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. 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 |
British doctor, working in Perth. Studied at Leeds University, graduated with an MBChB and BSc in Microbiology. Interests include netball and critical care.
MBChB - Liverpool. RMO in Emergency Medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, currently soaking up the sun down under. Aiming to pursue a career in anaesthetics.
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.
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 is a US-based Critical Care Physician with a passion for physics, mechanical ventilators and POCUS. She believes that ‘proning saves lives’
ICU Transition Year Fellow at Albury Wodonga Health. Mum of a two-nager. Fashionphile.
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 |
MB BAO BCh Trinity College Dublin, MSc Clinical Data Analytics University of Galway. Junior doctor in Perth, doctoral researcher in MRI radiomics. Working towards radiology training.
Emergency Medicine Specialist MBChB FRCEM FACEM. Medical Education, Cardiology and Web Based Resources | @jjlarkin78 | LinkedIn |
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
Marjorie Lazoff, MD FACP. Board certified internist with clinical background in academic emergency medicine, currently the founder of The Healing Red Pen, an editorial consulting company. Dr Lazoff is a full-time editor and strong supporter of FOAMed.
Emergency Physician living in Melbourne. Part time amateur restaurant goer, full time dad. Big believer in medical education... for myself as well as others
UK trained doctor currently working in Emergency Medicine in Perth, Western Australia.
Dr Michael Leith, Emergency Doctor at a tertiary hospital in Perth, Western Australia | LinkedIn |
DM (UWA), BM (Indiana), FMusA, LMusA. Resident Medical Officer, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Basic Surgical Streaming Program. Professional violinist, now aspiring surgeon. Loves music, opera, and operating.
Dr Susie Liddiard MBBCh, Cardiff University, Wales. Currently working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department, Perth.
MBBS (Hons), MPH, FACEM, AFRACMA, AdvCertDHM (ANZCA), DipDHM, PGDipClinUS, CCPU
Emergency & Hyperbaric Physician
The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Bass Coast Health, Rural Victoria
Graduated with honours from Monash University. Commenced teaching at Monash University as a bedside tutor then clinical skills tutor whilst training in Emergency. Keen interest in ultrasound to help improve diagnostic efficiency and patient outcomes in the emergency setting. Strong advocate for pre-vocational medical trainees as part of the PMCV accreditation team.
Emergency Medicine Registrar at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. BM BS, BMed Sci, MMed Sci from the University of Southampton.
Enjoying life in Australia currently with the view to returning to the UK to train in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine.
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Ultrasound at Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine. My fellowship training in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) fundamentally changed my clinical practice, and has made me a more confident and efficient physician. | Medmastery |
Dr Neil Long BMBS FACEM FRCEM FRCPC. Emergency Physician at Kelowna hospital, British Columbia. Loves the misery of alpine climbing and working in austere environments (namely tertiary trauma centres). Supporter of FOAMed, lifelong education and trying to find that elusive peak performance.
Studied at University of Birmingham MBChB, and King's College London BSc (Psychology). British doctor working in Emergency Medicine, Perth. Special interests include elderly care, neurology and emergency medicine.
Dr Doug Lynch MA MBBS MPHTM. Critical Carer. Pathological Polymath. Medical Journeyman. Idealist. Feminist. Father. Friend. Melbourne | @TheTopEnd | JellyBeans | Enquiring Minds |
A Dubliner living in Sydney. Critical care (ED, ICU) and motor sport physician. FOAMed knowmad. Podcaster, 3D printing tinker and digital reality journeyman. Bassist and drummer. Cyclist. | @rollcagemedic | Website |
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 Protocols 4e| Eponyms | Books | Horology