LITFL Authors

We are Australasian emergency and critical care physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals exploring the changing world of eLearning, emergency medicine, critical care and toxicology through clinical cases, fictionalized anecdotes and medical satire.

Many people have contributed to this website and we are thankful to them all for their hard work.

Bernardo Vidal Pimentel LITFL Author

Internal Medicine Resident | FOAMed enthusiast

Dr Matthew Quo LITFL Author

WA emergency doctor

Elaine Rabin MD Mount Sinai LITFL author

Dr. Elaine Rabin is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Program Director for the Residency in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital | Sinai EM |

Emergency Physician FACEM PhD (ANU), International Research in Toxicology and Medical Education | @trainthetrainer |

Intensivist and Donation Medical Specialist, Australia  | @NudratRashid |

Dr Shiuli Rathore LITFL Author

Dr Shiuli, MBBS, MD. Currently serving as Associate Professor in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at King George's Medical University, Lucknow (India).

Dr David Raw LITFL Author

Dr David Raw BM BCh (Oxon) BA (Hons) FRCA PGCE MSc (Dist). Head of Department, Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Dr Hayden Richards LITFL Author Comms Lab

Hayden is an emergency physician at University Hospital Geelong and a senior lecturer at Deakin University, Geelong. He is somewhat obsessed with the science and art of effective communication, and in particular: difficult conversations. He believes that we can all get better at having difficult conversations, and that the process of learning to do so can be seriously fun.

Hayden is also an avid but terrible surfer, ad hoc gardener, and dad to two awesome kids. | LinkedIn |

Dr John Richards LITFL

Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis Medical Center interested in progressive treatment of substance abuse patients in the emergency department. Night shift stimulant expert (espresso)

Dr Caitlin Rigler LITFL Author
BA, BM BCh University of Oxford, PgCert (Medical Education)University of Dundee. Aspiring medical physician with a particular interest in respiratory medicine, public health and medical education