Dr Chin-wern Chan completed his undergraduate medical and research degrees at the University of Western Australia. He went on to complete his specialist training in anaesthesia through the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Following this he completed his pain medicine specialty training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
Dr Chan then completed further fellowships in anaesthesia and pain medicine both within Australia and North America. He attended the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria where he had advanced training in paediatric pain medicine and anaesthesia.
Subsequently he was awarded a clinical fellowship scholarship by the University of Toronto in Canada. In Toronto he completed an anaesthesia and pain medicine fellowship at the Wasser Pain Institute based in Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. He also completed a procedural pain fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital.