Rate My Professor Marissa Ferguson

Dr Marissa Ferguson is a Lecturer in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. She holds the qualifications MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, and MMed, and is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA). Her clinical practice spans multiple institutions, including The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Austin Health, Barwon Health in Geelong, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Previously, she served as an Anaesthesia/Intensive Care Registrar at Hervey Bay Hospital in Queensland and as a Perioperative Fellow at Alfred Health. Dr Ferguson contributes to perioperative medicine education as a coordinator and chief examiner for postgraduate units including POM5102 Acute Perioperative Care and POM5002 Acute Perioperative Medicine, offered through the Alfred Hospital. She has also served as ePoster Convenor for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) and contributed to the Perioperative Medicine Short Course.

Dr Ferguson's research centers on perioperative outcomes, preoperative risk stratification, and optimization strategies. Key publications include 'Perioperative outcomes in intermediate and high-risk patients after surgery' (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2022), 'Minimal clinically important difference in days at home up to 30 days after surgery' (Anaesthesia, 2021), 'The prevalence of perioperative iron deficiency anaemia in women undergoing caesarean section: a retrospective cohort study' (Perioperative Medicine, 2022), 'A pilot study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and cardiac stress positron emission tomography before major non-cardiac surgery' (Anaesthesia, 2018), and 'Anesthetic technique and cancer outcomes: a meta-analysis of total intravenous versus volatile anesthesia' (Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2019). Earlier works cover 'Anaesthesiological Considerations in Palliative Surgery' (2014) and 'Outcomes of isolated tibial shaft fractures treated at level 1 trauma centres' (2008). She received the Kevin McCaul Prize from the Australian Society of Anaesthetists in 2018 for her paper defining anaemia in the perioperative context. Dr Ferguson has appeared in the Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series discussing cardiac issues in perioperative care. Her work has garnered 50 citations as per ResearchGate.