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.

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

Dr Jessica Lee LITFL

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 |

Dr Emily Leung LITFL author

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 LITFL Author

Dr Susie Liddiard MBBCh, Cardiff University, Wales. Currently working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department, Perth.

Dr Caleb Lin LITFL Author
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.
Dr Rowan Lo LITFL AUthor

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.

Viveta Lobo MD LITFL Author Medmastery

Emergency Medicine Physician and the Director of POCUS at Stanford University Medical Center in California, USA. 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.

Dr Sarah Longstaffe LITFL

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 |

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Dr John Mackenzie MBChB FACEM Dip MSM. Staff Specialist Emergency Prince of Wales Hospital; Consultant Hyperbaric Therapy POW HBU. Lead author of Emergency Procedures App | Twitter | | YouTube |

Dr Ben Mackenzie emergency medicine trainee | LinkedIn |

Dr Harry Mackenzie LITFL author

BMedSci (Pharm) MB ChB, Edinburgh University. Emergency and Internal Medicine training.  Interested in neuropharmacology and electrophysiology

Dr Callum MacLean MBChB. | LinkedIn |

Clinical Geneticist

BSc(Med) MBBS MMed FRACP | Genetics Online |

Dr Uneesa Mahmood LITFL author

MBBS BSc (Hons), Imperial College London. Emergency trainee with an interest in research and all things surgical

Stuart is a practicing anaesthetist, simulation educator and researcher with interests in Patient Safety and Human Factors / Ergonomics. He is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Education, at the University of Melbourne and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, at Monash University.

His research includes investigation of the effects of cognitive aids (checklists and algorithms) on team functioning during emergencies and on simulation as an educational technique to teach patient safety and improve patient and health worker outcomes. He has been involved in the development of several innovative patient safety courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and has been closely associated with the Masters of Perioperative Medicine for which he co-supervises a unit on Human Factors and Patient Safety (POM5005). He also convenes the clinical Human Factors Short Course (https://www.clinicalhumanfactors.org.au)

Stuart is also the convenor of the 9th International Clinical Skills Conference in Prato, Italy in 2021 and Founding director of the charity that runs the conference: The International Clinical Skills Foundation Inc.

He is a member of the International Advisory Panel for 'Anaesthesia' Journal editorial board and Associate editor for the European Society for Simulation (SESAM) 'Advances in Simulation' journal

Dr Tim Martin MBBS BSc Emergency medicine trainee with an interest in paediatrics  | LinkedIn |

LITFL Author Nikolaus Mayr Medmastery 2

Nikolaus Mayr, MD. Chief Resident of Radiology, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God in Salzburg. | Medmastery |

Dr Vhairi McAtear LITFL Author

MBChB (Hons), BMedSci, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently working in Emergency Medicine in Perth, Australia. Lover of the outdoors and all things running, cycling and hiking. Varied interests including acute medicine and clinical oncology.

Sam McCarney LITFL Author

RN, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.  Coronary Care Unit // Emergency Department. Keen interest in critical and pre hospital care.

MBChB, MEmergHlth, FACEM. Kiwi emergency physician working in tropical Far North Queensland. Work interests include little people and making things happen faster and better. Outside work I'm a lifetime wonderer, devoted festival attendee, recurrent toddler wrangler and occasional body builder

Dr William McGalliard LITFL Author

Graduated Medicine in 2020 from Queens University Belfast. Interested in Internal Medicine.

Danny Mcgurgan LITFL author profile

Junior doctor at Royal Perth Hospital. Interested in physiology, procedures, medical history and fiction. Always careful to check my blind spot when merging into the fast lane.

Dr Ronan McKenna LITFL author 601

Dr Ronan McKenna, MB BCh BAO at National University of Ireland Galway. Living in Australia with  plans for a future in Emergency Medicine. A keen interest in Medical History, Wilderness Medicine and Sport.

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 |