Dr Michael Tripet,
Specialist Anaesthetist
MBBS · FANZCA · MMed (Periop Med) · GChPOM
AHPRA · MED0000956845
Dr Tripet provides anaesthesia for Dr Hirpara's operating lists at CQ Hand + Upper Limb, with subspecialty interests in perioperative medicine and regional anaesthesia.
Dr Michael Tripet is a specialist anaesthetist who provides anaesthesia for Dr Hirpara's upper limb operating lists at CQ Hand + Upper Limb. A Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA), he trained across Australia and New Zealand and has practised as a staff specialist anaesthetist in Central Queensland since 2018.
His subspecialty interests are perioperative medicine and regional anaesthesia. At Rockhampton Base Hospital he ran the perioperative medicine and high-risk anaesthesia clinic and established a weekly high-risk surgical multidisciplinary meeting, and he brought regional anaesthesia into routine perioperative and acute-pain care — including regional techniques for rib-fracture management, now part of routine practice there. He holds a Master of Medicine in perioperative medicine from Monash University and is a Graduate of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine.
This grounding in perioperative and high-risk anaesthesia means he is well placed to care for patients with medical complexity, and his interest in regional anaesthesia supports comfortable, well-managed pain relief around surgery. Dr Tripet has provided anaesthesia for Dr Hirpara's lists at the Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton since January 2026.
From Sydney,
to Auckland,
to Rockhampton
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Science, then medicine
A first-class honours degree in molecular biology and genetics at the University of Sydney, then medicine (MBBS) at the same university.
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Prevocational years & early training
Internship and residency at Canberra Hospital, then registrar posts in emergency medicine and intensive care at Calvary Hospital, before entering anaesthetics training.
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Advanced anaesthetics training
Advanced anaesthesia training across Wagga Wagga, Sydney's North Shore and the Auckland regional program — Auckland City, National Women's and Starship children's hospitals.
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Regional anaesthesia fellowship
Senior anaesthetic registrar and provisional fellow in regional anaesthesia at Lismore Base Hospital.
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Staff Specialist Anaesthetist
Fellow of ANZCA (2018) and staff specialist at Rockhampton Base Hospital, where he ran the perioperative medicine and high-risk anaesthesia clinic and brought regional anaesthesia into routine perioperative and acute-pain care.
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Staff specialist, and anaesthesia for Dr Hirpara's lists
Staff specialist anaesthetist at Mackay Base Hospital, with a Master of Medicine in perioperative medicine (Monash) and Graduate of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine. Provides anaesthesia for Dr Hirpara's upper-limb operating lists at the Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton.