Prof Mark Gillman is an internationally celebrated scholar, teacher, neuroscientist and lecturer who is an expert on conscious sedation with nitrous oxide/oxygen (PAN) sedation. He has lectured over 250 times to lay and scientific audiences both locally and internationally. He has over 300 publications in scientific and medical journals, inclusive of 5 full-length books, and a best-selling didactic presentation in CD format (or Electronic direct downloads format) dealing with the theoretical aspects and technique of conscious sedation with nitrous oxide/oxygen. His senior academic appointments include those at Witwatersrand University, Medunsa, Albert Einstein University Medical School (New York), Panum Institute [Copenhagen, Denmark) etc.
His pre-eminence as a scientific authority, is highlighted by the fact that his scientific opinion has been canvassed during numerous interviews for local and overseas print and electronic media in Europe and America, including the BBC. Gillman has held editorial advisory appointments to numerous prestigious medical and scientific journals including Lancet, BMJ,
International Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry etc. Between 1982 and 2013 he was CEO of the S.A. Brain Research Institute (SABRI). Under his leadership, SABRI researchers used conscious sedation with nitrous oxide/oxygen (PAN) to uncover the new principle of biology viz., Gaseous neurotransmission. He and colleagues also discovered the endorphin links to human sexual response and pathological states including anorexia nervosa, spasmodic torticollis and Tourette syndrome. Gillman and colleagues also invented a novel treatment for substance abuse with nitrous oxide/oxygen (PAN) sedation recognised by SADA,
SAMA & HPCSA and which has been used successfully in South Africa, Scandinavia,
