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Dr. David Borshoff

Dr. David Borshoff

Provider number 037894BL

Dr Borshoff was educated at the University of Western Australia and completed medical training at Royal Perth Hospital.

After embarking on the specialist training program for anaesthesia, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 1996.

He completed two years of post-fellowship training in Cambridge (UK) at both Addenbrookes and Papworth Hospital undertaking sub-speciality training in transplantation anaesthesia (liver and kidney) and cardiac anaesthesia.

After returning to Perth in 1998 as a sessional consultant at Fremantle Hospital, he also began working in private practice. In 1999 he moved to Royal Perth Hospital working as a cardiac anaesthetist and as a member of the cardiothoracic unit transplantation team until 2014.

He has been a past chairman of Metropolitan Anaesthesia, is a past state chairman of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and is now the Director of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at St John of God Murdoch Hospital.

His practice has included paediatric, orthopaedic, bariatric, obstetric, general and cardiac anaesthesia.

Dr Borshoff is also the author of the highly successful Anaesthetic Crisis Manual (theacm.com.au) now in its second edition and having been translated into Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and German. He is also co-editor with Dr Scott Weingart of The Resuscitation Crisis Manual, co-editor with Dr Paul Sadleir and Dr Steve Same of the soon to be released The Perfusion Crisis Manual and is currently developing the A-CAS decision support system for crisis management. These publications can be viewed at Leeuwinpress.com.

His anaesthetic interests include cardiac and bariatric anaesthesia, crisis management and simulation. He is the holder of a private pilot’s licence and continues to apply aviation safety principles, including CRM, to the healthcare industry.

He is married with 4 grown up children and in his spare time enjoys music, surfing and motorcycling.

Your account for anaesthetic services will be determined by a number of factors

  • The nature and complexity of the surgery
  • Duration of the surgery
  • Age of the patient
  • Post operative care requirements
  • Previous medical conditions
  • Type of surgery (eg. Cosmetic or general)

  • Applicable Surgical Item number 

  • Inpatient or Outpatient services
  • Whether the patient has private hospital health insurance
  • Health fund arrangements (eg. Co-payments or out of pocket expenses/Gaps)

To ensure you are fully aware of the costs involved with your anaesthesia please fill in the patient questionnaire form or contact us on (08) 6267 6200 to obtain an estimate of fees. Please note that although every effort is made to provide accurate estimates, based on the above variables the final account post surgery may differ to the estimate provided.

If you have any concerns about the quoted estimated fee you should discuss them with your anaesthetist prior to your anaesthesia.

To find out more about payment please click below:
Out of Pocket Expenses/Gaps/Co-payments
Simplified Billing
Patients without private health insurance (uninsured) / Patients with overseas insurance / Patients with no Australian Medicare (incl. Reciprocal Medicare Cover)
Patients having Cosmetic or Elective Surgery
Payment Options

Out of Pocket Expenses/Gaps/Co-payments

Out of pocket expenses / Gaps / Co-payments, are amounts payable by the patient over and above any payments made by the health fund or Medicare. The Out of pocket expenses / Gap / Co-payment amount will vary depending on the anaesthetic fee and your health fund/Medicare rebate.

Out of pocket expenses have risen because the Commonwealth Government has not indexed Medicare rebates adequately for the last 25 years.

Health Fund rebates are only available on Inpatient services (ie. In hospital service)

Outpatient services (i.e. Non hospital services) attract only a Medicare rebate (NO health fund rebate)

Medicare rebates are applicable for both Inpatient and Outpatient services

Simplified Billing

If the Doctor chooses to charge no out of pocket Expense, Metropolitan Anaesthesia will submit the account directly to the health fund & Medicare on the patient’s behalf.

Once the account is paid, the health fund will send a copy of the statement of benefits to the patient advising what items and fee have been paid to the Doctor.

Patients without private health insurance (uninsured) / Patients with overseas insurance / Patients with no Australian Medicare (incl. Reciprocal Medicare Cover)

Patients who are uninsured, overseas patients or with no Australian Medicare (Incl. Reciprocal cover) are required to pay the full Anaesthesia fee before their anaesthetic. 

An estimate of fees will be provided to the patient at the soonest availability and time permitting, payment is required at least 7 days prior or no later than 1 day prior to surgery.

If we do not make contact or no estimate is received in writing from us, please contact us via email or telephone on (08) 6267 6200.

Patients having Cosmetic or Elective Surgery

Patients undergoing cosmetic surgery or procedures not covered by Medicare or if the surgical item number is on the health fund Item number Exclusions lists, payment for the full or part Anaesthesia fee is required prior to your anaesthetic.

An estimate of fees will be provided to the patient at the soonest availability and time permitting, payment is required at least 7 days prior or no later than 1 day prior to surgery.

If we do not make contact or no estimate is received in writing from us, please contact us via email or telephone on (08) 6267 6200.

Payment Options

Payment can be made via BPAY (the BPAY details appear on the bottom of estimates and invoices provided to patients), credit card over the telephone, EFT or cash in our office which is located at 6/1 Station Street Subiaco. To make a payment over the telephone please contact us on (08) 6267 6200 or alternatively you can email/fax your card details through

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