Prof Tom Smith

MBBS DAvMed DipDHM DPhil FRCA FANZCA FRCP FRAeS

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Current Posts

Consultant Anaesthetist | Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Hyperbaric Medicine Physician | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide

Clinical Professor | Adelaide University, Adelaide

Honorary Professor of Aerospace Medicine | Australian National University, Canberra

Visiting Professor of Aerospace Medicine | King's College London, London

Brief Bio

Clinician-scientist specialising in aerospace medicine, hyperbaric medicine, cardiopulmonary physiology and anaesthesiology
Professor of Aerospace Medicine at King’s College London prior to relocating to Australia in 2024
Based at the University of Oxford 2003-2017
Former Macintosh Professor of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London
Rhodes Scholar and Churchill Fellow
Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (USA)
Academician of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine

Director - Smith Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medical Services (ABN 89 967 676 288)

- scientific consulting in applied human physiology and medicine including specialist expertise in aerospace medicine and hyperbaric medicine

- services include scientific and research consultancy, technical advisory work, lecturing and educational activities

- also providing private anaesthesia and occupational dive medicals with Stace Anaesthetists, Adelaide

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Scientific Publications

PDF files available via the links below. (NB: under construction)

Original Research

Coffey A, Marston P, Smith TG, Annicelli L, Bilger C, Pollock RD and Hodkinson PD. A proposed framework for the application of physiological monitoring in fast-jet aviation. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance 2026; 97(3): 218-223.

Giulio ID, Anderton R, Caplin N, Hodkinson PD, Mike Miller-Smith MJ, Narici MV, Pollock RD, Rittweger J, Smith TG, Tucker N and Harridge SDR. Preliminary considerations for accessible space missions for all. npj Microgravity 2025; 11(1): 29.

Reviews

Pollock RD, Hodkinson PD, and Smith TG. Oh G: The x, y and z of human physiological responses to acceleration. Experimental Physiology 2021; 106(12): 2367-2384.

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Editorials

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Book Chapters

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Correspondence

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Published Abstracts

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Other Publications

Aerospace Medicine at KCL - AsMA President's Page 2021

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