Vanessa Beavis

Vanessa Shona Beavis is a New Zealand anaesthesiologist and honorary senior lecturer of the University of Auckland. From 2020 to 2022, Beavis was president of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).

Career Beavis was trained in South Africa. Before coming to New Zealand, she worked in the United States. She was previously a house surgeon. She has also started an anaesthesia service in Auckland to assist people in New Zealand needing a liver transplant. At the University of Auckland, Beavis is an honorary senior lecturer. In the college's council, she was founding chair of Anaesthetists in Management and Perioperative Medicine, and developed Continuing Professional Development programme and the organisation's Diploma in Perioperative Medicine. She also promoted the cultural inclusion of indigenous Australians through the Treaty of Waitangi. That year, she was also appointed to the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. In the 2024 New Year Honours, Beavis was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to anaesthesia.