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5.08/20/2025

Encourages creativity and critical thinking.

4.05/21/2025

Always fair, encouraging, and motivating.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages students to think creatively.

4.02/27/2025

Helps students see the joy in learning.

5.02/4/2025

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About Barry

Professor Barry Baker is Emeritus Professor in the Discipline of Anaesthesia at the University of Sydney. He holds an MBBS from the University of Queensland (1963) and a DPhil from the University of Oxford (1971), with a thesis entitled The Physiology of Artificial Ventilation. His qualifications include FANZCA, FRCA, FCICM, and DHMSA. Baker's distinguished career encompasses key appointments such as Reader in Anaesthesia at the University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane Hospital (1972-1975), foundation Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Otago and Dunedin Public Hospital (1975-1992), and Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics at the University of Sydney (1992-2005), during which he served as Chairman of the Department of Anaesthetics at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has held influential leadership positions, including Dean of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) from 1987 to 1992, ANZCA Dean of Education in 2010, ANZCA Honorary Historian from 2015, Chair of the University of Sydney Human Ethics Committee (1998-2000), and Chief Editor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (2002-2003).