Dr Roeland
Passier

Dr Passier is a specialist anaesthetist who completed his Medical Doctor / MSC degree at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

After completing his specialist training in 2010 he moved to Australia for the first time to complete a fellowship in Intensive Care working at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He subsequently trained in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine working with Careflight NSW in Sydney. 

After returning to The Netherlands this was followed by further training and completing a fellowship in paediatric anaesthesia and gaining more experience working as a Staff Specialist in general and paediatric university hospitals. 

 Returning to Newcastle in 2017, Dr Passier now works in private practice, as a Staff Specialist at John Hunter Hospital and the Hunter Retrieval Service and as a VMO Anaesthetist at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

He cares for both adult and paediatric patients across a wide range of surgical subspecialties, including but not limited to (major) general, urology, trauma, orthopaedic, ENT and neurosurgery. 

When not at work, Dr Roeland enjoys mountain biking, traveling and family life.