Awards
- Fellow of Royal Society, 2011
- Distinguished Lecturer in Neuroscience, Toronto University, 2011
- Fellow of Society of Biology, 2011
- Honorary Doctorate, University of Montreal, University of Montreal, Canada, 2011
- Stuart Cullen Lecturer, University of California, San Francisco, 2010
- Wesley Bourne Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, 2009
- Crawford Long Lecturer, Emory University, Atlanta, 2008
- Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2007
- Excellence in Research Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2006
- Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences, 2004
- Gold Medal, Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2003
- Charles F. Stevens Lecturer, Washington University, St Louis, 2001
- Opening Address to 4th Annual Congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists, 1996
- Merel Harmel Lecturer, Duke University, North Carolina, 1995
- Ebert Prize jointly with M.H. Abraham and W.R. Lieb, American Pharmaceutical Association, 1992
- Olof Norlander lecturer, Annual Lecture to the Swedish Society of Medical Sciences in Stockholm, 1992
- Scholar, University of Cape Town, 1990