Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management, a multidisciplinary pain clinic based at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, where he remained the Director of the unit until 2008. In the same year, he was appointed Clinical Director of the Geelong Hospital Pain Clinic. In 1999, Dr. Muir was awarded Foundation Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.

Dr. Muir’s main interest lies in the use of interventional techniques in controlling chronic non-cancer pain and the role of multidisciplinary program-based techniques. He is also involved in a medico-legal component through his affiliation with the Melbourne Pain Group. Additionally, he has continued to serve the medical community by training registrars through his involvement with the ANZCA teaching program for Anaesthetists studying for Primary and Final Fellowship examinations between 1998 and 2009 and as Supervisor of Training at the Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management.

Dr. Muir’s vast experience and expertise make him a highly regarded medical professional in the field of Pain Management.