Rate My Professor Colin Royse

Professor Colin Royse is a Professor of Anaesthesia in the Department of Surgery within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He serves as a consultant cardiothoracic anaesthesiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and as Co-director of the Ultrasound Education Group. Royse holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Melbourne, along with Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA). His career focuses on advancing perioperative care through research and education in ultrasound applications.

Royse's research specializations include cardiovascular pharmacology, transoesophageal echocardiography in cardiac surgery, point-of-care ultrasound for haemodynamic state assessment, postoperative quality of recovery, and coronary artery revascularization strategies. He developed the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale (Postop QRS), a novel multidimensional assessment tool that evaluates recovery across physiological, nociceptive, emotive, functional, and cognitive domains at multiple time points, including post-discharge. Key publications encompass 'Restrictive or Liberal Red Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery' (New England Journal of Medicine, 2017), 'A review of the scope and measurement of postoperative quality of recovery' (Anaesthesia, 2014), 'Predictors of patient satisfaction with anaesthesia and surgery care: a cohort study using the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale' (European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 2013), and studies on total arterial revascularization benefits in coronary bypass grafting, such as 'Long-Term Survival Is Adversely Affected by Any Use of Saphenous Vein Graft in Coronary Bypass Surgery' (2017). With over 7,000 citations, his work impacts perioperative medicine by promoting ultrasound-guided interventions and patient-centered recovery metrics. Royse received the William Russ Pugh Award from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists in 2024, chairs the Postop QRS committee, supervises higher degree students, and engages in international collaborations on ultrasound and recovery research.