Dr Natalie Thurston

Natalie is a UK and Australian trained specialist anaesthetist, joining Stace Anaesthetists in 2023. She completed her post-graduate medical education at the University of Southampton in the UK and initial anaesthetic training in Dorset, then emigrated to Australia in 2014, where she worked in intensive care training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital before returning to anaesthesia in 2016.

She completed her anaesthesia training through the South Australian and Northern Territory Anaesthesia Training Scheme, including a year at the Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) in Perth. She completed her fellowships in Hepatobiliary and Upper GI Anaesthesia at FSH and Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Anaesthesia at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC).

Natalie works as a staff specialist at Flinders Medical Centre, and is experienced in providing anaesthesia for a range of surgical sub-specialities.

Professional Interests

• Anaesthesia for Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Surgery
• Anaesthesia for General Surgery
• Anaesthesia for Urology Surgery
• Anaesthesia for Gynaecology and Obstetrics
• Anaesthesia for Vascular Surgery
• Anaesthesia for Liver Transplantation

Training & Experience

• Fellowship in Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation, Flinders Medical Centre, 2023
• Fellowship in Hepatobiliary and Upper GI Surgery, FSH, 2022-2023
• Independent Anaesthesia Training, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 2020-2021
• Specialist Anaesthesia Training, South Australia, 2017-2020
• Paediatric Intensive Care Training - WCH, 2016-2017
• Intensive Care Training program - Royal Adelaide Hospital, 2014-2016
• Anaesthesia Training program - Wessex Deanery, 2012-2014
• Foundation Training - Wessex Deanery, 2010-2012

Appointments

• Consultant Anaesthetist Flinders Medical Centre, 2023 - current
• Associate Anaesthetist with Stace Anaesthetists, 2023 - current
• Visiting rights to all private hospitals in Adelaide