Dr Andrew Lavender
MB BS, FRCA, FFARCS

Immediate Past President and Federal Councillor

Dr Andrew Lavender is the president of the AMA(SA) and is also the regional representative for SA/NT on the federal AMA council. He has worked as a staff anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) since 1995, when he returned to Adelaide after nine years living and working in the UK and Ireland, and has a special interest in cardiac and neurosurgical anaesthesia. He is currently deputy director of anaesthesia at the RAH.

Dr Lavender has been involved actively in the affairs of the AMA(SA) over an extended period, having served on the AMA(SA) Council over a number of years. He joined the AMA(SA) Council as the representative for salaried medical officers in 2000, a role he held until assuming the role of treasurer in 2005. He then went on to become the AMA(SA) vice-president for two years, before being elected president in May 2009 for a two year term. With a particular interest in the role of public hospitals and primary care, he is a strong advocate for public sector doctors and the patients they care for.