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.

Emergency physician with interests in wilderness and prehospital medicine. Medical Director of the Texas State Aquarium, Padre Island National Seashore, Robstown EMS, and Code 3 ER | EBM gone Wild | @EBMGoneWild |

Dr Tamishta Hensman is an Intensive Care Registrar at Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia. She is founding member and co-chair of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) Online Education Program, Victorian CICM Trainee Representative and the IT Coordinator for the Women in Intensive Care Medicine Network (WIN).  Portuguese water dogs, croissants and skin care are her other topics of interest.

Robert Herman LITFL author PMcardio

Dr. Robert Herman is the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of PMcardio by Powerful Medical. He is a cardiovascular researcher at the Cardiovascular Center Aalst in Belgium, specializing in applying AI to enhance the detection and referral of cardiovascular patients. LinkedIn | X (formerly Twitter) | Get in Touch

Dr Jessica Hiller LITFL Author

Doctor at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Western Australia. Graduated from Curtin University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. I am passionate about Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with a special interest in rural health care.

Dr Charlotte Hine LITFL Author

Graduated from Leeds University in 2014 with MBChB and BSC in Primary Care. Qualified as a General Practitioner under RCGP in 2020. Currently working as an Emergency Department doctor in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.

Dr Emma Holland LITFL Author

MBBS, BSc (hons) Global and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London. Currently working as a Resident Medical Officer in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia. Interests in Radiology, medical education and global public health.

Lewis is an RMO at Royal Perth Hospital. He is currently interested in critical care medicine.

Andrew R. Houghton MD FRCP FESC. Cardiologist, cardiac imaging specialist, and head of cardiac imaging at Grantham and District Hospital in the UK.  My passion is for non-invasive cardiac imaging, especially echocardiography; cardiovascular magnetic resonance; and helping others to understand the remarkable capabilities of modern imaging techniques. | Medmastery |

Dr Josh Howard - wannabe future orthopod, finding myself in Australia | LinkedIn

Dr Hana Hybasek Dzurikova LITFL Author

Dr. Hana Hybasek Dzurikova, MRCVS, PGCert MEd is a medical educator driving innovation and change in health professions education through technology-enhanced learning.

Dr Sue Ieraci LITFL

Sue Ieraci is a specialist emergency physician who has held roles in departmental management, medical regulation and policy-development while maintaining a clinical role. She now works in Emergency Telemedicine, and devotes some of her spare time to oppose misinformation on social media, especially in relation to vaccination, science-based medicine and health policy

Emergency Medicine Physician, #FOAMed advocate and self confessed rugby tragic | @JohnnyIliff | LinkedIn

Dr Úna Nic Ionmhain LITFL

Tá gaeilge agam. Irish doc, ED FACEM in Oz. Into trauma, resus, cardio & tox! Chase gaelic footballs, dive, hike, run & rock in spare time! | @unanici |

Jack Iwashyna LITFL

Critical care physician and health services researcher bringing the tools of social science and outcomes research to improve the care of patients with critical illnesses. I practice as an intensivist at the University of Michigan’s and the Ann Arbor VA's Critical Care Medicine units, where we work to bring the latest science and the best of clinical practice to patients  | iwashyna-lab  | @iwashyna |

emergency physician keen on medical education and cycling

Geoff Jara-Almonte Mount Sinai LITFL Author

Dr. Geoffrey Jara-Almonte, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at New York City Health and Hospitals Elmhurst Hospital Center and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital. His academic focus is medical education with particular focus on resident mentorship, feedback, assessment and curricular design | Sinai EM |

Dr Alex Johnson LITFL Author

Doctor currently working in South Wales, training in anaesthetics. Graduated Leeds University with MB ChB with BSc in microbiology in relation to medicine. Special interests in emergency medicine, critical care and anaesthetics

Emergency physician. Lives for teaching and loves clinical work, but with social media, she is like the syndromic cousin in the corner who gets brought out and patted on the head once in a while | Literary Medicine | @eleytherius | Website |

Dr Sophie Jones LITFL Author

British doctor, working in Perth. Studied at Leeds University, graduated with an MBChB and BSc in Microbiology. Interests include netball and critical care.

Dr Nia Jones LITFL Author

Welsh junior doctor graduated from Cardiff Medical School with MBBCh and BSc in Medical Education. Currently working in emergency medicine in Perth, Australia. Aim to commence GP training in the UK in 2022.

Dr Fergus JONES LITFL author

MB ChB, University of Edinburgh. Special interest in palliative care and oncology.

Dr Zach Joseph Orthopaedic Service Registrar, Western Australia | LinkedIn |

British doctor working in Emergency Department and exploring Western Australia

Simran Kaur Matta, MD LITFL

Simran Kaur Matta, MD is a US-based Critical Care Physician with a passion for physics, mechanical ventilators and POCUS. She believes that ‘proning saves lives’

Dr Zohrah Khan LITFL Author

BMBS, University of Exeter, UK. Currently working in Emergency Medicine in Perth, Australia. Interested in acute medicine and health inequality.

Emergency Medicine Trainee based in Perth, Western Australia. A wise man once told me "just work...harder"

 

Emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at the SUNY Upstate Medical University and the VA Medical Center in Syracuse, New York | Tox Flashcards | @EM_Pearls |

Emergency Medicine Specialist MBChB FRCEM FACEM. Medical Education, Cardiology and Web Based Resources | @jjlarkin78 | LinkedIn |

Dr-Peter-Larsen-LITFL-Heart-HQ-podcast

MBBS (Hons) FRACP FCSANZ. Peter is a clinical and interventional cardiologist with various special interests including coronary angioplasty and stenting, endovascular procedures and structural heart interventions. He studied and trained in Queensland and completed a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Diagnosis in Boston, MA.

Peter returned home to become Director of Cardiology at Sunshine Coast Hospital, before becoming a founding partner and managing director of HeartHQ

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 |