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.

A Prof Daniel Carroll paediatric surgeon LITFL Author

DM, MA, BMBCh (Oxon) MRCS, FRCS (Paed). Paediatric Surgeon with an interest in antenatal diagnosis and tropical and indigenous surgery. Associate Professor James Cook University | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Dr Flora Casey LITFL Author
MBChB, BSc Physiology (University of Bristol), DTMH, MSc Tropical Medicine & International Health (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine). Emergency Medicine Trainee. Interested in emergency medicine, global health and infectious diseases. Very good at making cakes

Dr Tom Cassidy MBBS FACEM. Emergency physician, Perth Australia. Father of two humans and whimsical lyricist. Special skills: relocating ECGs, reading toxidromes and interpreting dislocations | @tgpcassidyLinkedIn |

Dr Albert Chan LITFL

Dr Albert Chan MBBS, FHKCA, FHKAM (Anaesthesiologist), FANZCA is Associate Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor (Honorary), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | @gaseousXchange |

FACEM in Westmead and Nepean Hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Lead on Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club. I have a special interest in medical education, research and simulation.

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Studied at University of Leeds-MBChB and Microbiology in Relation to Medicine BSc. British doctor currently working in Emergency Medicine in Perth, Australia.

Dr Nishant Cherian LITFL author

MBChB, FRCEM, PGCert (Public Health), PGDip (Medical Ultrasound), CCPU. UK Emergency & Intensive Care Registrar, ex-Melbourne. Fuelled by coffee and ultrasonic frequencies. @NishCherian

Dr Iliya Chernyshev

Russian Emergency Physician

Emergency Physician, FACEM. Visual & kinaesthetic learner. Multi-modal teacher. Occasional filmmaker. | @drdeannechiu |

Dr Barbara Cleaver LITFL Author

MBBS (Hons) FCEM. Emergency Consultant at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

MBBS MSurg General Surgery Registrar from Perth, Western Australia

Dr Orla Conway LITFL Author

MB, BCh, BAO LRCP & SI (Hons). Graduated RCSI Dublin May 2021. Currently working in Western Australia as a junior doctor. Interests include Urology and General Surgery.

Dr Mark Corden BSc, MBBS, FRACP. Paediatric Emergency Physician working in Northern Hospital, Melbourne. Loves medical history and trivia...and assumes everyone around him feels the same...| LinkedIn |

MB BCh BAO from Queens University, Belfast.

LITFL Author Josh Cosa Medmastery

Josh Cosa, MA RRT-ACCS RRT-NPS RCP. Registered Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory Care Practitioner and Clinical Education Manager. | Medmastery | Linkedin |

Dr David P Cosford LITFL Author Emergency physician

MBBS (UWA), FACEM, CCPU. Emergency Physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Interests in Simulation, Critical Care, Point of Care Ultrasound and Medical Education. Love videogames (especially anything by From Software and Hideo Kojima,) wine, gin, Chip and sneakers.

Dr Robert Cowburn LITFL Author 1

Studied at the University of Oxford - BA BM BCh. British doctor working in Emergency Medicine in Poole, Dorset. Special interests include respiratory medicine, critical care, and wilderness medicine.

Dr Olivia Cullen LITFL Author

MB BCh BAO,  Queen’s Belfast. Recently moved to Australia, interested in Emergency Medicine, Medical Education and Paediatrics. Keen baker & tea drinker!

Dr Kyle Cunningham MD CMC Radiology reading room 2

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center | @TraumaMPH |

Dr Catrin Davies LITFL Author

MBBCh Cardiff Medical School. PGCert in Medical Education, Manchester University. Currently working as a doctor in the emergency department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia. Plan for a future in Emergency and Prehospital Medicine.

Dr Andrew Davies LITFL Mastering Intensive Care

Dr Andrew Davies MBBS FRACP FCIC. Intensivist/researcher at Frankston Hospital, Melbourne. Aiming to bring my best self to work & life. | Mastering Intensive Care | New Normal project |

Dr Tessa R Davis LITFL Author

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London  | Don't Forget The Bubbles |

Dr Thomas Dean LITFL author

MBBCh Cardiff University School of Medicine. BSC (Hons) Medical Microbiology Leeds University. I am a current ED RMO at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth hoping to pursue a career in ENT surgery.

Prof Andrew Dean LITFL Author
A/Prof Andrew Dean, MBBS FACEM Grad Cert Clinical Simulation. Emergency Physician and DEMT at St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Head of Ballarat Rural Clinical School, School of Medicine Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia.
Still searching for new and innovative teaching methods for emergency medicine education.  Also a committed advocate for mindfulness meditation, and the nurturing of emotionally intelligent clinical teams in health care.

Jo is an emergency medicine specialist based on the Sunshine Coast. He has qualifications in high fidelity simulation, aeromedical retrieval and point of care ultrasound, and a special interest in educational videography | @FlippEM |

LITFL Author Julian Dobranowski Medmastery

Julian Dobranowski, MD FRCPC FCAR. Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at Niagara Health in Ontario, Canada. Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology, McMaster University. | Medmastery |

Dr Iona Dollery LITFL author

Irish doctor MB BCH BAO, NUI Gallway. Currently Emergency Medicine RMO in Perth, Western Australia. Interests in emergency medicine, GAA and exploring WA

Dr Julian Donovan LITFL author 2

Ba(Hons) Sheffield University, MBBS Newcastle University, MRCEM. UK Emergency Medicine doctor working in Australia |Stronger Medicine|

 

Dr George Douros

Emergency physician FACEM, 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 |