Dr Alex Swann BSc(Hons) MBBS FRCA FANZCA GCSPMed GAICD

Dr Alex Swann is a Specialist Anaesthetist based in Perth, Western Australia. Dr Swann attended medical school Guys Hospital in London and trained in Anaesthesia in both the UK and Australia. He completed fellowships in difficult airway anaesthesia and simulation medicine here in Perth. Alex has practised in both public and private health systems since 2009. He is a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK).

Dr Swann holds a current tertiary public appointment at Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group, where he served as the inaugural Head of Department between 2013 and 2020. He was also Director of Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine at St John of God Hospital Murdoch between 2020 and 2024. He is currently the Clinical Commissioning Lead for the new Orthonova Orthopaedic Hospital due to open in Perth in late 2026.

His clinical interests include difficult airway anaesthesia, paediatric surgery, major joint replacement and Disaster Medicine.

He is heavily involved in teaching and research as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at UWA and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University.

Outside of clinical anaesthesia, Alex is a Medical Team Lead for the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT). Deployments have included leading missions to repatriate Australians from Wuhan, China in January 2020, managing the Artania Cruise Ship COVID response here in Perth and working in the measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019. He is also one of the State DFES doctors (Department of Fire & Emergency Services) deploying to the scene of emergencies and disasters within WA.

Outside of this Alex is passionate about exercise, working in Sports Medicine in the AFL as one of the Team Doctors with the Fremantle Dockers Football Club and participating in Crossfit and endurance racing.