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 a passion for Wilderness Medicine, emergency ultrasound, echocardiography and health management. Working with adventure companies to provide medical assistance in extreme and remote areas | @Rothy001 | LinkedIn |

Dr Chloe Roy MBChB, BMed Sci (hons). Surgeon in the making | LinkedIn |

Senior Consultant Anesthesiologist, Traumemanager and PHEM doctor. Dedicated to trauma resuscitation, prehospital care and airway management. Barometerbarn | @SorenRudolph |

Dr Tim Rutland LITFL Author 2

MBChB, BMedSci in Global Health and Health Policy, University of Edinburgh. Currently working in the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia. Career focus is emergency medicine, with interests in humanitarian and pre-hospital care and treatment difficulties faced in resource-limited settings.

Dr Bradley Ryan LITFL author

FACEM, MBBS (Hon), B. Pharm. Emergency Medicine Education Fellow at Liverpool Hospital, Australia. Special interests in clinical education, ECG interpretation and diagnostic ultrasound. Proud father and husband, sadly a golf tragic

Peruvian Emergency medicine and Family Physician, living and working in Spain. Reformed English teacher and developing artist  | SketchbookMD | Twitter |

Physicianly type with neurological leanings... | LinkedIn |

Dr David Schaack LITFL Author

Cardiology and invasive electrophysiology fellow from Germany pursuing an M.Sc. degree in medical computer science. Passionate about ECGs, #FOAMed and coffee (in no particular order) Twitter | cardiotools.net

Dr Annika Schaefer LITFL author

BA Medical Sciences, BMBCh University of Oxford. Pursuing a career in critical care in WA. Passionate about medical education. When not in the hospital often hiking/camping/cycling through the great outdoors.

Dr Jason Scop LITFL 2

Emergency Physician. Basic science in clinical context educator | LinkedIn |

Dr Ben Scott LITFL Author

MBChB (Hons) from University of Birmingham, undertaking an MSc in Global Health at LSHTM. Currently working in ED at Charlie’s in Perth. Interested in global health, particularly climate health & infectious diseases.

Dr Kathryn Scott LITFL Author

Graduated from Southampton Medical School in 2017 with BMBS. Working in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Emergency Department in Perth, Australia.

MD, Bond University. Currently Intensive Cares Registrar at SJOG Midland. Pianist and avid Golfer  | LinkedIn |

Dr Clare Skinner LITFL

Dr Clare Skinner is an Emergency Physician in Sydney. Her professional interests include health system re-design, medical education and improving hospital culture. She is on a gazillion committees. In her spare time, she writes stories, plays music, makes bad art, and hangs out with her partner and kids. | @claski |

Doctor at Cairns Base Hospital. ECG enthusiast and aspiring cardiologist. Loves SCUBA diving and explaining dive physiology to unfortunate medical students.

Stephen W Smith LITFL Author

Dr. Stephen W. Smith is a faculty physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Author of Dr Smith's ECG Blog | Bibliography | X |

Dr Charlotte Steinberg MD LITFL Author
Bachelor of Medical Studies (BMedSt), Doctor of Medicine (MD) Bond University (Gold Coast). Emergency Medicine trainee who loves teaching, learning and improving the care of critically ill patients
Dr Hester Stembridge LITFL Author 2

MbChB University of Bristol, UK. Currently working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia in emergency medicine.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Ultrasound Fellow working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.

Emergency Physician working in Western Australia. Areas of interest include ultrasound, sports injury and the eternal failures of Plymouth Argyle.

Emergency Medicine trainee. Interests in ophthalmology, critical care and clinical research.

Dr Jenny Stuart-Smith LITFL author

Graduated from Cardiff Medical School in 2017 with MBBCh and BSc in Psychology and Medicine. Currently working as a doctor in the emergency department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.

Ian-Summers-LITFL-profile 2

Dr Ian Summers is an Emergency Physician and Educator and Director of Simulation at Monash Health. He has been Director of Emergency Training at St Vincent’s and helped recruit and set up the emergency team at Casey Hospital as its initial deputy director. You can find him out wandering through the bush with his family, taking photographs of sunsets or wildlife.

New Jersey Emergency Physician with academic focus on resident education and critical care in the ED. Strong supporter of FOAMed and its role in cutting down knowledge translation | @EMSwami |

Dr Andrew Tabner LITFL

EM doctor, in-situ sim fan, junior researcher, music lover, budding photographer. Eternally itchy feet. CESR Trainee and Teaching Fellow, Royal Derby Hospital | @andrewtabner |

Dr Josh Taylor LITFL Author

Josh Taylor, MD University of Western Australia. Medical training in Western Australia with a keen interest in Ophthalmology.

Dr Benjamin Taylor LITFL author

MBBS Bsc DPMSA Msc(PH) FACEM FRCEM CCPU. Emergency physician & DDU Fellow, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Favourite colour: hot pink. Favourite food: brussels sprouts. Often found lost in the dynamic range, elbow deep in a gel bath, knobologising for focal clarity

Michael Thomas LITFL Author 4

Final year MBBS student at Curtin Medical School. Keen interest in internal medicine and neurology, medical education, and integrating specialist healthcare into rural medical practice.

Dr Mariam Tokhi is a General Practitioner in Melbourne, Australia | @mariamtokhi |

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