Sean Chetty, PhD
Sean Chetty is a Specialist Anaesthesiologist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Chetty completed his post-graduate specialist training in Anaesthesiology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and then went on to complete his Sub-specialist fellowship in Critical Care, before branching out into the field of Pain Medicine. He subsequently completed his PhD in this field addressing the management of acute post-operative pain in women after caesarean section surgery.
He is currently the Vice-Chair of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care at the Tygerberg hospital and Stellenbosch University. Dr Chetty was the recipient of the 2019 Discovery Foundation MGH Scholarship and is currently doing a research fellowship at the Translational Pain Research Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
His areas of research interest include acute pain management for the obstetric patient, neuropathic pain syndromes and the management of pain and sedation in the critically ill patient. He has a passion for expanding medical education and is regularly involved in medical education initiatives for health care professionals around the world.
Dr Chetty is currently the President Elect of the South African Pain society, and is the Africa representative on the Pain Committee of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists.
Sean Chetty is a Specialist Anaesthesiologist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Chetty completed his post-graduate specialist training in Anaesthesiology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and then went on to complete his Sub-specialist fellowship in Critical Care, before branching out into the field of Pain Medicine. He subsequently completed his PhD in this field addressing the management of acute post-operative pain in women after caesarean section surgery.
He is currently the Vice-Chair of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care at the Tygerberg hospital and Stellenbosch University. Dr Chetty was the recipient of the 2019 Discovery Foundation MGH Scholarship and is currently doing a research fellowship at the Translational Pain Research Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
His areas of research interest include acute pain management for the obstetric patient, neuropathic pain syndromes and the management of pain and sedation in the critically ill patient. He has a passion for expanding medical education and is regularly involved in medical education initiatives for health care professionals around the world.
Dr Chetty is currently the President Elect of the South African Pain society, and is the Africa representative on the Pain Committee of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists.
