Associate Professor Stuart Lane

Growing up in the economically challenged north of England was the inspiration for Stuart Lane’s passion for medicine.

A global leader in research and teaching in Intensive Care Medicine, Stuart sees parallels between where he grew up and the Nepean Blue Mountains community.

"Where I grew up there was certainty inequity in society and in access to health. That developed my passion for equity and a ‘fair go’ and continues to motivate me to offer that in medical services to my community."

“Nepean is similar to northern England community in a lot of ways, not just in terms of access and equity, but also in a positive way, as a receptive community and an appreciative community.”

“The fact that people here have health problems but are open to support means I genuinely enjoy working with the sickest patients in intensive care.”

As a young man Stuart was attracted to Australia’s outdoors lifestyle and down to earth and ‘fair go’ culture and has made a home in the local area.

“The local community has a lot of resilience. They are often pretty tough as many don’t have it easy.”

“In the past lots of medical professionals didn’t commit to the local community in terms of living here. I am glad that is changing.”

He finds Nepean Hospital a very fulfilling place to work.

“The recent COVID emergency saw the hospital under extreme stress at times. Everyone responded and worked together extremely well. Watching the vaccination rate jump up locally renewed my faith and every hospital department came together very effectively and did a fantastic job with the resources they had.”

Associate Professor Stuart Lane
^{MBBS, PhD, FCICM, MQHR}

Stuart is a Senior Staff Specialist in Intensive Care Medicine. He established the first Intensive Care Unit (ICU) follow-up clinic in NSW and received The University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019).

Research interests
A passion for teaching and optimising the patient experience.

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