Dr Robert Buttner
MBBS FACEM DDU (Emergency)
Editor-in-chief LITFL
Rob is an Emergency Physician and co-Ultrasound Lead for Emergency Medicine at The Alfred Hospital.
In 2024, he completed the Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine. During his training he undertook an ultrasound fellowship at The Royal Children’s Hospital, and served on the ACEM Ultrasound Committee, contributing to the development of the new FACEM ultrasound curriculum.
He has special interests in medical education, transthoracic echocardiography, and the emergence of ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia as an innovative tool for improving pre-hospital and hospital care.
His #FOAMed passion is the never-ending expansion of the LITFL ECG Library.
Follow him on twitter: @rob_buttner | ECG Library |

Dr Robert Buttner
Editor-in-chief LITFL ECG Library
MBBS FACEM DDU (Emergency)
Emergency Physician in Melbourne, Australia
BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Passion for rugby; medical history; medical education; and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Co-founder and CTO of Life in the Fast lane | On Call: Principles and Protocol 4e| Eponyms | Books |






